text: Certainly there has been rage in this community toward the protesters or “terrorists” near Burns. But let’s look at LTD:
  
  TAKES (without asking, without gratitude) hundreds of $$$ per year from my employer on my behalf (I ride LTD once every two or three years). Plans to increase its TAKE in the next few years. TAKES tens of thousands of $$$ from my employer for my fellow employees, who similarly have no use for the local transit system.
  
  TAKES money from countless other businesses whose employees have little or no use for the system.
  
  TAKES space along 6th/7th, etc., for the new EmX line. Disrupts traffic and commerce especially during construction, but to some degree perpetually. TAKES what was once green space along Franklin Blvd., Pioneer Pkwy. TAKES road space for the buses that barge out of stops demanding right of way or barge into your lane because they can't negotiate tight turns.
  
  So who is TAKING public (and private) property and disrupting our lives? Who are the terrorists?