For too long, Clark County has been dragged into Portland’s light rail failures. TriMet is broke, ridership is collapsing, and now it wants our taxpayers to fund its bailout.
Leading the charge is Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, who has twisted the C-TRAN Board of Directors to advance Vancouver’s agenda at everyone else’s expense.
This isn’t regional cooperation — it’s corruption. Small cities like Camas, Washougal, Ridgefield, La Center and Battle Ground have been stripped of fair representation on the C-TRAN board. Yet their residents are expected to pay millions every year for a light rail system they may never use…