Just take the train!

$5 a gallon for gas by 2012? Just take the train! Oh wait…

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Yep, it’s a victory!

Scott Walker’s “victory” on the issue of the high speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison is really a victory for states like California, Florida, Illinois, and nine other states. In another “victory” for Wisconsin, Talgo, the Spanish manufacturer of high-speed train cars, will abandon its plant in Milwaukee in…

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Wisconsin’s loss of high speed rail funds not “political retribution”

So let’s just recap a few facts regarding the proposed high speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison, a project that has now been de-funded by the federal government: Wisconsin receives $810 million in funding from federal government to fund high speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison. Gov. Jim…

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Milwaukee to Madison rail funds pulled & reallocated to other states

As noted by Proud Progressive yesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced yesterday it is pulling all but a fraction of the $810 million allocated to Wisconsin for a high speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison, with the money being reallocated to fund high speed rail lines in California,…

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The train is a leavin….

Vicki Mckenna got her wish: The Obama administration is taking about $1.2 billion in high-speed rail money for Wisconsin and Ohio and awarding it to projects in other states after the incoming Republican governors in both states promised to kill the projects. “High-speed rail will modernize America’s valuable transportation network,…

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“I don’t know exactly what that means”

Governor-elect Walker and his team have told the company they want the train jobs to stay even if there is no train. Clearly, Walker and his “team” aren’t making much sense to Talgo… “I don’t know exactly what that means,” said Talgo President and CEO Antonio Perez. H/T to illusory…

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Insult to Injury: Tolls Could Be Used to Kill High-Speed Rail

So with the transportation fund $90.7 million in the red, where does the extra $100 million come from that it will take for Scott Walker to kill high-speed rail? Patrick Marley at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel dryly notes (but does not directly address) the long unanswered question in the debate…

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Save The Train Rally to be Held in 5 Cities – Sat 12:00

For those of you who believe in economic development, jobs, saving the environment and transportation innovation; let yourself be heard; by joining the Sierra Club and other interested supporters of regional high speed rail. Rallies are scheduled to be held in 5 cities – Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Madison, LaCrosse and Eau Claire this Saturday, November 13th at noon. You can “like” the Save the Train Action page on Facebook while seeing the scheduled location for each of these rallies around the state.

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Five ways for the big three to cut the deficit!

With the recent election results of republicans taking over the House and also the State of Wisconsin, it is time to lower the deficit. With Paul Ryan(R-Wall St.), Jim Sensenbrenner(R- Tampons) and Tom Petri (R-WI) just banded together(being fiscal conservatives and deficit hawks) to come up with a proposal to…

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Let the flip flops begin…..

H/t to James Rowen. The story in the Journal Sentinel today, shows that Scott Walker is now trying to find a way to not start out his reign in the hole and still please his look good to his major donors, and appease the hate radio squawkers in the state….

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