After a tense exchange Wednesday, Clark County councilors ousted fellow Councilor Michelle Belkot from her seat on C-Tran’s board of directors.
The councilors told Belkot she broke ranks the day before at a C-Tran board meeting when she objected to local taxpayer funding for light rail on a planned Interstate 5 Bridge replacement.
At the urging of Council Chair Sue Marshall, who is also a C-Tran board member, the discussion was tabled until the transit board’s April meeting. (In addition to two Clark County councilors, representatives from the county’s cities serve on C-Tran’s board.)…