These 26 political hacks and looters are trying to run around the will of the Governor and the residents of Florida who do not want this boondoggle project and the enormous tax burden that comes with it. These 26 senators are at the top of my FL vote the bums out list.
Kick them out! If they want this train, let them fund it with their own money and leave FL taxpayers out of it!
I believe that is stealing. They should be prosecuted. Nothing but a pack of thieves trying to keep their gravy trains going.
The train scheme reminds me of the “Monorail” Simpsons episode.
If they do it like this will this mean the state is off the hook for future costs?
Proving that both parties are as corrupt as hell.
High speed was turned down by refferendum here in Florida a few years ago.
Course why would anyone expect politicians to follow the will of the people.
Just shut up and move along, Gubmint knows what is best for you peasants.
I want the nmes of the 16 Rs. They need to hearfrom the TEA PARTY.
The outsider candidate who promised to bring a fresh approach to government, Gov. Rick Scott, may have just repeated an age-old mistake that tormented many of his predecessors.
In shooting down the state’s proposed high-speed rail project this week, Scott ignited a power struggle with the Florida Legislature over his constitutional authority.
Twenty-six state senators on Thursday signed a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asking him to not send Florida’s $2.4 billion in rail money to other states while they research whether the governor overstepped his legal authority. The lawmakers said they hoped to find a way to proceed with the rail project despite Scott’s opposition, possibly by using a private rail authority or cities such as Tampa and Orlando as conduits.
“We need to see if the governor can really do this by himself,” said state Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, one of the 26 lawmakers who signed the letter.
Other legislators who signed on were Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner from Orlando and Senate Pro Tem Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton. The bipartisan letter was signed by 11 Democrats and 15 Republicans.
Detert said that when Scott was elected, many in the Legislature expected he would have a steep learning curve, given that he has never held elected office. But few could foresee how little he would be willing to work with the legislators at this point, she said.
In making his decision to ax funding for the high-speed rail, Scott did not forewarn some of the biggest players in the Legislature. Some learned from television reports and others from Twitter.
sunone.com It seems he ticked them off not consulting with them. Did Christie to that?
I got an email from that idiot Bill Nelson about this. He’s apparently one of the main agitators. My reply, verbatim: “Stuff it.”
The one thing we have to watch out for are the RINOs...and the Senate “leadership” seem to be involved.
They CLAIM they’re not being consulted by Scott—which may or may not be true.
Now Bill Nelson, pretend conservative Democrat during election years, is talking about PRIVATE BUSINESS taking the loan from the federal government. WTF? Is that even CONSTITUTIONAL or LEGAL?
Look, I think Scott ought to work w/the legislative leadership—but the way to FIX that is NOT for the Republicans in the Senate to join hands with liberal ‘rats!
Get it together, Republican legislators: or else you’ll be the next ones out on your ears.
I would LOVE to see this project succeed and will support it as best I can when it gets going. But ONLY if it’s done totally with private investment! An honest and subjective marketing study would probably be such that no private investor in his or her right mind would put money into it, and that’s sad. But it’s the way life is.
I refuse to fly commercially. Period. There’s no place I need to be that’s worth the cost and inconvenience of becoming one of the cattle at the airport.
FL FREEPERS: Please read the FL Message Board where I posted important info for you to take action and let these Senators know your displeasure over their letter.
I was just talking to a friend of mine involved in this. This person says they don’t approve, but it’s in the constitution now and there’s going to be problems if it’s not started soon.
I don’t understand the legal stuff involved, but there apparently is going to be a legal problem.