Just ran into Sam Desue, Jr., leaving a meeting and told him I heard he was leaving. He said that he has 2.5 years to go and to tell the people who think he is leaving that they are wrong. I wanted to ask to get him on video saying that but didn't know if that was doable.
Didn't really introduce myself and I don't think he really has seen me (unlike Fred or Neil).
😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/yQSs9cpqtM
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
operations administration” goes up! pic.twitter.com/UXo3m5EawX
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026Sammie baby! $533k. Cut that service keep raising his salary
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
He’s one of the highest paid general managers in the entire industry pic.twitter.com/bofg6sg8XC
They did get rid of some bureaucrats but they expanded the “strategy” bullshit pic.twitter.com/C82D6d5UXD
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
By the way “ operations” (actual service) is still less than 1/2 the budget. https://t.co/ub3IJZHgJC
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
Wait a minute. TriMet has a budget of $1.2 billion?
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
That’s more than the current budget! pic.twitter.com/bKJfM5ykA5
Here’s last year’s budget
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
This year’s it’s actually higher! https://t.co/OnKVMBHfYB
TriMet used to have things laid out clearly in nice pie charts like this
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
BUT NOT THIS TIME AROUND
this is a first
I’ve been reading these documents for over a decade pic.twitter.com/Uzjt83R9yZ
This is $20 million higher than last year!
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
Do I have dementia or something? I thought they were supposed to be cuts? pic.twitter.com/SDCYAr3WaE
Something must be wrong with my brain because the TRANSPORTATION BUDGET for this upcoming year is HIGHER than last year?
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
How’s that possible with service cuts? pic.twitter.com/cG80LFf3Rb
ync src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8">Touché TriMet, you figured out how I was able to bust through your bullshit and made it virtually impossible to compare this budget with last year’s budget!
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
But answer me this: why is this years budget HIGHER than last years budget when you are supposedly running a deficit? pic.twitter.com/qPtLfFRV2Z
Hahahaha
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) March 13, 2026
Look at what these mofo’s have done!
They changed their pie chart so you can’t see the actual amount being spent per category
😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/c14X7xS2V0
