Kern County supervisors ask for the resignation of the CEO of Golden Empire Transit, and a joint city to county transportation committee and its members are responsible for the buses running again.

The GET’s board of directors sought the resignation of the agency’s CEO, Annazetta Henderson. Henderson could not be reached for comment, although she is the CEO that was unresponsive to the community when the five-week strike for GET workers took place.

In the decision made by Vice Mayor Ken Weir, the resignations of Howard Silver and Norris Ledbetter, GET board members, would get the buses back and running.

The first weeks back, the bus was free, which helped out students like sophomore Destiny Robinson.

“I actually just rode the bus to save money, since it was free. I figured ‘why not?’ and now I am going visit friends between studying,” she said before boarding the bus.

The amount of students was overwhelming; not just BC students, but also a few high school students.

Two sisters, Jenny and Emma, sat waiting to get the bus to East High.

“We usually will walk, but since the bus was free, we thought we’d take it,” said Emma.

A lot of students were just happy that the buses were even running.

“I almost was not going to be able to enroll. I live too far, that if there wasn’t a bus, I’d be screwed,” said BC freshman Daniel Garcia.

For students who live really far from the campus, the GET strike could have meant missing out on a semester, or longer, of school.

Drivers are friendly, but say that they are unable to say, on record, anything about the strike, but seem happy to be back to work themselves.

When asked if they like working for GET, each driver seems genuine when responding yes.

“I appreciate working for the GET. I never had any issues, personally. Who doesn’t want to get to work or school?” said GET bus driver, June.