Tuesday, December 31, 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR TRIMET EXECUTIVES

This is a list of all the stories and commentary on the KOIN hard hitting investigation on Trimet Pork and the executive raises that were handed out at the exact same time that those same executives cut bus service to low income riders!
The series created a fire storm with Trimet denying responsibility (did you expect anything else from them) and numerous Trimet fans screaming "unfair" because of various technicalities.
The bottom line on Gianola's report is it exposed wasteful and bloated executive management at the Portland transit agency.
It is one of the absolute best investigative series on Trimet in the history of television reporting on the subject.

I didn't want to take sides on the Lane Jensen issue until I heard about his second arrest and TriMet's attempt to forbid him from his right to First Amendment Speech regarding the agency (including taking photos of buses).

People need to realize this is a government agency claiming that the people cannot speak freely regarding it! Now I'm not one to defend Lane or comment specifically on his actions; one's freedom of speech comes with the responsibility to accept that others may exercise their freedom of speech as a direct result.

However, some unanswered questions that delve into the why of Lane being setup: 1) Why didn't Ms. Alsdadt simply cease & desist Lane (if I understand correctly, a court order prohibiting someone from doing something and telling them if they refuse they will be taken to court)?

2) Why didn't Ms. Alsdadt simply reply with something like 'I will not answer this question.

Suspect in Bus driver attack a free man

PORTLAND -- The man suspected in a brutal attack on TriMet bus driver earlier this month has been released from jail.
Daemon Bowman allegedly punched Pamela Thompson in the head several times, then threw her cell phone when she tried to call for help.
He fled after the attack. Police found him about a mile away and arrested him.
Thompson said a dispute over Bowman's fare set him off. He was short 50 cents and she would not give him a bus ticket. He became enraged and started punching her.
During his court appearance Tuesday morning, the court agreed to release Bowman under the condition of "closed street supervision," which means he will be monitored until his February 5 trial.
The bus driver’s union was upset over the decision, questioning why someone so potentially dangerous was set free.
The attack happened in the St. Johns area on the evening of Dec. 12, as the Line 4 bus was stopped at North Richmond Avenue and North Syracuse Street.

Lane Jensen looks scary huh?

Nobody has done more to spice up the Trimet blog scene than Lane Jensen. It has been one rocking and rolling ride since the day I handed him his first video camera. It took him about a week and he was off on his own. The guy was a natural 'shock blogger'. After having a bus break down which ended up costing him his job he took to Trimet blogging better than anyone I have ever met. Of course he made more than a few enemies along the way but he was invaluable as a source of information and 'nail in the tire' to the various power players at Trimet.

Trimet resorted to hammer tactics to get rid of him. He made two annoying text messages to Roberta Alsdadt in 5 1/2 months and found himself arrested. A month later he actually called her a 'lying fucking bitch' and found himself arrested again, this time with bail higher than the guy that actually physically assaulted a bus driver. Apparently if Lane says things like that poor Roberta must have shivered in fear, he is so intimidating. Ya right. Lane had in his possession release orders that did not specify he could not talk about the case hence the Trimet Gestapo threw him back in jail. The whole case against him is trumped up nonsense but evennow he is providing all of us with endless entertainment. And if by chance he gets out of this,

WATCH OUT TRIMET

Trimet managers are such SCHMUCKS

(this was sent to me and I was asked to post it)

"TriMet’s Bus Transit management and their concern for those on the front lines, this says it all.

In 2013, 11 bus operators were assaulted . I attended the bail hearing of the last ‘op’ assaulted and as usual no one from management showed up in support of the injured Pam Thompson.

In the attachment TriMet GM. McFarelane is awarding two “office” employees safety awards. OFFICE WORKERS mind you. Guess they didn’t get slivers off their desks or such.

11 frontline employees assaulted and 2 office workers get safety awards."

They sure do love giving themselves awards!

Roberta is one hell of a liar also

Think the guy that punched out the bus driver would be released if he punched Roberta 15 times in the head?

HELL NO!

