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[QUOTE]Originally posted by sfthunderchief: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by PullmanCo: [qb] Kansas Senate, you say? I've said before, and I say again: The Kansas Senate is already a proven ally. Only minimal time working them needs be spent. The political long pole in the tent is the Kansas House. If they cannot be won over to the point of even debating this issue, [b]as they were not in the 2009 session[/b], this is all a waste of time. The priority right now needs to be selling either 50%+1 or 66 2/3% of the Kansas House, depending on how bad you want to risk someone like Chris Kobach taking approved legislation to court. Now, as far as what FRA puts on the table next summer, I refer back to my post of September 4. I tend to respect NPR reporters. If they say the major plug of money has been laid on the table, I won't be surprised if the FY10/FY11 grant series are rather to hugely smaller. We'll see what happens in January. At least y'all are talking in terms of pre-filed legislation. That's the first forward motion I've seen. I just hope it has a backup $250K supplemental appropriation for the SDP study if Feddybux don't happen. [/qb][/QUOTE]Could it perhaps happen this way? KDOT recommends passenger rail service in the 10 year Comprehensive Transportation Plan which the joint House and Senate transportation committees approve and authorize with a committee bill entitled "intercity passenger rail act" that establishes a revolving fund and authorizes a service agreement with Amtrak. KDOT completes a Service Development Plan which includes a NEPA and engineering study and thereupon positions the state for ARRA and PRIAA funding, not this year but perhaps 2011. State DOT's and legislators meet monthly in webinars and plan a symposium in January to announce the Amtrak and KU Cost Benefit studies as KDOT updates its state rail plan. The Comprensive Transportation Plan that includes passenger rail gets approved and the House and Senate in Kansas vote the entire plan with passenger rail as a protected program activity, therefore making the so-called "Constitutional Prohibition" in Article 11, section 9 a "non issue". If you believe this is pretty far fetched, why would you think this scenario is outlined, in just this way? The House support count is around 46; this doesn't mean that there are 79 opposed. Many included among the 46 say they haven't heard anyone say they are against passenger rail in Kansas. The reason the measure sent up last spring didn't pass (ultimately) was due to two things, 1)it was introduced very late in the session, 2)in those final days there was a spitting contest going on between the two parties and the governor over a power plant, and absolutely nothing happened except the acknowlegements of high school track and swimming teams, band awards, spelling bee champs, and commendations for centennarians. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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