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Michael Ward says no to the President
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dragoman,</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I concluded that you believe that the railroads are obligated to host HSR because you were against the position of Mr. Ward, and his position is that he does not want to host HSR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But now I understand your clarification that you only object to Mr. Ward refusing to negotiate in good faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I don’t see that he necessarily has any obligation to even do that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact he might feel that the government is not negotiating in good faith because they seem to be presuming some sort of natural right to the private rail corridors for the collective good of society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I understand your point about honoring your contractual obligation for on-time performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But nevertheless, everybody is free to decide whether they want to enter into such an agreement in the first place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their obligation only begins when they enter the agreement.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think there would be a lot of friction with this matter if HSR really moved forward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it is likely to be a moot point with our imploding economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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