Happy New Year Trimet

It has been said that I am a 'disgruntled' ex employee of Trimet. Nothing is further from the truth. To be a 'disgruntled' ex employee I would have to 'hate' somebody at Trimet. There is not one person at Trimet that I 'hate'. Sure I don't like the way they treated me at the end of my career but for most of the time they were pretty damn tolerant of me. It was the YELLOW LINE CRASH that did me in. I was faced with a choice, give up the source of the information or be subject to 'the same treatment as a person busted for drugs who won't give up their supplier'. It was soon after I that the bogus complaints were coming in. Trimet made good on their threat and I knew it was time to go. But 'hate' anybody there? Give me a break. Take MARY FETSCH for example. I've met her several times and can tell you that she is a lovely woman, very nice on a personal level. Even that doofus Neal Mcfarlane appears to be a decent man. You think I don't know that if Mcfarlane wasn't the General Manager some other shmuck would be there doing exactly the same thing he is doing? Trimet is not leading the world wide movement against union workers, they are just following it. Both Mary and Neal have chosen as their careers to be part of that movement and as such become targets of my scorn. Mcfarlane could have retired as the 'brains behind the magical Portland Light Rail program'. He chose to become the head of Trimet when he knew he would be taking positions against his union workforce. Do I 'hate' him? Of course not, the contention is absurd. There is not one person who is currently working at Trimet that I have any animosity for. Your damn right I am pissed about losing 20% of my pension and the fact that their contracts were nothing but lies. But in case you haven't noticed, this is not unique to Trimet, its a world wide movement.

So happy new year Trimet and thanks for the years of never ending entertainment you have provided me. I live in transit geek paradise because of you.

Happy New year Portland Transport

The 'old' Portland Transport logo

After about 6 years of being a regular commentator over there Bob Richardson finally decided to 'ban me for life' after I called him a Nazi for censoring my posts. In reflection I find it humorous. After they changed their format things went steadily down hill. The pro light rail/ street car blog in Portland connected to all the 'players' its not surprising they would be happy to see me go. Chris Smith is a nice enough guy, he explained to me that I 'scared people from making comments'. LOL! Whatever! I hardly go over there any more. Occasionally I will scan to see if there is any over the top pro light rail/Trimet propaganda being pushed.

Happy New Year Adron Hall

Adron at one of our 'transit beers'

Also known at the Transit Sleuth he is a true blue transit geek. We get along much better in person than we do in forums where we are limited to 140 characters to express an idea. Probably a genius level IQ and uber fast typist he is a formidable foe on that twitter feed. I've known him a good many years now. Supporter of light rail and most of us would consider him a 'bike nazi' due to his fanatical anti car/pro bicycle ideas.Very pro Trimet.
Interestingly he founded the blogger 'transit beer' conferences and we now find that Trimet itself does what is called 'transit on tap'. One can't help but see the connection.

HAPPY NEW YEAR JASON MCHUFF

Jason Mchuff

I don't think there has been one other person who has provided so much free information to the public at large about Trimet

Without Jason we have no video of the Trimet Board meetings, no board meetings on cable access.

He has the best on line transit tracker.

He is the engineer on the Live Dispatch feed.

He maintains Rosecitytransit.org

He is seriously the most under rated blogger in the Trimet scene.

Happy New Year Erik Halstead

It's not easy being a Trimet critic. The 'cult of Portland' extends to Trimet too. That cult being how perfect and wonderful everything is here. The most perfect city in the entire world, at least that's what the propaganda machines crank out. And that so many people really believe this astonishes me. In reality Portland is more of a joke around the country no thanks to that stupid show Portlandia that I never found particularly amusing.
In any event Erik has been a stalwart critic of Trimet's policies and has gotten his share of abuse from the on line crowd.
I salute him for being able to take the pressure and stay true to his message. Here are all his posts from this past year.

BEST OF THE BLOG-MAY 2013

Widely viewed posts from May of 2013

TRIMET CORE VALUES

Trimet combines the 14+15

How about it Erik?

