Posts Tagged ‘high speed rail’
California is in the news again…
This time about high speed rail.
Read MoreCan’t we just be China for a day?
Remember that “marvelous” statement by New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, not that long ago? Well, he just might get his wish.
Read MoreTake my shiny new train…please
We did a post last week about Florida Governor Rick Scott rejecting $2.4 billion of your money “granted” to the state to build a high speed rail between Orlando International Airport and Tampa. After the Governor’s decision, Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, announced that he would give Florida until today to “reconsider”. Yesterday, Governor Scott politely…
Read MoreMy Governor has guts
Today, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced that Florida will be rejecting $2.4 billion of your money earmarked by President Obama to build a high speed rail from Orlando to Tampa. Governor Scott’s press release cites numerous reasons why this project makes no sense, not the least of which are that Florida would have to come up with $280…
Read MoreYour money and high-speed rail
Remember all of the hoopla earlier this year when President Obama gave your money away to various states to build high speed trains? Well, sanity has prevailed, at least in two states. Last week, the newly elected Republican governors of Ohio and Wisconsin said no thank you to $1.2 billion, and “returned” it to the…
Read MoreFlorida is getting a what?
President Obama was in Tampa, Florida Thursday announcing that he is so concerned about the mounting federal deficit that he will spend $1.25 billion of your hard earned money to help build a high speed train that will run between Orlando International Airport and downtown Tampa. As a Floridian, thank you America.
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