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March 15, 2017
Fired Employee Sues
Emanuel Price, a former employee
in the Multnomah County office
of Diversity and Equity, claims in
a lawsuit filed against the coun-
ty on Friday claiming that he was
fired after he complained about a
Portland police officer using the
n-word during a presentation about
bullying. Price, the founder of the
non-profit “Second Chances Are for
Everyone,” is seeking $470,000 for
economic and emotional distress.
Deadly Shooting Justified
Bus service will be expanded on some bus lines in Portland as part of a new budget for TriMet that
will see 57 new buses being added to the fleet.
Bus Service to Expand
TriMet released a new operating budget last
week that calls for continued investment in ex-
panding bus service and improving the reliability
of MAX light rail trains.
The $532.4 million proposal would add 57 new
buses to the fleet and bring new bus lines in east
Portland, east Multnomah County and Washington
County. Other investments include improvements
to the original MAX line that has been serving the
community for more than 30 years, and updating
pedestrian rail crossings. For the fifth year in a row,
there is no adult fare increase.
TriMet is in the second year of a 10-year ex-
pansion of transit service throughout the region
focused on improving reliability, better matching
service to demand, connecting people with jobs,
and expanding service hours and easing crowding.
The growth is funded in part from an increase in
the employer payroll tax being phased in over a 10-
year period.
“With these new revenues, we’re improving ser-
vice and even adding new bus lines to help keep
our growing region moving,” said TriMet General
Manager Neil McFarlane. “With thousands of new
residents and jobs coming to the region, our service
expansions are critical to providing new and bet-
ter options for riders to connect to jobs, school and
other activities.”
4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211
A Multnomah County Jury de-
termined Friday that a business
owner was justified in the Feb.
20 shooting death of another man
outside his insurance agency of-
fice on Southeast 82nd Avenue.
Charlie Win Chan, 47, said he was
responding to a threat and was
cleared of all charges in the death
of Jason Gerald Petersen, 32.
The
Week
in
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still been touring around the coun-
try and was slated to perform in
Los Angeles next week.
24 Million May Lose Care
A non-partisan report conclud-
ed Monday that 24 million more
Americans would be uninsured
over the next decade under the
Republican Party’s repeal plan
for the Affordable Care Act. “The
headlines are terrible,” said one
senior GOP source involved in the
health care process, describing the
CBO’s conclusions.
Sister Sledge Singer Dies
Joni Sledge, the singer best-
known
for
“We Are Fam-
ily,” died Fri-
day at the age
of 60. Sledge,
who formed
Sister Sledge
with her three
siblings in 1971, was found unre-
sponsive by a friend at her home
in Phoenix, Arizona, her publicist,
Biff Warren, said. The group had
Snow Storm Hits East
A late-season storm lashed the
Northeast with sleet and more
than a foot of snow in some places
Monday, paralyzing much of the
Washington-to-Boston corridor
after a remarkably mild February
had lulled people into thinking the
worst of winter was over.
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