Fai still determined after tumultuous first few weeks in office
Washington County Commissioner Nafisa Fai says she s here to deliver results.
After a trying first three weeks in office, the Washington County Board of Commissioners newest member says troubling events nationally and locally have only strengthened her resolve to fight for justice.
Nafisa Fai says she watched in frustration as rioters supportive of former President Donald Trump violently stormed the U.S. Capitol building one day after she was sworn-in.
As a Muslim, a woman and an immigrant all groups that Trump disparaged during his presidential campaign and four years in office Fai said it was disheartening to see violence aimed at elected officials in Trump s name.
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Some Elected Officials Disagreed With Move to Advise TriMet on Executive Director Search Clackamas County Chair Jim Bernard says he’s suspicious Metro may be angling to take over the transit agency. MAX Orange Line station. (Brian Burk) As
WW reported earlier this week, a large number of advocacy groups and local elected officials have offered TriMet unsolicited advice about how to hire its next executive director. Advocates and electeds wrote separate letters to the regional transit agency s board last week following the Dec. 17 announcement that current TriMet general manager Doug Kelsey will retire in March 2021 when his contract expires.