Highlights from todays record breaking TRIMET CLUSTERFUCK

MEET THE MEN WHO HAVE BROUGHT YOU THE CLUSTERFUCK KNOWN AS TODAYS TRIMET

Sometimes I wonder about Joe Rose

CHECK THIS OUT FROM 1983

MARY FETSCH IS SLIPPING

KITZHABER NOMINATES JOE ESMONDE FOR THE TRIMET BOARD

HOW DOES MCFARLANE INTEND TO DEAL WITH UNFUNDED LIABILITY

MAN ON SCOOTER RECORDS HIMSELF GETTING HIT BY BUS

Neil Mcfarlane offers an 'apology'

Another exciting episode of TRIMET FINANCIAL REPORT

Trimet forced to change accounting procedures

KOIN BLOCKBUSTER INVESTIGATION

Union Objects to TriMet Delays

Looks like KOIN is doing some real investigation

A tweet To Michael Anderson-the 'real' story

JEFF GIANOLA AND KOIN TV HAVE TRIMET EXECS RUNNING FOR THE HILLS

BUS DRIVER KICKS OFF RIDER FOR BOTTLE OF SOAP?

WHAT MCFARLANE AND HIS CRONIES DON'T SEEM TO GET

TRIMET ISSUES ITS 'FACT CHECK'

Jarrett Walker supports Trimet executives looting funds at will

ATU VS TRIMET- CORRESPONDENCE

About that KOIN report and the apologists

DID YOU KNOW THAT MCFARLANES CRONY AUXIER IS DOUBLE DIPPING?

TRIMET APOLOGISTS DON'T HAVE A CLUE

LANE JENSEN STAGES A ONE MAN PROTEST AT TODAYS BOARD MEETING

BRUCE HANSEN AT TODAYS PUPPETS MEETING

Latest "seen and heard on Trimet'

MARY LONGORIA

Shirley Block

TRIMET BICYCLE REPRESENTATIVE AND VETERAN TIM MULLIGAN HAS MESSAGE FOR NEIL

GOOD OLE FAST FREDDIE

Official Complaints to Trimet (some good ones in there)

AUXIER WHINES ABOUT THE USUAL

MEET YOUR FRIENDLY TRIMET INSPECTORS

Trimet is planning to strip away your benefits

ILLEGAL DISH SOAP ?

TRIMET SUED

Who is Consuelo Sargoza and what is the office of transit equity?

Crown-Ikarus

IT'S JOHNELL BELL!

A TRIMET APOLOGIST GIVES ME A COMPLIMENT

I spend hours, days, even weeks arguing with this guy about Trimet and Trimet policies. But today he paid me a compliment!

Lane Jensen explained to the cops why he was texting Aldstadt

Before he was arrested by the cops the first time one of the Trimet transit police called him and basically interviewed him about this. This is what he said when the cop asked him why he was texting Aldstadt:

Cop: How come you keep sending her text messages?
Lane: Because I have questions for her and she is not answering my questions. I've tried email and every other which way to get ahold of these managers at Trimet and they haven't responded back to me. I mean there is no other way to get a hold of them and they are the ones that know the answers to my questions.

The police were told the motivation for the texts, clearly not for harassment purposes, and they still went through with the phony arrest. This is such a clear example of the abuse of power

Mexico City transit riders stage HUGE protest of fare hike

Hoping to offset rising costs and promising to finance improvements, city officials approved an increase from 3 to 5 pesos for a ride on the heavily subsidized metro system. That's the equivalent of a leap from just under 25 cents to almost 40 cents.

http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-mexico-metro-20131228,0,4781666.story#ixzz2p1hY1qjR

IF IT IS FOUND THAT TRIMET CONSPIRED TO GET LANE JENSEN

Then They are in big trouble. I imagine that all the communications that show conspiracy will miraculously get 'lost'. Remember that Aldstadt had blocked his number after the first set of text messages. For some reason she unblocked it. Now why would she do that?

Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241
Conspiracy Against Rights

This statute makes it unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person of any state, territory or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him/her by the Constitution or the laws of the United States, (or because of his/her having exercised the same).

RUMORS

Joe Rose

It's going around Trimet employees that Joe Rose got punched out because he wrote unfavorable articles about Trimet bus drivers making too much money.

The facts are that Joe Rose got punched by some nut who was pissed off at him and another rider because they were blocking the MAX door.

It had nothing to do with Trimet

Original post is HERE

LATEST EDITION OF SEEN AND HEARD ON TRIMET

But not seen on TRIMET'S HOW WE ROLL BLOG!

TRIMET SCANNER TWEETS HERE!

@_EmmaNavarro

I hate how this stupid trimet ticket app makes you buy more that 5 dollars when I'm only gonna use this stupid pass for 45 mins ...

