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[quote]QUOTE: CSSHEGEWISCH - most local governments can be made to understand the link between a loss of rail infrastructure and a resultant domino effect on other industries. When presented as an option of either continuing to have viable rail service without being able to assess property taxes on the rail ROW, or losing the rail service and a bunch of local industries with THEIR property tax contributions, then they understand that exempting the railroad ROW from property taxes is the lesser of two tax base erosion scenarios. If anything, a percieved guarantee of long term rail service will result in industrial additions to the tax base in the long run.[/quote] <br /> <br />How I wi***he local government in Peoria and East Peoria IL would see it that way, they are all for abandoning a viable line to place bike trail. The latter turned down a request to place a large grain to rail facilty in EP because they wanted the tracks removed for more strip malls. Leaving it to the local government may not be such a good idea, with that whole imment-domain stuff in the supreme curts (meant to spell that way:) <br /> <br />I do find this whole Open Access idea facinating though and like both sides arguments.
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