As the ferry project runs out of money, a financial dispute between TriMet and Frog Ferry goes public

Tensions between TriMet and a nonprofit to establish a passenger ferry service in Portland became public Wednesday as the Portland City Council rejected a last-ditch offer to keep the project going.

Commissioners in Portland said they would not give Friends of Frog Ferry about a quarter of a million dollars, resulting in a stop to the commuter ferry boom.