Wednesday, January 6, 2010

1/6/10


Streetsblog San Francisco (blog)
How Google and Portland's TriMet Set the Standard for Open Transit Data
Streetsblog San Francisco (blog)
After traveling internationally in the summer of 2005, Bibiana McHugh, an IT Manager at Portland's TriMet transit agency, was frustrated that she couldn't ...
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Man Falls On Tracks, Lays Under Passing MAX Train
KPTV.com
A 21-year-old man suffered minor injuries after he fell onto light-rail tracks and lay flat as a departing train passed over him, TriMet officials said. ...
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OregonLive.com
Plane crashes in Portland wheat field; man survives fall in front of Max train ...
OregonLive.com
By Ruth Zschomler, OregonLive.com ...whatever the mode of transportation it has taken a hit this week in the news. A small plane crashed in a wheat field on ...
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Monmouth man survives getting run over by MAX train
kgw.com
Keoki Rosimo lived to see the day after his 21st birthday thanks in part to the new MAX trains TriMet debuted early last summer. Rosimo, who was celebrating ...
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jennifer aniston news: Pedestrian Falls into Path of Tri-Met Train ...
By w
Pedestrian Falls into Path of Tri-Met Train - Salem-News.Com. Posted by w | 1:22 PM | 0 comments » · Your Ad Here. Commuters received an unexpected jolt when a PATH train from New Jersey overran its final stop and crashed into a ...
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Bus Emergency news archive: 1/5/10
By Al M
(news photo). Tribune file photo. TriMet's Fareless Square changed this weekend into Free Rail Zone, with only MAX and the streetcar free for riders mostly in the downtown area. Buses will require fares in the former Fareless Square. ...
Bus Emergency news archive - http://busemergencynewsarchive.blogspot.com/
Police: Oregon man cut woman's hair on bus
By Talitha C
Jared Walter TriMet rider pleads not guilty to cutting woman's hair | Oregon Local News - OregonLive.com Some TriMet bus riders listen to their iPods.
Lipstick Alley - http://www.lipstickalley.com/
Ore. man accused of snipping bus passenger's hair - Breaking News ...
A TriMet bus passenger accused of sneakily snipping a fellow passenger's hair as he sat behind her on New Year's Eve is a suspect in a number of similar incidents, a prosecutor said.
The Olympian Online -- Breaking News - http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/
Man Accused Of Cutting Bus Passenger's Hair - News Story - WSB Atlanta
During the hearing, Deputy District Attorney Chuck French said the 22-year-old is a suspect in other incidents in which women riders have either had their hair cut or glued on TriMet buses. .... Action News Primetime ...
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TriMet: News Release - TriMet's Milwaukie Park & Ride facility ...
Plan your trip online at trimet.org or by calling 503-238-RIDE (7433) weekdays between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Email Updates • RSS News Feeds • Contact/ ...
Victims: Man cut our hair while we rode TriMet | KATU.com - News ...
A man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of sneaking up to women on TriMet buses and cutting their hair, but he is also a person of interest in two ...
Tri-Met rider says man tried to cut her hair | Portland | Shoutback
KGW Local News —MILWAUKIE -- Tri-Met police arrested a man New Year's Eve caught trying to cut the hair of a woman on a bus, a type of assault that has ...
OregonLive.com
Milwaukie man accused of surreptitious hair-cutting eyed in other incidents
OregonLive.com
The charges stem from New Year's Eve incident in which a woman said her hair was snipped from behind while she was riding TriMet's No. ...
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KOMO News
Man accused of cutting women's hair on buses, applying Super Glue
KOMO News
Two other women reported similar incidents, and in one case, Walter, 22, even applied Super Glue to a victim's hair, according to Trimet officials. ...


Man Accused Of Cutting Bus Passenger's Hair - Albuquerque News ...
During the hearing, Deputy District Attorney Chuck French said the 22-year-old is a suspect in other incidents in which women riders have either had their hair cut or glued on TriMet buses. TriMet spokeswoman Bekki Witt says three such ...
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Info About Oregon » Suspect in TriMet hair-cutting had glued hair ...
MILWAUKIE — A man accused of cutting a woman's hair on a TriMet bus without her permission was accused of at least one other hair-related incident in the ...
Tri-Met rider accused in bizarre hair-cutting incident | kgw.com ...
