BREAKING: ODOT Layoffs, But No Mention of DEI Budget Cuts
Today, ODOT announced hundreds of employee layoffs.
According to reports:
• “Hundreds of workers” are losing their jobs
• Impacts include road maintenance delays, fewer pothole repairs, and canceled graffiti and homeless camp clean-ups, exacerbated by HB 3115, passed by the Governor in 2021, which tied ODOT’s hands on public camping enforcement.
But here’s what no one’s talking about:
There’s been zero mention of cutting ODOT’s DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) budget to $0.
Priorities Matter
ODOT is shedding frontline workers and slashing core services.
But bureaucratic DEI programs remain untouched.