We love light rail

Some truck somehow screwed up the Street Car wires. That streetcar is such a mess, not a day goes by without something screwing up

TRIMET crews on scene in SouthWaterfront. Roads closed. No streetcar service. #lineonk2 pic.twitter.com/sJoif7u3gd
— Matt Johnson (@MattKATU) December 30, 2013

BE FEARFUL OF WHO YOU CAN RUN INTO WHEN HAVING A FARE DISPUTE

This bus driver was mercilessly beaten and kicked which ended his career forever!

MICHAEL LEVINE (now deceased) understood that Trimet exces are all liars

And the top dog at Trimet is none other than Neal Mcfarlane (known as Neil the dickhead) who is the one allowing the constant lying state affairs to continue.

More comments on the Lane Jensen farce

On October 30, 2013 the Willamette Week did an article about Lane where the Tri Met chief media relations officer Mary Fetsch said, "Tri Met declines to comment, that it would be inappropriate to comment since this is a personal case and Tri Met has no involvement in the legal proceedings."

HMMMM

Tri Met cops arrested Lane!

Tri Met DA is prosecuting Lane!

Tri Met DA subpoenas Al!

But according to Mary Fetsh Tri Met has no personal involvement?

HMMMMM

Yes it is political and personal; it’s a calculated attack by Tri Met against two Bloggers who reports the facts and the truth about Tri Met.

Lane is the third blogger in Corvics ten year with Tri Met. One is a current employee and the other was an ex employee of Tri Met. Of the three the severity of Lane’s punishment does not fit the crime. Even Purefield who repeatedly victimized 12 grieving families of the Auroa theatre shooting got off with no jail time and no fine.

It’s a $10000 fine if you beat up an operator and 5 years in prison but if a blogger dares to exercise his First Amendment Rights by asking a question of a government’s agency Media Public Relations officer then its 15 years in jail and $78,000 in fines

You know Tri Mets new motto “sticks and stones might break drivers bones but bloggers factual words just might hurt the agency more”.

More evidence that Lane Jensen was railroaded

(this was a comment on another post but it deserves its own post)
Kevin Michael Purefield pleaded guilty in Multnomah County Circuit Court Wednesday to one count each of misdemeanor stalking and telephonic harassment. Purefield was repeatedly harassing victims’ families of the Aurora Colorado movie theatre shooting. Purfield is scheduled to be sentenced Friday to what likely will be a year of mental-health court, where he will have to check in weekly with a specialist who will help him with any needs, such as attending doctor’s appointments, taking medications and maintaining a place to live. Purfield also will be ordered not to phone, email, text or otherwise have any contact with the families of the 12 who died or the 58 who were injured during the July 2012 screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” “We just want to stop the behavior and get him help,” said Kirsten Snowden, the deputy district attorney who heads Multnomah County’s misdemeanor trial unit.

On two different occasions Lane texted two different non threatening questions to Tri Met Media Public Relations officer Roberta Alsteadt on her assigned Verizon phone on her designated number for work related matters multiple times; “When will the non-union employees stop getting benefits and pensions after 3 years, while drivers have to wait 10-20? Who’s got the harder job? “So what is it going to take to get safety on the busses? How many more lives is it going to take? 1? 10? 100? 1000? A driver being killed while in the seat? Could you question that Roberta Alsteadt deliberately didn’t answer Lanes’ questions so she could entrap Lane and so they could claim telephonic harassment to set up and shut up Lane forever. Four of Tri Mets contracted cops, usually seen on the max hustling people for their fares were sent to bully, arrest, handcuff, and seize Lane’s computer and cell phone. On October 30, 2013 the Willamette Week did an article about Lane where the Tri on It's less of a crime to beat up an operator than text a Trimet executive

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Remember Mcfarlane want's to end union benefits

All the years of promises that were made have been swept away with Mcfarlanes appointment as General Manager Click Here For Post

Remember this classic Trimet clusterfuck?

Click Here for ClusterFuck

TRIMET CORE VALUES

This was from May of this year. They have since equalized the reward for the destruction of equipment and the destruction of a human being!

