Post from Commissioner Sam

Here’s the scene: it’s Christmas Eve, and the city of Portland is covered in a blanket of snow after being hit by a historic storm. During the arctic blast, TriMet has been forced to cut back its bus and light rail service (despite their employees’ best efforts), children were out of school so long that they forgot the names of their teachers and schoolmates, and stock in canned food went through the roof. With this scenario ...