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KJP:
All,
The following letter, dated, Jan. 12, was mailed by Youngstown Ward 4 Councilwoman Carol Rimideo-Righetti, who chairs council's Public Utilities Committee (see directions to City Hall below the letter):
__________________________
Dear Ohio Rail Customer:
This correspondence is to officially notify you that the Public Utilities Committee of Youngstown City Council has called a Public Hearing to discuss the pending elimination of Amtrak rail service to Youngstown, OH. The hearing will be held Tuesday, February 22, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers, City Hall, 6th Floor.
I as well as my City Council colleagues would like to get feedback from the individuals most affected. You are welcome to attend and voice any opinions, questions or issues regarding this subject. Each speaker will be alloted up to 10 minutes to address the committee. Additionally, if you are unable to attend and would like to submit a written statement you may do so using the following address.
ARLENE D. THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
CITY OF YOUNGSTOWN
ATTN: AMT05
26 S. PHELPS ST. 6th FL
YOUNGSTOWN, OH 44505-1329
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Carol Rimideo-Righetti
Fourth Ward Councilmember
______________________
City Hall's address is 26 Phelps Street, at the corner of Boardman Street.
DIRECTIONS: If you're coming from the north or west, exit I-680 at Market Street, go across the big bridge into downtown. Two blocks after the bridge, turn left on Boardman Street and go one block to Phelps.
If you're coming from the south or east, exit I-680 at South Avenue, turn right and go across the big bridge. After the bridge, veer soft right and go one block to Boardman Street, then turn left. Take Boardman four blocks to Phelps.
END
Summit Street:
:shoot: those arseholes!
i can't make it to the meeting, so i might try to come up with a letter to send. i don't know how well that'd turn out though
KJP:
Don't forget that, from 1985 to 1992, presidents Reagan and Bush1 also zero-budgeted Amtrak each year, but Congress reinstated funding. Not sure about this Congress, though....
If W wants to make Amtrak more like the highway and aviation systems, does that mean he's going give $2+ billion a year for railroad traffic controller salaries and maintenance (ala the air traffic control system, funded out of the federal treasury BTW), set up a user-financed, multi-billion-dollar infrastructure trust fund for railroads, remove the property tax liability railroads pay ($500 million per year paid by railroads nationwide) and provide a tax-exempt, federally backed bond-issue program for railroad capital improvements?
Will W propose federal funding support for rail technology research (ala NASA and defense contracts that give technology transfer benefits for aerospace firms), and support BTU efficiency credits for rail (instead of subsidizing oil exploration, defense of oil-producing regions and maintaining the strategic petroleum reserve that would amount to an added $2 per gallon gas tax if we didn't pay for these every April 15th)?
Oh, well, we didn't mean making Amtrak "exactly" like highways and aviation. We just figured that the "free market" would provide passenger rail service if there really was a demand for it....
That's my version of sarcasm.
More and more, I'm really disliking this country's direction.
KJP
buildingcincinnati:
Bullsh!t.
Summit Street:
boo!! :evil:
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