$1000 REWARD FOR THIS


ROCK DAMAGES MAX TRAIN

$0 REWARD FOR THIS

MAN STABS BUS DRIVER

Portland's 'transit vision' is not achieving the desired results

At the other end of the spectrum, Portland, Ore., has pursued road-skeptical policies similar to many major Canadian cities. The result is markedly worsened commuting times. According to the TTI, over the past 30 years Portland has gone from having the 47th worst congestion in the U.S. to the sixth worst.Sick of congestion? Build roads, not transit - The Globe and Mail

He fought the law and the law won

What happens, often, is that the act of protest takes place, and then
the police tell you to stop and, when you don't, they arrest you for not
stopping.

Environmental Protestor Jailed - I Bought The Law And The Law Won - Esquire

Friday, December 27, 2013

DO NOT EVER FORGET WHO WE ARE DEALING WITH AT TRIMET

Federal judge sanctions TriMet for hiding evidence from victims' families in fatal bus crash

We are dealing with liars, cheats, and con men, do not forget it!

Federal judge sanctions TriMet for hiding evidence from victims' families in fatal bus crash | OregonLive.com

LARS SAYS THE CONVICTION OF LANE JENSEN WILL SET DANGEROUS PRECEDENT

And he is absolutely correct. He is talking with Aaron Mesh of the Willamette Week

Transparency? At Trimet? LOL!

Luckily there is somebody out here trying to keep track of what's going on over there because if you expect Trimet to provide any public information you will be sorely disappointed.I had my own copy of this file and this is what the media used for the story

Click to expand

Lars says bloggers are reporters, Trimet says they are not

We all know that Trimet officials don't consider myself and Lane Jensen 'reporters'. They have publicly stated so. As a 'public agency' that don't have the right to make those sort of determinations but we all know this is Trimet and they make their own laws as they go and there is no way to hold them accountable short of actually finding some sort of obvious fraud which I am sure is not likely. Everything is well hidden in complex contracts and revolving doors between places like CH2MHILL.
Lars gives us his take on who is a reporter

Some of the most outrageous and ridiculous false propaganda I have ever read about Trimet

In Portland, Ore., public transportation is a huge part of the urban life, with 80 percent of adults (the figure is actually 12% use public transportation) in the area riding TriMet, which runs Portland’s transit system, according to TriMet figures.
Among their riders, 84 percent are “choice” riders, meaning they choose public transit over such transportation as driving their own cars.

What Portland offers its 603,000 residents — light rail, commuter rail, streetcars and buses — isn’t that different from systems in Baltimore.
What makes Portland’s system so effective is its seamlessness and accessibility, (haha...too funny) says Katherine Hunter-Zaworski, a civil and construction engineering professor at Oregon State University.(who the hell is that?)
Read the rest of this silly crap HERE
You might want to check out THIS world wide analysis of transit systems, Portland just barely made average

And then you can check this out too and its 12%
List of U.S. cities with high transit ridership - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The real reason Copic subpoenaed me

John Copic will stoop to any low to get a conviction

He must be scared shit of my presence to go to this length to keep me away from his kangaroo court. He wants to exclude me from the hearings. An attorney explains to me below

Most likely, yes. In Oregon, one of the sides must request the witness exclusion rule. It doesn't just happen automatically. But if you have been told by the prosecution that you will be excluded, you can pretty much bet that the prosecutor will request the exclusion.

Especially if you are a hostile witness. What the prosecution will want to avoid is your watching any testimony, and then tailoring your testimony to undermine their case. They want you to testify without any knowledge of what any other witness said. If your story is contradicts other witness' stories, it won't be because you listened to what they said, and changed anything. It will just have happened based on your differing recollections.

