"The Republican-controlled Minnesota House, spurred by electoral losses that
seemed to be related to underfunding public transit, approved funding for the
Northstar Commuter Rail Line."
That's a stretch. More likely it got passed because the governor wanted it and
has always said so.
"President Bush's budget would eliminate most Amtrak service, including all
service to the Twin Cities."
Don't worry about it. Presidents (at least republican presidents) always
defund Amtrak in their budgets and the congress always puts it back in. This
year will be no different. The ritual is designed to get congress thinking
about selling Amtrak to the private sector so it will have the budgetary
discipline to live within their means, unlike the government-subsidized,
no-incentivized mess that it is.
Dennis Tester
Mac-Groveland
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