Re: suggested negatives about light rail, the same was said of the
construction of the Government Center at cost of about 55M in early 1970s.
Board chair and GC proponent, Richard O. Hansen, -whose 29 year
career as board member started with county functioning out of one large room
in basement of city hall- was hounded out of office mainly over that and
very dumb suggestions he got under the table payments on the construction.
Hansen said he was clean as the driven snow, -probably was.
The building at first stood alone away from the other high rises and
Hansen said that if just one new building went up next to the GC, the
resultant property tax would eventually pay for it.
I expect that after a year or two of light rail operations the
negatives will become users and very much appreciative of it and the overall
story of the Light Rail will be similiar to the GC.
And I expect that the reported dull and urbane 29th street rail
corridor will eventually become the light rail line accross Minneapolis.
James Jacobsen // Whittier
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