Thursday, December 26, 2013

BEST OF THE BLOG-APRIL 2013

Trimet has 625 buses with 625 new radios at a cost of $34 million
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CORRODED BRIDGE PLATE SENSOR AND RICHEST HEALTH CARE IN THE WORLD CAUSED THIS MAX SEAT TO EXPLODE
Trimet caught lying AGAIN?
TRIMET ACTIVIST GETS RESPONSE FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL
3MESS UNION MEMBERS, YOUR GOOSE IS COOKED
PRT PROPOSED FOR WEST SIDE
This bus driver really loses his cool
BRUTAL ASSAULT ON BUS DRIVER
MCFARLANE TELLS ALAN EISENBERG A BOLD FACED LIE
GREAT STORY FROM A REGULAR READER
ATU 757 NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
ANOTHER BUS DRIVER GETS STABBED (interuption of Sunset Bob Weekend)
THE REAL STORY OF THE DEPARTURE OF SUNSET BOB
So no wonder they need to cut union benefits
SUPERVISORY REPORTS
TRIMET CHEAPS OUT SENDS DRIVERS BATHROOM INTO DANGEROUS LOCATIONS
ATU 757 NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
BLOCHER (185K/YR) OFFERS AN EXPLANATION FOR NEW POSH LOCKED OFFICES
TODAY IS THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRIMET HORROR BUS CRASH
Haven't seen Darla Sturdy in awhile
Today's "seen and heard on Trimet"
LOMAX (180K) TALKS ABOUT BUSES
Chris Tucker ($84.5k! he's a grunt) talks about mobile ticketing
TriMet drivers face threats, attacks
INSANE TRIMET BUS DRIVERS
Stedman says Trimet will not be able to defeat union arbitration law
TRIMET EXECUTIVES SAY 'UNION GIVEBACKS JUST STARTING'
THE BRILLIANCE OF TRIMET
Today's "seen and heard on Trimet"
MCFARLANE OPPOSES CHANGING THE TRIMET BOARD (well ya!)
Heintzman's Back!
'YOUR A BUNCH OF FUCKING LIARS'
3 PEOPLE THAT STRIKE FEAR IN THE TRIMET EXECUTIVES
Mcfarlane still whining about fareless square and MAX

THIS IS THE VIDEO WHERE TRIMET TELLS THE METRO PEOPLE THE GIVE BACKS ARE JUST BEGINING

Also this video verifies Aaron Mesh's conclusions on Trimet pitting riders against union employees

Tigard transit initiative touches a nerve » News » OPB

Sides gird for fight on measure to block high-capacity plans
Traffic and congestion are the top concerns of Tigard residents according to municipal surveys. But next March city voters will be asked to stop the solution being prepared by regional leaders, a new high-capacity transit corridor between Portland and Tualatin. It is supported by the Multnomah County Commission and the city of Portland.
Ballot Measure 34-210 opposes new high-capacity corridor projects in Tigard. It was placed on the March 11 special election ballot by activists opposed to Metro’s Southwest Corridor Project. They do not believe that either transit option being studied — a new light-rail line or a bus rapid-transit line with dedicated lanes — would reduce congestion. Instead, they think it will be used to increase density throughout the corridor.

Here's an idea for avoiding dangerous riders

"WANTED" posters of serial troublemakers and fare evaders who terrorise bus drivers and passengers have been circulated to State Transit Authority bus depots in Sydney and Newcastle.
The mugshots warning drivers of individuals who get on buses and refuse to pay or make life uncomfortable for other passengers are pinned to the walls of drivers' meal and locker rooms.
The Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) has advised its members not to confront the potentially violent fare evaders
Full Story is Here

Willamette Weeks Aaron Mesh explains Trimet's union busting technique

He provides us with great insight into Trimet's game of creating a wedge between the public and its union employees.

WTF ARE THESE FOOLS THINKING?
ODOT TO INSPECT TRIMET!
NEIL "MAD MAX" MCFARLANE IS THE FOOL ON THE HILL
DR BETHEL SHOCKS ME (video)
WHERE'S HARRY (supporta)?
EVIL AMONG US
TriMet managers quietly gave themselves raises just before fare hike, agency says
TRIMET BUDGET WAS A FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT
Olga Kozinskiy on a Trimet twitter rant
My ethics complaint against Mcfarlane
THE CADILLAC OF DRIVER APPRECIATION CEREMONIES
2009 and 2013 biggest money earners at Trimet
$34 million flop
The Real Reason Behind the TriMet Fare Increases-ATU 757
Joe Rose on the court's indecision
TRIMET DRIVER CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT-Mult Cty Case No. 1301-00923.
TRIMET 2 MAN PROTEST
John Charles says Trimet board members should be in jail
COULD TRIMET SCREW UP THIS BADLY?
EXCELLENT STUDY ON TRIMET POSITIONS/RAISES/PORK

I just don't understand why Trimet would hate Lane Jensen so much

FUNNY HOW THE TRIMET LABOR NEGOTIATIONS NEVER WERE MADE PUBLIC

All that posturing and huffing and puffing in the end nothing came of any of it. In my mind that brings into doubt the motivation of our union. Why exactly did they back down from that? Actually to be honest I never believed it would happen anyway.

