King County Metro officials have raised bus driver pay dramatically while neglecting some promised service increases. Now, the wages threaten to cut into existing service.
Transit demand should continue to fall through the year, owing to fuel prices and high unemployment. But the demand for new transit taxes, based on last year's rise in usage, will not go away.
Daniel McGowan began a seven-year federal prison term in 2007, relating to two actions in Oregon in 2001. “If a Tree Falls” takes an in-depth look at the story.