Tag: Talgo

and claim we have an ironclad contract and the governor shouldn’t try to undermine it…just remember…we had a contract with railroad builder Talgo once too…and the GOP leadership broke it and we lost two trains, $50 million or so in taxpayer money and a Milwaukee facility with jobs. Just sayin’

After Gov. Scott Walker cancelled the State of Wisconsin’s contracts with Spanish train maker Talgo, that company sued the state for breach of contract. It looks like Talgo’s lawsuit against the state has been setttled, and Wisconsin’s taxpayers are $10 million poorer as a result. The state will pay a…

Despite all of their claims to the contrary, the GOP under the dome in Madison can’t wait to waste taxpayer money. Legal work by an outside firm from the state of MICHIGAN cost the state taxpayers $2.2 million dollars on a $500,000 contract (yeah that’s right) to provide advice on…

This is worth a read. Walker won and trains lost. He quickly moved to kill the Milwaukee to Madison part of the project, but he claimed to support upgrades to the Hiawatha line. Meanwhile, Talgo was already well along in the construction of two sets of trains to serve that…

Says Talgo CEO Antonio Perez: “What message does this send to other businesses?” Perez asks. “They should be careful of doing business here because Gov Walker does not keep his word. It’s like we’re talking about a Third World country, where people don’t have respect for their contracts.”

I’m beginning to wonder if Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature have forgotten that they promised to create jobs, not send them fleeing the state… Over the objections of Gov. Scott Walker’s administration, a key legislative committee voted Wednesday against building a new train maintenance base – a decision that officials…

One of the beneficiaries of Governor Walkers incompetence has been our neighbors to the south. Illinois will probably land the hundreds of jobs of Talgo, American aluminum left Beloit, WI for Roscoe IL, and the Governor from Illinois is fully aware of the gift to his state that is Scott…

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…

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,…

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…