Tri-Met rider accused in bizarre hair-cutting incident | kgw.com |. Discovered on Jan 04, 04:07pm. 6 views. People who like this ...
Two more cases may be linked to suspect dubbed the 'TriMet Barber ...
Two more cases may be linked to suspect dubbed the 'TriMet Barber' ... 22, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges in connection with the incidents. ...
Ore. man accused of snipping bus passenger's hair - wtop.com
TriMet spokeswoman Bekki Witt says three such cases have been reported in ... sat behind her New Year's Eve is a suspect in a number of similar incidents. ...


Portland, Ore., man accused of snipping fellow bus passenger's hair; similar ...
Los Angeles Times
TriMet spokeswoman Bekki Witt says three such cases have been reported in recent weeks. The Oregonian reports that Walter has an outstanding warrant on an ...
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Feel safer? Hear all the extra change dropping into the TriMet pot?
OregonLive.com (blog)
... except it is called Free Rail Zone. Since the TriMet touted that this change would make MAX safer and increase revenue, I am anxious for the proof.
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Man falls in front of departing MAX train, which passes over him
OregonLive.com
Instead he and three friends exited a TriMet MAX light-rail train at the Sunset Transit Center around 1 am Thursday morning. ...
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OregonLive.com (blog)
You are now entering 2010
OregonLive.com (blog)
Meanwhile, on Sunday, TriMet closed Fareless Square (the long-running no-fare area for buses and trains) and opened the Free Rail Zone (no more free bus ...
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Free bus service ends in downtown Portland
Northwest Cable News
by Randy Neves / KGW PORTLAND -- There are no more free bus rides for TriMet passengers in downtown Portland. Only MAX and Portland Streetcar riders will ...
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No More Free Bus Rides In Downtown Portland
KPTV.com
TriMet has renamed Fareless Square to Free Rail Zone, which allows commuters to use MAX and the Portland Streetcar at no cost in downtown and the Lloyd ...
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“Cordish has done nothing for minorities.” | Blogtown, PDX ...
By news@portlandmercury.com (Sarah Mirk)
Browse News. News Home Page · Community Listings .... So after accounting for all that, TriMet saved ~30% by doing that instead of hiring the company with 50 trucks. Likewise, a lot of the steelwork at the stations came from a company in Kenton. They knew how to do the job, but they'd never submitted a bid for a government contract and didn't know the steps. In addition, they needed a loan to buy more equipment to do the volume of work that was required. ...
Portland Mercury - http://www.portlandmercury.com/columns/savage-love/Content?oid=28455
ThinkOregon - News - Executive Summary: A Recommended Reading List
By ThinkOregon
Government Spending Gone Wild: TriMet Healthcare: TriMet pays about $1900 a month for a union family plan, which is the fourth-highest premium in the country out of 171 transit agencies in a 2009 national survey. ...
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Ore. man accused of snipping bus passenger's hair - Crime.Hiric.com
By robot
A prosecutor says a TriMet bus passenger accused of sneakily snipping a fellow passenger's hair as he sat behind her on New Year's Eve is a suspect in a number of similar incidents. Full story. Police have arrested a 25 year-old ...
Hiric.com Latest Crime News - http://crime.hiric.com/
Tri-Met rider accused in bizarre hair-cutting incident | kgw.com ...
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Sinister Dexterity - From Twitter 01-04-2010
By Email Zoloft
11:29:05: Hard times at the Washington Post—gets into bed with a right-wing billionaire and fills its news pages with his agenda http://bit.ly/8PYpa8 · 11:30:33: Elizabeth Gilbert: "It is like cockroaches and alligators. Marriage will be here long after humans ... 20:57:22: "Are you suggesting Wilfrid Brimley is a cat?" #shitmywifesays; 20:58:29: @Randazzoj 2007? Did the recounts take that long? 21:29:02: Man charged in bizarre TriMet haircutting cases http://post.ly/HGWb ...
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TriMet rider pleads not guilty to cutting woman's hair | Oregon ...
Get Portland & Oregon latest news. Find photos and videos, comment on the news, and join the forum discussions at OregonLive.com.
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Tri-Met rider accused in bizarre hair-cutting incident | kgw.com | News. 6. Vote . kgw.com — A woman says she was riding a TriMet bus when all of a sudden, ...
OregonLive.com
The TriMet barber
OregonLive.com
Bekki Witt, a TriMet spokeswoman, didn't have details about the charges, but said four "hair-cutting incidents" -- including one that also involved what is ...


