Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Brad Perkins, the CEO of Cascadia High Speed Rails, tells the Oregon state transportation committee that they need to blow taxpayer money on his project, which would provide a YUGE financial benefit to Mr. Perkins. Perkins is also a former candidate for Metro, where his conflict of interest would have surely resulted in everyone looking the other way while casts YES votes for his own company to get public funds.