tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008568241665831715.post3288885830193852562..comments2024-01-25T07:47:23.112-06:00Comments on Hi / Zeph / 400: Progress on Minnesota passenger rail projects, but funding is limitedMike Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257599090818492294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008568241665831715.post-44168462346369602932012-04-07T10:12:41.084-05:002012-04-07T10:12:41.084-05:00Yeah, that's a good assessment. There are a f...Yeah, that's a good assessment. There are a few other legislators up for recall as well, so the balance could shift enough to move past a gridlock state. You're right about it being well down in the priority list -- There's a lot of other reprehensible stuff that should get fixed first. That's just outside the scope of what I write about here.<br /><br />I suppose it's important to think about that to be aware of how long it will take for a reversal to happen, since I'll probably be disappointed if I expect it to happen quickly.Mike Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257599090818492294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008568241665831715.post-763900168650780912012-04-07T00:43:37.307-05:002012-04-07T00:43:37.307-05:00From what I understand the Talgo decision is more ...From what I understand the Talgo decision is more thanks to a joint legislative committee than to Walker himself, who’s been mildly supportive of Hiawatha service (remember his rejected attempted to get federal funds last year?), so I wouldn’t necessarily expect the situation to change if (and it’s a big if) Wisconsin gets a new governor. I get the impression that, Milwaukee excepted, intercity rail’s a niche issue and any new governor would try to expend his political capital elsewhere. Since the hypothetical new governor and the legislature would likely to be at loggerheads over most fiscal and policy issues, I wouldn’t be surprised if WI got some MN-style gridlock (sorry for the pun).Beta Magellannoreply@blogger.com