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Posted By: Mike

The silly train that runs from no where, to some where, is one of the biggest boon doggles in state history. And another thing, thousands do not ride it. maybe hundreds. maybe not even that many. A few tourists. And if you read anything to the contrary, the figures are padded. I went by it each morning, and about 8 to 10 people might be on it. I worked downtown for 25 years, and do not know ONE person that has ever been on it. Not one. Unless you live here, and know people that were involved in the project, like I do, and know what a giant political football it was, and huge waste of our dollars. Then you, my friend better get your facts straight. If a couple billion dollars hadn't been thrown away on this tinker toy train, one that no one uses, maybe a few more dollars would have been freed up, and people would not have perished. My son was a minute or two from that bridge. He gets on 35W at Washington Ave. a few thousand feet from the bridge. He called me when the large concrete cloud went up in front of him. Back to baseball...

Edited to add; Mass transit is a wonderful thing. But how about we get one that actually goes somewhere, and one that the average working guy can use. This one was a disgrace. And incredibly poorly planned out.