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[QUOTE]Originally posted by sfthunderchief: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by PullmanCo: [qb] / me gets out garden hose with ice cold water... WITH WHAT MONEY??? All the dreams require $$$ Amtrak will need both additional capital procurement funds and additional operating dollars. If you want to make your dreams a reality, you need more than just your letters, you're going to need targeted advocacy: http://www.house.gov/writerep http://www.senate.gov Otherwise, all your wishful thinking is just that. [/qb][/QUOTE]I'll get out my garden hose to spray ice-cold water on PullmanCo. suggestion. Writing the U.S. Congress is not going to produce much result (you all will have to trust me on this). If you want anything to happen in the way of dollars you better work your state legislature to consider enabling legislation, because service isn't going to expand unless the state or the region works together along a corridor. PullmanCo's recommendation may help (a bit) but your efforts would be better directed or focused on Jim Oberstar's House subcommittee at this point. The Amtrak 50/50 funding bill successfully came out of the committee and that is where the S-294 80/20 funding bill currently sits. The 50/50 bill is now being handled by the FRA and states have been able to apply since March 18th. They have a year and a half to take advantage. An individual voter as we know carries very little clout and matters little. Organizations and movements matter more if they work as a lobby to put pressure on legislative bodies, whether its about a power plant, a scewy but emotional social issue, or a cause. PullmanCo doesn't identify the nature of targeted advocacy. What is this? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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