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The Blue Water and Pere Marquette trains will end on August 10th 2006 unless we can persuade 1 person to put the $1 million back into the budget for Amtrak,Which would have to come from supplemental money.

The person we need to go after is Shirley Johnson she is the only person that can try to do this everyone else below her is a minority.

If Michigan Passengers do not want to lose these 2 trains then we need to make a big deal out of this and start contacting Shirley Johnson right now by e mail & phone.

Other wise the Blue Water and Pere Marquette trains will end on August 10th 2006.

Shirley Johnson
Republican of District 13
Office Phone: (517) 373-2523
Office Location: S-324 Capitol
E-mail Address: SenSJohnson@senate.michigan.gov

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Is this the person in pocket of the bus company?
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Yes she is the one.

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Senator Johnson (Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee) continues to support funding for Indian Trails and Greyhound and she is anti-Amtrak. She also voted against funding for Amtrak last year.

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Sing-along time:

The City Council met last night, the vote was four to three
To tear the home town depot down and build a factory
To take that stretch of history and tear it off the map
And to take old engine number nine and turn it into scrap

Blue Water, Blue Water, Blue Water Line
Blue Water, Blue Water, Blue Water Line
If you can't afford a quarter
then you ought to give a dime
If everybody gave then we could save the Blue Water Line


And the rest

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