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Hey, I am going to have to stand up for Amtrak hear, it ain't Mineta’s fault. An Amtrak train was to be moved north just before the hurricane hit, Amtrak wanted to pack people on that train. But somebody wouldn't let them, who do you suppose could be that incompetent, here's a hint it wasn’t Mineta. The Mayor of New Orleans, Mr. Ray Nagin. As for the trains, the Times Picayune reported that Amtrak called the mayor on Friday and offered to evacuate passengers on their Saturday trains hauling equipment to safety. The last train was to leave Saturday night. Nagin declined the offer. Quoted from: http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/005417.php Knowing the truth I am calling my representatives to tell them, to tell Mineta to keep up the good work. This issue is not one of left and right, but one of the truth, if Mineta hadn’t done anything I too would complain, but he did. Mr. Nagin did absolutely nothing, but sit down and cry for the federal government to rescue him. Since you might like a more reliable source. This is from the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/10/AR2005091001529_4.html In fact, while the last regularly scheduled train out of town had left a few hours earlier, Amtrak had decided to run a “dead-head” train that evening to move equipment out of the city. It was headed for high ground in Macomb, Miss., and it had room for several hundred passengers. “We offered the city the opportunity to take evacuees out of harm’s way,” said Amtrak spokesman Cliff Black. “The city declined.” So the ghost train left New Orleans at 8:30 p.m., with no passengers on board. So why are we blaming Mineta again?
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