No way I can stand in defense of this bus driver

Don’t really want to give this guy a hard time

You’ll end up on YouTube

https://youtu.be/5aVb2IxmLyo

SOCK PUPPETS MEET TOMORROW

Deke’s latest

https://fromthedriverside.blogspot.com/2018/02/journalism-is-dead-here.html

Once again, our management fails to protect us. How? They allow the media to portray us in a negative light by A) not reporting full and complete statistics; B) by releasing statements that further cast us in shadow, such as "we do not condone..." when it hasn't been proven that an operator in question actually committed an alleged offense; C) by not standing up and boldly proclaiming that it will pursue each aggressor to the full extent of the law; and D) by not insisting the state legislature protect us with strict sentencing guidelines for assailants, or permanently excluding anyone who has been proven to assault one of us.

Trimet is hiring

but watch this first

This is some actual confirmation that transit districts are INTENTIONALLY under reporting crimes against transit operators. All the transit districts in the United States follow policies that are developed at the national level and implemented locally.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Video-Shows-Attacks-on-AC-Transit-Drivers-Spiking-While-Agency-Touts-Decline-474953813.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_BAYBrand

OPAL tries to break through

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.

CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE

Debate on the issue of Trimet bus driver assaults

Below the break you will see the debate between two activist Trimet bus operators on what constitutes an assault. One thing we know for sure, being a transit operator in a major city in the United States is dangerous work. The debaters are two gentlemen I have tremendous respect for, Henry Beasley and Dan Christiansen

Portland media ignores Trimet operator assaults

https://t.co/dRHkUN2Yep

Mcfarlanes true legacy

While the mainstream is busy pumping up Neal Mcfarlanes tenure as Trimet general manager "we the people" know the truth.

Rest in Peace Stuart Linfoot

Either Doug Kelsey was lying or he’s grossly incompetent

The evidence is laid out HERE!

“The era of Us vs. Them needs to end. Only through teamwork and trust can we rebuild this broken relationship. Replacing the outgoing GM with his clone is not the best way to move forward. Hire someone who is innovative”

Trimet good guys

Joe Ruffin#trimet #atu757 pic.twitter.com/3MMiAS3mXJ

— AL M (@AlYourPalster) February 4, 2018

Deke N’Blue

After what was touted as a "worldwide search," all the talking heads could come up with was one finalist. Yes, only one. You'd think such a wide call for applicants might include more than that, but all our hiring procedure could procure was one, and he already is in local management? Wow, folks. Sounds pretty flimsy on the surface. An import from Canada who thinks safety and schedule are synonymous. One who was fired from his last job without any explanation except that it might have been "political" fallout from a failed ballot initiative to provide Vancouver, British Columbia with added transit funding. Well now, is that all Portland could come up with? Surely, there are more-deserving and qualified corporate muckity-mucks available than one finalist.

Read the full article here!

The case of the Trimet "Dolly" criminal is now closed

The case of the #trimet dolly criminal is closed pic.twitter.com/fhdCuhEzYL

— AL M (@AlYourPalster) February 2, 2018

Latest MAX incident

CLICKN HERE!

OPAL update on Trimet general manager

Here's an update from OPAL:

Update to the community stakeholders regarding Trimet’s impending hire of a general manager:

Excellent essay on the failure of American public transportation

https://democracyjournal.org/arguments/politics-is-failing-mass-transit/

Victory?

TriMet tells me they are changing their policies and will give bus drivers who get sick during their route a ride "to the nearest TriMet facility" pic.twitter.com/WHJIo01y85

— Elliot Njus 🚦🏠 (@enjus) January 29, 2018

Trimet continues its anti human employee policies

CLICK HERE!

There is no official Trimet document that specifically bans hand trucks on Trimet

https://youtu.be/_hBFF3tLQEc

Trimet operators band together to form a bus driver rescue team

#Trimet operators band together to rescue abandoned drivers who are left to fend for themselves by a company that doesn’t care about them unless they can be used by the Trimet neoliberal industrial complex pic.twitter.com/gki8E1ywES

— AL M (@AlYourPalster) January 27, 2018

Neil Mcfarlane "farewell tour"

Neil Mcfarlane’s “farewell tour”

Lol

Notice the times he’s going through the facilities, all when most people will be out in the field.

I don’t know why any union employee would respect this man, he’s reign has been nothing but a nightmare pic.twitter.com/4ghbAMMZiG

— AL M (@AlYourPalster) January 26, 2018

Trimet management continues down the low road

http://www.atu757.org/another-trimet-bus-operator-stranded-on-the-side-of-the-road/

https://t.co/68fSC58qaW

Outsourcing the General Manager

The more I think about the process that was used to select Kelsey the more it disturbs me.

 If you watch that video of the transit recruitment woman you'll see that the entire process is controlled by the  public transportation industrial complex. 

All the people that make up KL2-Connect are ex public transportation officials themselves. 

While Trimet officials boast of allowing input into the "type of characteristics" of the future general manager, the actual selections, interviews, and final decisions were all done in secret. Nobody even knows who actually applied for the job or what their backgrounds were. 

We know nothing about any of the applicants other than there were so many black men, black woman, and white men applied.  

That's an abomination  is precisely the type management that should be opposed.

Portland Activists cause Trimet board to delay general manager hiring

It's probably just a head fake. 

Government always delays unpopular decisions in the hope that the citizens will move on to the next outrage and forget about the previous outrage. 

It's a well calculated strategy and works most of the time.

 Mainstream media, which was created and functions as a method to keep the citizens distracted and misinformed  by the never ending barrage of "breaking news" works hand in hand with government on things like this.
The Trimet puppets actually have the nerve to put forth the argument that Kelsey was the most qualified IN THE WORLD was preposterous on its face.

In any event the activists have caused the puppets to DELAY Kelsey's coronation