QUOTE: Originally posted by solzrules Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. They sound awfully nervous about DME 'taking it to the streets'. Me wonders why when 'the people' are behind them in this like they claim. And what would revealing the details of the loan application have to do with Rochester I might ask? Sour grapes maybe? At 1:26 AM I find it is too late to comprehend this. Sleep time.
QUOTE: Originally posted by solzrules [:(][:(]QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz QUOTE: Originally posted by solzrules ......Well I'm perfect..........[:D] yeah, but a perfect what? [;)] Come on now. That hurts. [:(][V][V][:(]
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz QUOTE: Originally posted by solzrules ......Well I'm perfect..........[:D] yeah, but a perfect what? [;)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by solzrules ......Well I'm perfect..........[:D]
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QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates Well, it's growing clearer by the minute where the REAL problem rests. Schieffer's "my way or the highway" approach, refusing to even consider an alternate routing AROUND the city, speaks loads.
QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates Schieffer's "my way or the highway" approach, refusing to even consider an alternate routing AROUND the city, speaks loads.
QUOTE: Maybe your business will bring *skepticism* "thousands of jobs" */skepticism* to South Dakota, but it is the people of Minnesota you must now deal with, what's in it for them?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz QUOTE: Originally posted by solzrules [:(][:(]QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz QUOTE: Originally posted by solzrules ......Well I'm perfect..........[:D] yeah, but a perfect what? [;)] Come on now. That hurts. [:(][V][V][:(] Solz, I am truly sorry if you took that as a cut; it was just a feeble attempt at humor. Ya gotta admit, tho, you did sort of set yourself up..... However, certainly no offense was intended. Please, no hard feelings.
QUOTE: Obviously he intends to barrel through the town irrespective of what the locals might think,and let me guess, he probably thinks that any mitigation work (grade separations, sound walls, etc) should be funded by the tax payer.....right. No wonder there is so much local resistance.
QUOTE: The man probably has delusions that this is the 19th century all over again where towns are supposed to fall all over themselves and mortgage their future begging the rails to come through their town? The robber baron era is gone. So sorry Mr Schieffer.
QUOTE: Originally posted by wallyworld (A.)"whats in it for them." Rochester is the only holdout which speaks of itself. (B) Frankly Antigates -I think your views on this situation are what are in the 19th century.
QUOTE: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? Pull the other one. It is Mayo who is taking the "my way or the highway" approach. If DM&E were to reciprocate Mayo's tactics aka "DM&E must relocate their line", they would be telling Mayo "we were here first, so why don't YOU relocate your little glorified germ incubator". The fact that DM&E isn't using this tactic shows that they are taking the high road.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding (A) I think the lay of the land really precludes going around. (B) Just a note here: I don't think DM&E is expected to bring gobs of jobs to S.D. (C) A related note: Brookings, S.D., the second biggest city on the DM&E PRB expansion line, (Rochester is the biggest), has asked to have another look at the agreement they made with DM&E.
QUOTE: Originally posted by solzrules (A) ( I am sure you could through a few examples of Bush's policies in here....[:D])? (B)The railroad has been there for 100 years. In a way they were there first, everyone else should blow off. The rails already go through the town.
QUOTE: [i] Are there other specific cases to prove that railroad noise has caused a decrease in healing when the volume of trains are increased while remaining at the same noise level?
QUOTE: Originally posted by wallyworld Maybe an old fashioned Q & A between the community and DME is whats needed rather than posturing in the media and using clout as a hammer.
QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates And, I still wouldn't be at all surprised if BNSF and UP are not "rooting" for the Mayo's cause, from behind the jury box.
QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates And, I still wouldn't be at all surprised if BNSF and UP are not "rooting" for the Mayo's cause, from behind the jury box. That would be consistent with BNSF and UP denziens. They both "rooted" for the Milwaukee bankruptcy trustee to declare the PCE for the scrap heap. They both "rooted" for the econazis to have the Columbia and Snake River dams breached. They both "rooted" for the closure of the Missouri River waterway. They both "root" for limitations on truck size and weights. Why wouldn't they "root" for the DM&E's demise? And of course, in all these cases, "root" should be spelled with a few "$$".
QUOTE: Originally posted by rrandb I live in a house that backs up to a UP double track main. If I choose to turn my "house" into a "hotel" there will be train noise. Go figure. Anyone who is willing to pay out of there pocket the expenses to re-locate, put up noise abatement walls, or install "quiet" crossing zone should approach the railroad. Untill there is an formall abondonement of their right of way they have the right and obligation to run as many trains as the market will bear. For a small group of poeple( no matter how well ententioned) to attempt to impeed national commerce is both un-american, short sighted and selfish. The interseting part is that they are compaining about something that is not even a problem yet. What TRAINS? [2c] As always ENJOY
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