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[quote user="schlimm"]   Depending on family and friends for anecdotal info is seldom representative, and in the case of Scott, wrong.  "However unlikely it is that a bastion of 19th century America lost Scott a huge amount of support from not only Democrats in Florida, but also Republicans, that is exactly what happened. In mid-February, Scott rejected $2.3 billion in federal funding that would have developed a high-speed rail between Tampa and Orlando, citing price and ridership concerns. [12]  Even after a veto-proof majority of the Florida Senate – which is 70 percent Republican – wrote a letter rebuking Scott and asking the Department of Transportation to reconsider the funding, he stood firm.  Florida residents seemed particularly upset about Scott’s decision. A poll from the Tampa Bay Business Journal showed that 63 percent of respondents disagreed with him. [13]"   (from SEOLawFirm.com) [12] <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/us/17rail.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/us/17rail.html?_r=1</a> [13] <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/poll/results/45541">http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/poll/results/45541</a> This study has not even started, yet you question the possibility of HSR based on funding TBD? <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] You seemed to miss this qualifying phrase at the bottom of the survey that you are referencing.  "This survey is not a scientific sampling, but offers a quick view of what readers are thinking."  Moreover, it does not tell us who responded to the question and, perhaps most importantly, what they know about high speed rail or any other form of rail transport. The New York Times article was published in February.  A considerable amount of time has passed since then.   My views were shaped in part from friends and family; they are also the product of avid newspaper reading whilst I am in Florida.  I have spent nearly 35 days there since January.  Most of the stories regarding Scott's standing in the polls suggest that people are upset with his stance regarding the proposed cutbacks on public service spending.  For example, in his budget, Florida state employees would be required to increase their contributions toward their retirement from 5 per cent of their base salary and wages to 8 per cent.  That has a lot more people upset than an ill conceived choo-choo running from Tampa to Orlando.   Reason Foundation Policy Brief 95, dated January 2011, make some telling points on why the Tampa to Orlando high speed rail project was ill conceived. Every high speed rail project in the United States is looking to the federal government for some or all of its financing.  Why would I believe that the proponents of a high speed rail project in Illinois would be any different?  You bet I am concerned about addition runs on the U.S. Treasury.  This country has a serious deficit and debt problem.
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