Kissing Girls Kicked Off Oregon Bus

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:58 am

2 Girls Kicked Off Ore. Bus for Kissing

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By WILLIAM McCALL Associated Press Writer

June 21,2007 | PORTLAND, Ore. -- A transit agency chief apologized Wednesday to two teenage girls who were kicked off a city bus for kissing each other.

The girls, both 14, said the driver called them "sickos" after a female passenger complained about their kiss. The driver then stopped the bus along the street and forced them off.

"Removing the girls from the bus was not consistent with our policy," said TriMet General Manager Fred Hansen. "I want to reiterate that we welcome all riders on our system."

The 64-year-old driver also violated company policy that requires operators to call for assistance before removing any minors, TriMet said in a statement.

The driver, an 11-veteran who was not identified, will be disciplined, TriMet officials said, though no details were released.

"TriMet sincerely apologizes to the girls and their families for this incident," Hansen said in the statement.

The mother of one of the girls, Ronnda Zezula, welcomed the apology.

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"The only thing I had a problem with is they didn't really address why the driver broke those policies," Zezula said. "He knew it was wrong. He's been a driver for 11 years."

She also said she wished the agency had made the extent of the disciplinary action public to show it will not "be just a slap on the wrist."

Zezula said the family has been encouraged to consider a lawsuit, but they will "have to mull it over."

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:55 pm

I would be kicking his 64 year old @$$...

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:45 am

Don't know what american kids are like but if that happened here I would expect there to be an outbreak of kissing all over the place but particularly on school buses. What was the old perv doing spying on them anyway?

The Rob · Post by **The Rob** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:43 am

I'm not a big fan of PDoA myself, but this eejit apparently forgot where he lived. This town is known as much for it's laissez faire attitude regarding sexuality as it is for it's bikes, beers, and rainfall. Fool.