It’s only recently that there has been any transparency whatsoever from Trimet officials.
A political patronage board coupled with one party political rule for decades in Portland and Oregon has created one of the least accountable public agencies in Oregon.
Trimet was once a model of great people oriented public transportation, now its a model of neoliberal public transportation.
The "leadership" of Trimet is tone deaf to the community.
Its the same will all of our government structures now, they serve the interests of the elites at the expense of the citizens.
OPAL is making a valiant attempt to break through this closed crony network.
Personally, I don't think its possible, we lost "our" government long ago and I don't see anyway to get it back.
What we can do is refuse to hand over any more of our money voluntarily.
They'll just take it without our permission anyway, like they just did with this transportation tax which amounts to $1400 for each citizen of Oregon.
These people will probably kill us in the end.
To many of us in the room, TriMet representatives were condescending, transactional, and disregarded the input of our communities.
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