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On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:44:10 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:17:00 -0500, Harryk
wrote:

I hate to say it because I do love the state, but
Florida seems to elect one idiot after another for governor.

"Three weeks after Gov. Rick Scott put the brakes on high-speed rail,
the Florida Department of Transportation on Wednesday released a study
showing the line connecting Tampa to Orlando would have had a $10.2
million operating surplus in 2015, its first year of operation.

The study showed the line would have had a $28.6 million surplus in its
10th year."

I'd guess Governor Scott nixed the project because he couldn't figure
out a way to personally benefit from it.

That was based on the wild assertion that 3 million people would ride
on it. That is what the Acela gets, with 50 times the number of people
within 50 miles of the stations.

3 million was a low-ball..... Acela doesn't serve Mickey World....

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/mar...-made-more-mo/

No, it goes to Boston, NYC, and DC... Three cities that all cater to
commuters and all three that bring in more tourists each than Micky
World does on a daily basis... Nobody goes into Tampa, to go to Tampa.
People go to Boston, NYC, and DC to see, Boston, NYC, and DC. It just
won't be worth the money and stolen property. The only ones to profit
will be labor unions, and GE... GEe, who'd a thunk? Pfffftttt