Trimet budget highlights

The Trimet tax farm keeps growing 

Here’s the breakdown of how many people are working in each department

‘Public affairs’ has 88 employees!
‘Information technology’ has 66!
‘Safety and security’ has 68!
‘Finance’ has 103!
‘Capital projects’ has 99!

These people get paid days off in snow/ice emergencies pic.twitter.com/RowdhkgYez

— AL M (@AlYourPalster) March 14, 2018

Every single ‘administrative’ function is seeing double digit increases in their budgets

Remember every penny spent on that is a penny not spent on service pic.twitter.com/2PIJiL7LLB

— AL M (@AlYourPalster) March 14, 2018

34% increase in the f’n ‘office of the general manager’ pic.twitter.com/g9lMNkDtW9

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I get “service enhancements “ and “pass through”

Not clear what ‘reliability’ and ‘capacity’ actually is pic.twitter.com/tEu199Y5uM

— AL M (@AlYourPalster) March 14, 2018

I also wonder why Trimet keeps growing the non union side of operations like ‘information technology’ which is already top heavy pic.twitter.com/nJjnQRme74

— AL M (@AlYourPalster) March 14, 2018

This should be banned from public transportation

Cut the banks out completely

Of course it will never happen pic.twitter.com/olnuYGgBr5

— AL M (@AlYourPalster) March 14, 2018

Here are some actual specifics

Trimet is increasing service by 4.7%

$7.2 million pic.twitter.com/rihQzroR9f

— AL M (@AlYourPalster) March 14, 2018