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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PullmanCo: [QB] From the Topeka Capital Journal article: [i]"Deb Miller, KDOT secretary, said a number of issues need to be studied including cost, schedule and the likelihood of travel delays because of freight traffic on the line. KDOT will fund a study at a cost of $150,000 and $200,000. Amtrak expects to begin the study in mid- to late summer and complete it by the third quarter of 2009.[/i] So the STUDY will be complete by 1 October 2009. Now from the Jackson County Democrat (sometimes called the Kansas City Star) article: "[i]The alliance estimates it could cost $12.7 million a year for operations and $6.5 million in track upgrades. "The Kansas Legislature would not only have to approve money for its share of the service, [b]but also would have to remove a constitutional restriction on using state money to supplement Amtrak.[/b][/i]" That means at best any subsidy will compete for legal authority in the January 2010 session of the Kansas Legislature. The first general election for a Statewide referendum (Kansas does not allow the initiative petition as a tool of governance) is the November 2010 Congressional election. Assuming passage, the Kansas Legislature could appropriate funds in the session which begins January 2011, and in turn there could be a start date no earlier than 1 July 2011. Living on one side of State Line, working on the other allows me to hear the arguments. Governor and legislators are at odds over simple business development of a coal fired power plant. The key to winning this battle will be to engage the legislators in Johnson/Wyandotte Counties (a very good chunk of the population) plus Wichita. If that alliance can be built, a 403(b) is possible. If not, cue Man of La Mancha: http://www.reelclassics.com/Audio_Video/Music7q/manoflamancha_otoole_impossibledream.mp3 As a final aside, Kansas this year had to re-visit the changes to its health insurance planning, hoping to cover poor Kansans. They're down to the point where only a Federal expansion of S-CHIP will bring an expansion of Kansas coverage. Money is tight in Kansas, and Kansas also fell on the short side of the Air Force tanker deal. Money is going to stay tight in Kansas. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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