Portland-area voters reject TriMet bus-buying measure

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Voters in Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties have rejected TriMet's $125 million property-tax measure to replace aging buses and improve shoddy stops. 

Passage would have relieved some of the stress on the transit agency's growing budget problems.

 

Partial returns showed the bond measure failing with 46 percent "yes" votes to 54 percent "no" in the TriMet service area.

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This is a pretty liberal area, if not downright "green" area. I'm surprised this failed.