http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2012/04/04/trimet-occupied Comments On: TriMet, Occupied by Alex Zielinski en-us Copyright 2013 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Casual Sex T-Rex]]> Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:34:12 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by The Showstopper]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:26:40 -0700 Portland Mercury
son i am disappoint
Posted by ScrumYummy]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:36:02 -0700 Portland Mercury
That would be a start. And you still have to pay to operate and upkeep said line, something that is foolish when you're already cutting service. (I'd also argue that money could have been used elsewhere, since Occupy wants Trimet to beg the fed, but that'll just open up a "different colors of money" argument that I have no interest in rehashing).

I know you/people love the idea of lightrail, and in some situations, I do too, but basic services should be the priority. Currently, that's not the case.
Posted by Chuck Garabedian]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:27:52 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by geyser]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:54:12 -0700 Portland Mercury
@2 - Please state what you would define as "success" in the case of this public transit situation.

Respectfully requesting you both drop a steaming pile of opinion here so we all have a better idea of where you're coming from with your point of view.
Posted by c.o.]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:46:37 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Ritchie]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:44:20 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Reymont]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:24:21 -0700 Portland Mercury
Across-the-board cuts mean you're generally left with the shiftless layabouts, while your more talented and marketable employees move on to greener pastures. Trimet is already in their -fourth- year of a pay freeze; so while it's tempting to go after some nebulous middle-management inefficiencies, the reality of it is that it would likely make the organization worse off for the changes.
Posted by Crowsby]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:22:42 -0700 Portland Mercury
Not that they're really solutions, but 1 is a good idea, 4 is okay, though it won't change anything, 2 already kind of happens and 3 is a pipe dream.

Anyone else get the feeling that Occupy has become something akin to a protest mob for hire?
Posted by Chuck Garabedian]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:21:42 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by geyser]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:05:04 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by D]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:51:52 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Spindles]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:49:56 -0700 Portland Mercury