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Some Elected Officials Disagreed With Move to Advise TriMet on Executive Director Search Clackamas County Chair Jim Bernard says he’s suspicious Metro may be angling to take over the transit agency.
MAX Orange Line station. (Brian Burk)
As
WW reported earlier this week, a large number of advocacy groups and local elected officials have offered TriMet unsolicited advice about how to hire its next executive director.
Advocates and electeds wrote separate letters to the regional transit agency's board last week following the Dec. 17 announcement that current TriMet general manager Doug Kelsey will retire in March 2021 when his contract expires.