Read this article yesterday from the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Somehow I think it'll get done but extending the Chicago - Dubuque service to Waterloo like they should may turn out to be a bridge too far.
C:\Documents and Settings\nag0019\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLKAD\Rail supporters still confident about project press-citizen com Iowa City Press Citizen.htm
Qustion:
1. did Iowa City vote heavy Democraqt in the last election?
2. If so is this an attempt to punish it and the "liberals" that attend college there?
3. The representative appears to be from near Des Moins so how do the people there feel about the future proposed expansion westward and is this a case of I won't get anything so you can't either?
http://www.uiowa.edu/~iyws/Iowa%20City.htm http://www.iowadot.gov/iowarail/passenger/visionplan.htm
http://www.uiowa.edu/~iyws/Iowa%20City.htm
http://www.iowadot.gov/iowarail/passenger/visionplan.htm
State Rep. Scott Raecker, an Urbandale Republican who will be chairman the Iowa House Appropriations Committee, said he is reluctant to provide taxpayer money for passenger train service, especially because of a projected need for ongoing government subsidies to run the train in future years.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110105/NEWS10/101050346/State-Republican-budget-could-halt-proposed-passenger-trains
Another state facing increased debt may not reopen the depot.
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