Trimess

Monday, April 14, 2014

Trimet hires another crony

Bernie Bottomly (great name)  has replaced Olivia Clark at as 'Director of Governmental affairs.
From Portland A-Foot:
Bernie Bottomly is a professional lobbyist working, as of July 2010, as vice president of government affairs and economic development for the Portland Business Alliance.
In 2010, he was a registered Metro lobbyist for transportation issues on behalf of the Alliance.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Bottomly worked as director of PacifiCorp from 2002 to 2006 and as director of governmental affairs for TriMet from 1992 to 2002. Before that, he worked as district director for Democratic Congressman Les AuCoin from 1982 to 1992.(his current salary is unknown but Clarks was over $170k)

6 comments:

Al M said...

Keeping the money and the power 'all in the family'

Don H. said...

But then again, is there ANYONE that you would approve of in this position? Doubtful.

Al M said...

Actually NO, this position has nothing to do with transit delivery and should be eliminated completely.

Anonymous said...

What was Clark's pension and number of years worked again? Like $70,000 a year for the rest of her life based on a 10 or 15 year Trimet career, right?

Al M said...

Yup

Anonymous said...

Amazing how the Trimet oligarchs continue to piss on the riders and union workforce and tell them it's raining! Monster pensions for the oligarchs, fare increases for the riders, and benefits/pension cuts for the frontline workers? Smells like tyranny...