florida news!
Ruh roh.
Already posted.
Great news. Scott is serious about fixing Florida’s woes. screw obama and all his minions.
So shines a good deed in a weary world.
You beat me to it, but forgot to add that Scott is cutting 300 state jobs at the DCA.
It's just plain stupid.
Stop this 'the cost vs. (whatever)'
It's a freakin' dumb idea.
That sound you hear is Willie Green’s bong hitting the wall.
Good for him!
The 0bama administration seems to have a proclivity for overstating results and understating costs. I’m glad Scott was able to see what was going on here before Floridians were stuck with the bill.
0’s “high speed rail” sounds like another Big Dig!
Great Scott!!
following the lead of that other Great Scott....Walker of Wisconsin!
Great news. Bravo for Governor Scott for refusing to waste the tax payers’ money.
Did you know that there are so many of them in the Orlando area that the post office almost grinds to a halt in the Summer when they return to their gold mines and oil wells in the Great White North?
Wow, seems like every week he comes out with something that impresses me.
Very very glad I did not fall for the rhetoric, and voted for Scott in the primary. He’s living up to his words.
Excellent move!
There are at least a few governors who get the message and understand the seriousness of our financial condition.
Now congress needs to pass a law that any rail system built in any state as part of this Obama financial boondoggle will not have financial subsidies from taxpayers of other states to cover maintenance and operational costs. Let the riders pay the full cost of their own transportation.
good thing too , also Scott is closing down over 50 parks like Ft Mose which is near me and no one ever goes to.
Every time we pass it there is no one there, actually never seen anyone except workers.
Why they built the building a few years ago is beyond me, that was a complete waste of money.
I am opposed to him closing down Oulestee as that park draws tens of thousands of people, it is the biggest civil war area in FL and where they have a massive reenactment.
Plus it takes less people to look at that area then it does Ft Mose
It’s like I said on another thread. Here in Houston it cost over 2 billion to install a 17 mile long light rail that runs in a straight line, has an average speed of 7 miles per hour and has over 20 stops - and this was in 2003 dollars. So the amount the government is proposing would just barely scratch the surface for a high speed line that’s a 150 miles long or so.
This is a good call. The Orlando to Tampa route was simply the bargaining chip that was given to then Gov. Crist (who is from, and presumably back in, the Tampa area). Those who know anything about the economics of HSR know that the distances at which the technology pays off are somewhere in the 250- 350 mile range. And that assumes that you have population density and origin-destination demand sufficient to reach an operational level that is economical (minimum or no fare box subsidies). Miami to Orlando? That could be a contender. Not in the present economic condition, but maybe in the future. But Orlando to Tampa, that was just a bone thrown by the Obama Administration to then Gov. Crist.
Great news that Gov Scott has killed the Tampa—Orlando rail.
For those rail buffs who are in mourning, let me suggest they go to New Mexico and ride Gov Richardson’s boondoogle train from Albuquerque to Santa Fe. Richardson’s train is losing something like $25 million per year so they desperately need riders!@!!!