LAW? NAH

I guess this law does not apply after all, so carry on Trimet spending tax dollars on lobbying, it's your money to do what you want to, its certainly not the citizens money anymore.

Essentially, public employees may not engage in political activity while on the job. 

ORS 260.432(1) states that a person - including public employers and elected officials - may not

require a public employee to promote or oppose any political committee or any initiative,

referendum or recall petition, ballot measure or candidate.

ORS 260.432(2) states that public employees (including school administrators, city managers, police

chiefs, etc.) may not be involved in

promoting or opposing

any political committee or any

initiative, referendum or recall petition, measure or candidate

“while on the job during working

hours.”

OR

OVERVIEW OF RESTRICT IONS AND ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES

The overriding principle is that public employees may not use their work time to support or oppose

measures, candidates, recalls, political committees or petitions. Oregon election law does not specify

any amount of work time that may be used before a violation occurs, so a public employee may be

found in violation even though they used a minimal amount of work time.

An elected official or any other employer of a public employee may not require or direct public

employees to prepare or distribute advocacy materials.

WHO IS COVERED?

As a general rule, all non-elected public employees are covered by 260.432. 

http://oregonvotes.org/doc/publications/restrictions.pdf