Watch this great KATU-TV exposé of TriMet’s “most generous in the country” benefits package. Featuring Cascade’s President John Charles’ analysis of the agency’s out-of-control spending and Common Sense for Oregon’s Golden Fleece Award for wasting taxpayers’ money.

 

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Subsidized Car Sharing: The Next Frontier in Wasteful Spending

John Charles | January 18, 2012
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Testimony to House Committee on unemployment accounts

Christina Martin | January 31, 2012
Click here to listen to the testimony. Christina Martin’s testimony to the House Interim Committee on Business and Labor starts at 41:00.   Co-Chair Garrett, ...  read more

Steve Buckstein talks about Cascade's School Choice Beginnings

Steve Buckstein | January 25, 2012
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