OPAL CONTINUES CALLING OUT TRIMET LIES

You can't beat Trimet, logic and facts just don't make a difference with the behemoth organization called Trimet. They do what they want, period;

Bus rider advocates say the regional transit agency didn’t need to raise rates and cut service last year. They say TriMet is currently projected to run a $20 million surplus this year, which proves last year’s deficit predictions were unfounded. 

The advocates also complain TriMet is not doing enough now to help those most hurt by its earlier decisions. And they do not believe the service improvements approved and proposed to date help low-income riders.
“TriMet can and should improve service, but that doesn’t help those who were hurt the most by the fare increases,” says Jared Franz, the law and policy associate with the OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon advocacy organization.

The Tribune of course has emerged as the biggest cheerleader for Trimet management recently and of course sticks in the anti union schtick:

In TriMet’s case, the situation is complicated by the unresolved labor dispute. After negotiations over the last contract broke down, a state-approved arbitrator imposed TriMet’s final offer last year. ATU 757 appealed that decision to the state Employment Relations Board, which upheld it. Now the union has appealed the ERB decision to the Oregon Court of Appeals, which could reverse both decisions.

The arbitration award has been fully implemented so all the cuts have occurred, its highly unlikely the court of appeals will reverse the decision. It's appears to be standard procedure now that each side keeps appealing any decision that is unfavorable to it.

TriMet hits bumpy road in critics' eyes