In Irreconcilable: Anti-rail group redoubles efforts, Josh Moniz's recent article in the Rochester Post Bulletin, we read:
More than 50 people gathered Thursday at the Pine Island City Hall to oppose proposed high-speed rail projects from the Twin Cities to Rochester.
The meeting was organized by Citizens Concerned about Rail Line, a grassroots organization of residents who believe a rail line would hurt their property values and push costs onto taxpayers. . ..
She argued the group's proposal is very different than the Zip Rail proposal that has been pushed by the state for years. She said the rail group wants to fund it privately and that it's still a Minnesota company.
"We're doing something new that has never been done before in America," Meadley said.
While the project is in the preliminary stages, the rail group wants the exclusive rights so it can determine if the project is economically viable, she said.
We're not sure why the supposed uniqueness of the project is a selling point. We suspect that Meadley is used to talking to audiences awed by the shiny thingness of the project, rather than those it will roll over.
We'll have more Sunday on the project and the resistance to it.
Also worth a read: Michael Bruns' Rail company speaks out in Saturday's Red Wing Republican Eagle.
Photo: An artist's conception of the zip rail.
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