Orchards resident Bryan White says ‘we must support the candidates who will fight to keep light rail out of Clark County and tolls off of our freeways’

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For the last decade, it was rare to see a single-car MAX train. This summer, I’ve seen them as often as I’ve seen two-car trains.  

This is Portland quietly admitting that TriMet’s ridership is too low to be worth running full-capacity trains. With the most recent trains and FX line buses, TriMet locked themselves into vehicles that cost more to run, when they could save money and better serve their paying ridership using vans.  

And now they want to send their trains into Clark County?  

What’s their actual goal in taking their empty trains across the Columbia? Easy: make Clark County’s citizens pay for their poor planning. It’s the same thing they hope to accomplish in adding tolls to the freeways: stick it to the people in the next state.  

Every reason Portland wants to “serve” Clark County is bad. They want to give their criminals free rides out of state and shift hidden taxes to us.  

We must support the candidates who will fight to keep light rail out of Clark County and tolls off of our freeways. Please join me, depending on your legislative district, in voting for John Ley, Brad Benton, Lucia Worthington, Chuck Keplar, and Joe Kent when your ballot arrives.

Bryan White
Orchards