Mayor Charlie Hales is receiving scads of reasons to reconsider the proposed scrapping of a Southeast Portland sidewalk from this year’s transportation budget—a move that would free up cash for road paving.Not that he needed them. The matter has been a flashpoint since 5-year-old Morgan Cook was struck and killed while crossing SE 136th Avenue […]
Dirk VanderHart
I'm a news reporter for the Mercury. I've spent a lot of the last decade in journalism — covering tragedy and chicanery in the hills of southwest Missouri, politics in Washington, D.C., and other matters elsewhere.
I've been in Portland three years, love it and want to help make it better. Let's keep it amicable!
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TriMet’s PR Fiasco: Cut Service, Raise Fares, Reward Management
You’ve maybe seen this already in GMN, but it bears a bit of reflection. Turns out TriMet—which very publicly held out its hands last year to snatch millions from riders in fare hikes amid service shifts—very quietly decided at the same time to up the pay of its top managers non-union administrative employees by $910,000, […]