State fines top Cherriots official $100 after ethics investigation

Salem’s top transit official will pay a fine and donate his accumulated rewards points as the result of a state ethics investigation.

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission investigated Allan Pollock, general manager of the Salem Area Mass Transit District, for applying his personal airline and hotel membership rewards accounts to District-funded business trips. 

A Cherriots employee submitted a complaint in July, launching the commission’s investigation. The commission unanimously voted to proceed with a full investigation…