The oppposite of journalism
This is pretty funny -- Tri-Met's blowing multi-millions of dollars moving its headquarters into a building owned by the family of Portland city commissioner Dan Saltzman, at rent of about $1 million a year. And not only doesn't this reporter raise an eyebrow -- heaven forbid -- but he doesn't even give the owners' names.
He does note that "TriMet also recently closed a massive budget funding gap." That really captures the story, doesn't it?
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Comments (6)
It's bizjournal. They don't do journalism. On the other hand, who does? Just the bloggers, these days.
Posted by Max | July 30, 2012 5:12 PM
IIt was said well today -- on Twitter, of course: "When stating a fact is seen as taking a stand, it's the end of journalism."
Posted by Allan L. | July 30, 2012 5:56 PM
TriMet: Keeping the real estate business alive, so we can ignore our real mission.
Posted by Erik H. | July 30, 2012 8:42 PM
Glad to see that real estate is picking up in downtown Portland. Zero cost gain? Future savings? Or just another pork award to the kingdom of bureaucrats?
Posted by dhughes609 | July 30, 2012 9:39 PM
Oh Danny Boy, the pork the pork is calling...
Posted by Tim | July 31, 2012 8:40 AM
It would seem Andy here is angling for some sort of "Communication" job in the public sector and continues to build his positive cred for same.
Posted by The Other Jimbo | July 31, 2012 11:10 AM