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If the folks of St Paul voted their mayor out of office soley for the fact that he endorsed Bush back in 2004, then those folks are dumber than you guys. I would expect that there are other issues out there that affected that election. Hmmm, Democrat mind-sets dominating an election in a heavily Democratic city. That's a shock. Kind of like all those *polls* that show Bush's popularity is falling, it turns out only 35% of the respondents were Republican, while the rest were Democrats and "independents" i.e. people who vote Democrat but are too ashamed to admit it. Since over 50% of the nation has identified themselves as Republican, one would think those pollsters would want a sample base that reflects the nation's political makeup, unless of course they are really engaged in push polling....... Hey vsmith, not suprise you *talk* to the furniture. BC bud will have that affect on you. back to the topic matter...... I for one am glad Gunn is gone, he was not a team player, and his *vision* for Amtrak was nothing short of blind. The current modus operandi for Amtrak is a dead-ender, frankly always has been and always would be, and Gunn's penchant for continuing down that same path makes him a dead-ender as well. It isn't just Amtrak that needs change, it is the whole concept of rail passenger. We need someone who will drag the rail passenger communitiy kicking and screaming out of the 1930's logistics the rule the roost today, and start them down the path of fitting rail passenger concepts into the modern transportation network. It shouldn't matter if you are pro-passenger rail or not, it should be patently obvious to everyone that Amtrak's LD operations need to be separated from the NEC operations, because that is the only way we can get some real transparant accountability for the two different divisions. Gunn opposed this move, which begs the indictment that he knows one or both of those divisions are engaged in some shady accounting.
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