» Jared Weston Walter arrested for trying to cut a woman's hair on ...
By Claudette Rothman
A spokesperson for Tri-Met said this is the three time they have received complaints about someone attempting to either cut or glue passengers hair, however, they are not sure if Walter is connected to any of those incidents. ...
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Tri-Met rider accused in bizarre hair-cutting incident | kgw.com ...
A woman says she was riding a TriMet bus when all of a sudden, a man started snipping off her hair. This was the third reported hair incident on a TriMet ...
LiveLeak.com - The TriMet barber
Bekki Witt, a TriMet spokeswoman, didn't have details about the charges, but said four "hair-cutting incidents" -- including one that involved superglue ...
Comments on Snow + West Hills + lack of tire chains = TriMet mess ...
It's not everyday life ... but incidents like what happened to you with ... Trimet like most if not all government agency is reactive rather than proactive. ...
Twitter / Joseph Rose: The TriMet barber: Man arr ...
The TriMet barber: Man arrested for cutting another passengers hair on No. 33 bus. Suspect in other hair incidents. http://bit.ly/8lJ1VR.
"fareless square" News
... as police and TriMet officials discussed ways to cut down on crime. The summit comes in light of a string of violent incidents along TriMet's system. ..
Free bus service ends in downtown Portland
Coos Bay World
The TriMet board voted last August to halt free bus service in downtown, Old Town and near the convention center and Lloyd Center. ...
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Man arrested for cutting women's hair
KMTR NewsSource 16
Portland (KMTR) - Police in Portland are trying to unravel a bizarre series of incidents aboard Tri-Met transit buses. A man is in jail, accused of cutting ...
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Portland bus rider accused of snipping off passenger's hair
Northwest Cable News
by Bill Gallagher MILWAUKIE -- Tri-Met police arrested a man New Year's Eve caught trying to cut the hair of a woman on a bus, a type of assault that has ...
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Snow + West Hills + lack of tire chains = TriMet mess | My Oregon ...
By Letters to the editor
I was in an ambulance, trying to get my 8-year-old daughter to a hospital -- any hospital -- from my Southwest Portland home around 4 p.m. on Dec. 29. Do you know what was blocking Terwilliger's steep windy roads up to OHSU? TriMet ...
The Stump - http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/
Happy Hour Dinner at Vindalho - MEETinPORTLAND Make New Friends
By Vicki
City / State, Portland, OR, 97202. Nearest Public Transit Stop, Trimet. Event Cost, food, drinks, tip. Related Web Link, Click Here. Contact Phone, ( login ). Event Details Vibrant spices, multi-layered flavors: heirloom recipes of the ...
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Goats are the new chickens. « I'll walk this way.
By jena2787
... self: never trust portland weather forecasters. and cause no one in portland can drive in snow traffic went beserk. i unfortunately had driven to work that day (because i missed the bus twice in a row. so also never trust the Trimet ...
I'll walk this way. - http://whatnewmystery.wordpress.com/
Feature: Financial Aid Day designed to help students get money ...
By James Hill
Any student who needs help paying for college can get it at Portland Community College. The college's annual Financial Aid Day from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Jan. 30, is an opportunity for current and future students to get some help in ... Accessible by TriMet bus lines 44 and 78. Southeast Center (2305 S.E. 82nd Ave.) – Financial aid phone: (503) 788-6252. Accessible by TriMet bus lines 4 and 72. Students should bring their parents and should download the FAFSA form and ...
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Speak Out Loud with Ellen Kimball: Classic Movies "The Towering ...
By Ellen Kimball
Portland Oregon Blog -- Developed by Tony Thomas · TriMet Help On New Years Eve - Are you in Portland and have had a tad too much New Years Eve cheer? *TriMet to the rescue!* On New Years Eve, all TriMet bus fares are free after 8pm and ...
Speak Out Loud with Ellen Kimball - http://ellenkimball.blogspot.com/
Tri-Met rider says man tried to cut her hair
kgw.com
Jared Walter is accused of trying to cut the hair of woman riding on the No.33 Tri-Met bus Dec. 31. by Bill Gallagher MILWAUKIE -- Tri-Met police arrested a ...
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Tri-Met rider says man tried to cut her hair - News- msnbc.com
The assault occurred mid-afternoon Dec. 31 in Milwaukie on the No. 33 bus and Tri-Met reports at least three similar incidents in recent weeks.
