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DM&E vs Mayo: Who's side is TRAINS on anyway?

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In the battle of winning over the hearts and minds of regular joes regarding the DM&E expansion, both DM&E and Mayo produced poll results that show that most Minnesotans support the DM&E project (according to the DM&E commissioned poll) AND oppose the DM&E project (according to the Mayo commissioned poll). Okay, nothing suprising there in these days of inherently discredited polls (read:  push polls). But what does suprise me is the way the railroad press is treating the duel, at least from the TRAINS and ProgressiveRailroading perspectives. From ProgressiveRailroading.com's perspective........ <A href="http://www.progressiverailroading.com/freightnews/article.asp?id=9368">http://www.progressiverailroading.com/freightnews/article.asp?id=9368</A> ......the Mayo poll is misleading because it states DM&E doesn't have collateral to support the RRIF loan, which DM&E refutes - “In fact, the DM&E will provide collateral [and] this loan will be fully secured,” according to DM&E spokeman Jafar Karim. But, from the TRAINS Newswire perspective....... <A HREF="/trn/print.aspx?c=a&id=725">http://www.trains.com/trn/print.aspx?c=a&id=725</A> .....it is the DM&E poll that appears misleading, in that "DM&E refused to release the complete survey results or provide media with a complete list of questions asked."  (For those of you without a TRAINS subscription, you will not be able to access the TRAINS side of the story.  Sorry.) Question:  Did TRAINS staff bother to get DM&E's version of this latest poll duel?  Wouldn't you think a rail industry mag would first get the railroad side of a story before they extoll the views of the anti-railroad types?
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