WTA staff recommends $1.2 million in new cuts, including jobs

"Whatcom Transportation Authority should cut management positions and a Washington, D.C., lobbyist, freeze salaries in 2011 for non-union employees and delay the release of online trip-planning software, staff recommended.

The transit authority's management also recommends eliminating rider transfers. To raise money, management suggested putting wrap-around advertising on buses and ads at bus stops."