Judge can't decide if TriMet labor talks open to public, putting negotiations in flux

Trimet executives tried to charge its union employees for health care already received

These are the people that run this transit district. They actually tried to get the union employees to reimburse them for health insurance that was already provided and they continue withholding the premiums that they illegally charged to union members. They are ruthless cutthroats and not worthy of any respect

TRIMET LOSES UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE

Michael Anderson of the now defunct Portland A-Foot was the 1st reporter to get the story of the secret raises

TriMet managers quietly gave themselves raises just before fare hike, agency says | Portland Afoot

The truth about Trimet part 2

A public agency that sends out press releases to argue with unfavorable news reports declaring 'the facts' and who has now deployed its own police to stamp out annoying questions!

Bus driver self defense video!

What would you do?

Say you're a Trimet PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER and some guy you knew was obnoxious wanted to get some information from you but you decided that you're not going to answer that guy, even though your job description specifically states you are to answer questions from citizens. And since you ignored that person he decided to bombard you with the same question over and over. Say this is the question

What would you do?

A-answer his question

B-call him and tell him to fuck off

C-block his phone number

D-report it to the police.

So we can see that the text message we are speaking of implies great threats to the safety of the public information officer-NOT!

No if it was me I would have simply called him back and answered the question and be done with it.

But not Roberta Aldstadt and her Trimet bosses, no they decided to call the police and block his number. (and for some unknown reason she decided to unblock it later)

Why? Cause that's how they roll.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE TRIMET OLIGARCHS

FARE INFORMERS OR ENFORCERS?

According to this Trimet bus drivers are 100% fare enforcers.

As usual Trimet has been lying to the media.

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

The biggest injustice that TRIMET pulled in 2013

Lane Jensen bail higher than bus driver attacker

Insiders know the true story of Trimet. Vindictive and brutal they do not take kindly to criticism.
Then a character by the name of Lane Jensen appeared on the blog scene. He was everywhere, on buses, on trains, watching supervisory personnel at transit centers, at board meetings and constantly bothering the managers for explanations.
Trimet personnel were dying to find a way to get rid of this guy. So they concocted this phony 'telephonic harassment' charge against him. Of course they had the full cooperation of the District attorneys office.

Roberta Alsdtadt was chosen as the 'victim' obviously because she is a woman and that would play better in the courts than if they had chosen Harry Sapporta, Randy Stedemen, or Neil Mcfarlane although all of them got the exact same treatment from Lane.

And what is the crime that Lane Jensen is accused of? Sending two text messages multiple times to Roberta Alstdadt in the course of 5 months. Both were questions involving her job description and Trimet business

The pure horror of that is hard to fathom. Two instances of multiple text messages in five months! Will Roberta ever recover from the pure terror of that act? Maybe she went in psychiatric treatment it must have been so emotionally upsetting for her.

Of course I am being facetious, the whole scam is nothing but a ruse to shut Lane up by using the police state and corrupted courts as the vehicle to stamp out dissent.

So what harm did Lane ever have to anyone at Trimet? Not one instance of harm that I can think of. Nobody got fired, nobody got disciplined (except maybe the driver than ran 2 stop signs, I think he got a day off with pay) and nothing changed as a result of Lane Jensen

Lane was arrested a second time because he misunderstood the terms of his release the first time. I'm sure the DA and TRIMET would have been happy if Lane had sat in jail awaiting his 'trial'. Alas that didn't happen as I ponied up the money to get him out of the American Gulag. It doesn't take a genius to see what they were up to. Once they had him in jail he would have been forced to take whatever plea bargain the District attorneys office offered.I'm glad I could foil their plans.

The sixth amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial but we all know that the constitution was torn up long ago. They have moved Lanes trial from Jan 7 to Feb 10.

And now the oligarchs have won their battle to silence Lane. His blog is deleted and he no longer talks about Trimet. They should be proud of themselves for attempting to ruin a persons life. They have no shame, no ethics, and no morality.

That is indeed how they roll over there.