Free bus service ends in downtown Portland
OregonLive.com
AP (AP) — PORTLAND, Ore. - Starting Sunday, there are no more free bus rides in downtown Portland. The TriMet board voted last August to halt free bus ...
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Trimet Confidential: Say Good BYe TO My Little Friend
By Dan Dan The Bus Driver Man
So we have the inevitable protest because hey this is Portland and we hate change. So I thought I would hit you with a Bus driver's point of view. That would be a point of view you don't see in the news, or hear from Trimet and because ...
Trimet Confidential - http://danbusdriverman.blogspot.com/
TVMs Coming To A Few New Places - Seattle Transit Blog
By Ben Schiendelman
I suspect that the $700000 number includes administrative, back-end, and maintenance costs, but it hasn't been examined deeply. TriMet in Portland and TransLink in Vancouver BC use nearly identical systems. Seattle Transit Blog logo ...
Seattle Transit Blog - http://seattletransitblog.com/
What is the distance from Portland Airport to West Linn, Oregon ...
By admin
Take Tri-Met bus to West Linn. Lando | 03 Jan 2010 9:19 am. If you want to go the cheap route take trimet 2.00$ and do some sight seeing it will take a while though. http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/itin.pl ...
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PortlandMaxTrains: So, who is it legal to marry again?
By portlandmaxtrains
Link to detailed map of downtown Portland public transit - Click here for a detailed map of downtown Portland from TriMet's web site. 2 weeks ago. Home Page - Helping business users make use of XBRL for business information exchange ...
PortlandMaxTrains - http://portlandmaxtrains.blogspot.com/
A is for Adventures: The Ass Kicking of the Decade
By anna studenny
If you have read my blog any, you will know that my main mode of transportation is the terrific TriMet bus (and sometimes the MAX and, less often, the pretentious Streetcar). Though I have been riding the bus .... As much as I want to take the string of local buses all the way from Portland to Seattle someday, I know that it is best that I drive right now. I carry too much medicine to do such a thing. I know that most errands in the city, however, can be taken by bus. ...
A is for Adventures - http://www.annastudenny.com/


iPhone Apps - TransitGuru Portland TriMet MAX by Toccata ...
Toccata Technologies Inc. TransitGuru Portland TriMet MAX. TransitGuru Portland TriMet MAX screenshot. Application Description ...

OregonLive.com
Fareless Square ending for Portland buses; MAX, streetcar still free in zone
OregonLive.com
After more than three decades, TriMet voted earlier this year to eliminate free bus service in Fareless Square, which covers downtown, Old Town, ...
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Portland's diversions
The Olympian
For more information on Portland's light rail system — and the sprawling, free-ride “Fareless Square” system – go to www.trimet.org or ...
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Sinister Dexterity - From Twitter 01-02-2010
By Email Zoloft
01:01:50: Trimet fail http://post.ly/Gx0e · 12:28:14: RT @AndyMilder: What's with College Footballers putting bible quotes in their eye black? Can't they just tattoo them to their asses like . ...
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PortlandMaxTrains: Suggest one or two more items that make it ...
By portlandmaxtrains
Journalism and the Semantic Web - I gave this presentation at the Online News Association conference in San Francisco on Oct. 3rd. The talk was only semi-successful - due to a number of f... 2 days ago. Portland Transport ... Ride TriMet free on New Years Eve 2009 - Anyone can ride TriMet for free on New Years Eve 2009 starting at 8p.m. This includes the bus, MAX and streetcar. If you're attending one of the 30+ Portla... 5 days ago ...
PortlandMaxTrains - http://portlandmaxtrains.blogspot.com/
fares news in Portland, OR | Outside.in neighborhood topic | alt4
The Oregonian classified TriMet's fare system as the honor system. Was it designed that way or ... TriMet to Enclose Several MAX Platforms and Check Fares ...
Beginning Sunday, buses are no longer free in downtown Portland
OregonLive.com
After more than three decades, TriMet voted earlier this year to eliminate free bus service in Fareless Square, which covers downtown, Old Town, ...
