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Yeahyeah Donating Member (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-10 01:17 PM
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Gov. Ted Strickland refuses to halt passenger rail project, despite request by successor John Kasich
Edited on Tue Nov-09-10 01:18 PM by Yeahyeah
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/11/gov_ted_strickland_refuses_to.html

Tuesday, November 09, 2010, 11:35 AM Updated: Tuesday, November 09, 2010, 12:53 PM
Tom Breckenridge, The Plain Dealer

Gov.-elect John Kasich is calling on the governor he vanquished last week to derail Ohio's $400 million passenger train project.

But outgoing Gov. Ted Strickland says it will keep rolling during his watch.

Strickland rebuffed Kasich's call Monday to "immediately cancel" the Cleveland-to-Cincinnati passenger rail, which has already incurred $1 million-plus in costs for engineering and environmental studies.

"If the governor-elect wants to return Ohio's federal grant money and send 16,000 jobs to another state, that will be his decision to make when he becomes governor," Strickland spokeswoman Kelly Schlissberg said in an e-mailed statement. >

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NEOhiodemocrat Donating Member (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-10 01:22 PM
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1. I am SO going to miss governor Strickland.
I just called the white house this morning and told them if Kasich turned down the money that they should not let Ohio keep it for freight and highway projects. (as Kashich is asking) This country needs to recognize we need to change our transportation methods, so as an Ohioan I think it should be given to another state with the foresight to recognize that. (Kasich asked President Obama to use it to pay down the deficit if he does not let Ohio keep it for other projects).
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Blue Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-10 01:44 PM
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2. Kasich doesn't want people to be able to visit their families
He's ANTI-FAMILY.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-10 01:56 PM
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3. Courageous man...
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-10 02:27 PM
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4. That, my friends, is how you make Republicans own their crappy ideology.
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-10 02:42 PM
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5. +1
I bet that hurt.
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OnlinePoker Donating Member (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-10 02:53 PM
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6. I don't know the region
How far apart are Cleveland and Cincinnati? $400 million doesn't sound like a lot of money for a project of this magnitude. How much traffic passes between the cities daily?
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Massacure Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-10 07:21 PM
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7. Doyle should have done the same thing to Walker in Wisconsin.
Edited on Tue Nov-09-10 07:22 PM by Massacure
Wisconsin was to receive $800,000,000 to build high speed rail between Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago, and there were talks about possibly expanding it to St. Paul in the future.
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