Just ran into Sam Desue, Jr., leaving a meeting and told him I heard he was leaving. He said that he has 2.5 years to go and to tell the people who think he is leaving that they are wrong. I wanted to ask to get him on video saying that but didn't know if that was doable.
Didn't really introduce myself and I don't think he really has seen me (unlike Fred or Neil).
😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/yQSs9cpqtM
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
operations administration” goes up! pic.twitter.com/UXo3m5EawX
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026Sammie baby! $533k. Cut that service keep raising his salary
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
He’s one of the highest paid general managers in the entire industry pic.twitter.com/bofg6sg8XC
They did get rid of some bureaucrats but they expanded the “strategy” bullshit pic.twitter.com/C82D6d5UXD
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
By the way “ operations” (actual service) is still less than 1/2 the budget. https://t.co/ub3IJZHgJC
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
Wait a minute. TriMet has a budget of $1.2 billion?
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
That’s more than the current budget! pic.twitter.com/bKJfM5ykA5
Here’s last year’s budget
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
This year’s it’s actually higher! https://t.co/OnKVMBHfYB
TriMet used to have things laid out clearly in nice pie charts like this
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
BUT NOT THIS TIME AROUND
this is a first
I’ve been reading these documents for over a decade pic.twitter.com/Uzjt83R9yZ
This is $20 million higher than last year!
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
Do I have dementia or something? I thought they were supposed to be cuts? pic.twitter.com/SDCYAr3WaE
Something must be wrong with my brain because the TRANSPORTATION BUDGET for this upcoming year is HIGHER than last year?
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
How’s that possible with service cuts? pic.twitter.com/cG80LFf3Rb
ync src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8">Touché TriMet, you figured out how I was able to bust through your bullshit and made it virtually impossible to compare this budget with last year’s budget!
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
But answer me this: why is this years budget HIGHER than last years budget when you are supposedly running a deficit? pic.twitter.com/qPtLfFRV2Z
Hahahaha
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
Look at what these mofo’s have done!
They changed their pie chart so you can’t see the actual amount being spent per category
😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/c14X7xS2V0
TriMet Sam 'the scam' Desue doesn't even mention that the payroll tax has just doubled
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) October 8, 2025
He is proceeding with the service cuts as though nothing has happened pic.twitter.com/CvGDIo4Kut
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Deke's Note: I had hoped Dear Sam #5 would be the last for a while. Then he went and pissed me off. Again. He hasn't learned. I hope this one teaches him a valuable lesson about being the GM of one of Oregon's top employers. He obviously has a lot to learn.
TriMet/ ATU757 rant part 1
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 27, 2024
(Screwed, glued and tattooed) pic.twitter.com/INU6KZ6CED
TriMet/ATU757
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 27, 2024
Rant part 2
(Screwed, glued and tattooed) pic.twitter.com/Pm0F6vJQfv
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
CC: Sam
I’m going someplace different this time. At another work week end, I’m more exhausted than ever before. Let’s explore the why.
It’s demeaning to say I told ya so, but here we are as promised. After battling through countless historic events with management cheerleading/waterboarding us along, I knew it would turn its back on the Operations team upon whose efforts it rode its self congratulatory wave.
Yeah upper management, you’re easily predictable and just proved what I mean by “you suck”. Only difference between you an
Basically the argument is this: pass this contract or everybody that has family/personal or sickness issues will be FIRED!
In his written decision, Gaba lamented not being able to pick and choose parts of the two offers. Gaba wrote that he was in the uncomfortable position of having to approve contract language that he found “personally offensive.” An arbitrator since 1997, Gaba was at one time an… pic.twitter.com/pRUwbegv7Y
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) August 8, 2024
This contract should be no longer than 2 years given the uncertainty of the future
CLICK THIS LINK FOR ORIGINAL POST--->My Employer is Abusive
Hey Boss, why you trying to kill me? All of us were “Heroes” during Covid-19 according to your signs. We worked through it. You hid from it. We deserve better than being afraid to take care of ourselves when health issues confront us.
Your collective attitude towards us during, and after that putrid “Hero” propaganda campaign, was disgusting. Discipline turned abusive. We were suspended for “mask behavior” even though many of us had already been wearing them before the mandate.
I hear good old Shirley left quite a mess for Bruce and Henry to clean up
I really had a lot of respect for Shirley, I really did. And then she met Sam Desue, and she was putty in his hands #trimet #atu757 pic.twitter.com/7o2JSepiOg
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) July 16, 2024
Furthermore her hand-picked replacements all got the ditch except for Longoria who ran unopposed for some reason
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) July 10, 2024
Al’s officially out of service. https://t.co/X9Ig8J5Bkt
— PDX SCANNER (@realpdxscanner) July 10, 2024