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RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER: WOOPS
By Al M
Tri-Met told police the type of train that was driven that day was a newer model, which meant it had higher clearance between the train skirt and the ground than older models. This allowed Rosimo to be able to lay flat and not be ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER - http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/
Bollywood Movie in Theater: 3 Idiots - MEETinPORTLAND Make New Friends
By Sudhir
Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Lehigh Valley, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York City, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Oregon, Providence ... Nearest Public Transit Stop, http://www.trimet.org. Event Cost, $ 7.25. Related Web Link, Click Here. Contact Phone, ( login ). Event Details Movie Theme/ Story: It is a great movie and loosely adapted from the novel “Five Point Someone” ...
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Saturday letters: Snow stifles traffic | My Oregon - OregonLive.com
By Letters to the editor
Let the grouches grumble about unperceptive weathermen and TriMet insufficiencies when looking back on the Dec. 29 snowy commute disaster. Instead, I propose a New Year's toast to the folks who make life better. ... 29, everyone in the Vancouver/Portland area experienced a collective figment of our imaginations -- snow. Global warming proponents state with absolute certitude that temperatures will be X degrees higher in Y years (i.e., one degree higher in 10 years, ...
The Stump - http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/
ERIK HALSTEAD: THE FREE RAIL ZONE CHANGES
By Al M
This is the first step toward Trimet eliminating all of fareless square, which they have been looking for an excuse to do for some time now. Citizens of Portland, whether they use Trimet or not, are the losers. ...
ERIK HALSTEAD - http://erikhalstead.blogspot.com/
Brynn and Clifford: Snow and Society
By Brynn
It really amazed me how unprepared the city of Portland was. Most years we get a day of snow and its usually gone by the next morning. Last year we had a week or more of snow. So, I would think that there would be at least a game plan for when we get this kind of weather. ... Don't get me wrong, the Trimet system is pretty dang good in my opinion. We can get anywhere without a car which is comforting. But it was crazy to me how a LITTLE snow turned everything upside down. ...
Brynn and Clifford - http://brynnclifford.blogspot.com/
-Happy New Year!
BikePortland.org (blog)
Remember, friends don't let friends bike drunk (they tell them to hop on a TriMet bus or train...free after 8pm!) 4 hrs ago Referring to new cell phone law, ...
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DigitalJournal.com
Portland Rail System Big Solution to New Year's Drunk Driving
DigitalJournal.com
From 8:00 pm until 3 am New Years day, Tri-Met is offering free rides for everyone. Given concerns about drunk driving, this is a major solution. ...
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Snowbound: On being one of "those" people
OregonLive.com
At about 6:00, when a TriMet bus slides completely across the road, I decide it's time to move my car. I gently back (slide is more like it) my car into the ...
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Woman says bus driver kicked riders out
750 KXL
TriMet officials said the driver did tell passengers he wasn't sure if the bus could continue, but two passengers spoke with Gard and the three got off the ...
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Opinion: Pacquiao Will Echo Powell's Olympic Blood Testing Debacle
More news from: Canada» Philippines» United States» ... Portland Rail System Big Solution to New Year's Drunk Driving. Portland's transportation system has been lauded by many but never so much as for New Year's eve. From 8:00 pm until 3 a.m. New Years day, Tri-Met is offering free rides for everyone. Given concerns about drunk driving, this is a major solution. Dec 31, 2009 by ■ Carol Forsloff in Lifestyle - 2 comments ...
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Info About Oregon » Portland and TriMet learn lessons from snowstorm
By admin
Portland and TriMet learn lessons from snowstorm. Thursday 31 December, 2009 10:00 pm | Portland News | admin. PORTLAND, Ore. — When the snow started falling it seemed like it would never stop. "Hitting right at rush hour, ...
Info About Oregon - http://infoaboutoregon.com/
Today's headlines: Father outraged by daughter's TriMet ordeal ...
Today's headlines: Father outraged by daughter's TriMet ordeal; Nine sled dogs found after two days in wilderness (The Oregonian). Posted by in Dogs News · webmaster@technorati.com wrote an interesting post today on ...
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'Bermuda Triangle' of transit: Will Portland ever cope? | Politics ...
By Harry Esteve, The Oregonian
Get the latest Oregon politics & elections news. Find Oregon, northwest and national politics, elections, campaign, and legislature news articles, photos and video from OregonLive.com. ... I am no fan of tri met or Sam but I find it hard to believe that they could have done a lot in this situation. Perhaps standing around looking like they were doing something but who cares, they are not leaders so get over it. Inappropriate comment? Alert us. ...
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