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DM&E vs Mayo: Who's side is TRAINS on anyway?

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[quote user="solzrules"] the Mayo clinic lost?  The little man lost in his battle against the industrial machine?  Somehow I think you would write it off to being another case of big industry trumping the rights of normal Americans.  Another lost battle in class warfare.  Would you be willing to allow the DME to run 50 trains through Rochester if a majority of Minnesotans affected by the rail line supported it?  [/quote] How can you be so insulting one moment and then expect me to believe that you would care what my opinion even is the next? Doesn't make a lot of sense. FWIW, I could really give a rats which way it ends up going, since it won't be in my back yard anyway. I just get amused at the way the  goodoldeboyz.net  "play to the massa" on such  subjects here. A city wants to create a no horn zone, the mutual concensus here is always something along the lines of "tell the city to go to he11!!" A city wants a railroad to do work on it's infastructure within their boundries, the mutual concensus here is always something along the lines of "tell the city to go to he11!!" A city wants a railroad to not do work within it's boundries, the mutual concensus here is always something along the lines of "tell the city to go to he11!!"  There's a lot to be said for consistency,... it grows amusing after a while. Like I said long ago (although you probably ignored it) Originally I was all for the DM&E/ ICE expansion and grander plan to tie it all together into a new entry to the PRB. I thought it showed a lot of moxie. I was all for it. But the reports  I've read of the "my way or the highway" dealings this Schiffer character has sought to impose upon any opposition, forces me to reconsider. Does he really want to recruit the enthusiastic support of the communities his venture will affect (be a good suitor, in my earlier analogy) Or, are his motives more focused on serving his immediate and pressing need, IN SPITE OF any needs that might conflict with his own? (wham bam, thank you mam, in other words) His refusal to even entertain any alternatives aimed at mediating the impact upon the town tells me much about his desire to give the city a good......well you should get the analogy by now. Contrary  to what he claims, he's not looking for cooperation, because he has no willingness to compromise. What he is looking for is accomodation,  big diff. And maybe guys like that deserve a little non aligned exposure from time to time, Kudos to the Trains editorial staff for their objectivity.
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