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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

News CRC Protest Tomorrow at EXPO Center

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:20 AM

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  • BT Livermore
Rabblerousing group Stop the CRC is organizing a protest tomorrow at the ungodly hour of 8:30 AM up at the Expo Center, outside the first meeting of the Columbia River Crossing's new independent review panel... or "rubberstamp panel" as the anti-CRC crew is calling it.

Governors Gregoire and Kulongoski pulled together the review panel after four local leaders called for the bridge process to take a step back and consider smaller, greener options for the big bridge project. The governors said there could be no delay in the bridge process and called together an eight-person review panel with no Oregonians similar to ones that oversaw Seattle's disastrous Viaduct and 520 Bridge projects.

The chair of the committee Tom Warne directed a freeway project in Utah that wound up getting slapped by a judge for having a flawed environmental assessment and not evaluating enough alternatives. Hmm... sound familiar? Critics think the panel will do nothing more than sign off on the CRC's current $3 billion plan.

One things for sure: it's going to be an exciting first meeting. The protest meets up at 8:30 AM at the EXPO Center MAX stop.

 

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I wish I didn't have a job and could protest whenever I wanted. :(

I'd protest the hell out of this POS.
Posted by Jackattak on May 18, 2010 at 11:10 AM · Report
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We've got jobs - we just come in late and/or use vacation or sick time...or we come in late, etc.
Posted by brifra on May 20, 2010 at 5:32 PM · Report

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