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Archive Home > 2007 > September > 08 > City mechanic inspected buses, called them 'junk’

City mechanic inspected buses, called them 'junk’

City attorney tells 2 Bend employees not to talk to the media

By Peter Sachs / The Bulletin
September 8, 2007

A city of Bend mechanic who inspected six used buses in Southern California last summer labeled them "all junk" and tried to back out of the purchase, according to a memo.

But the city bought the buses and used them as the backbone of its new transit system anyway. They soon started....

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