Remember when they laughed at and gaveled down on folks who were calling attention to tolling and light rail on the Columbia River Crossing bridge project? Remember that?
The Vancouver City Council REFUSED to listen to these people. The Columbian columnists scoffed at them and called them names.The Mayor asked Josephine Wentzel ‘who was paying her’ to say she was opposed to tolls and light rail.
Bullying tactics, lying and outrageous behavior by institutional Vancouver and Portland media and bureaucrats attempted to portray businessman David Madore and others as slack jawed rubes who ‘just don’t understand’ that light rail is ‘good’ for us.
But Madore pressed on. He recently put together a day long seminar on the Columbia River Crossing. He hired with his own money a forensic accountant to find out where the money is being spent.
It seems the daily newspaper of record may have found the trove of excellent information about CRC from that seminar. I don’t see Madore’s name in any of the stories, Jeff Manning. You owe him that.
We’ll start our recap on the facts of the CRC with a presentation by Joe Cortright:

Thank you for leading, David Madore.