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After Years of Trying Rail Fails

Evil Rick Scott has put a stake into the heart of the corrupt and bleeding heart of high speed rail in the sunshine state. Now all is left for the HSR is its death throes of whining, finger pointing, history rewriting and out right lies with heavy does of self-delusion.

Sampling the wide range of coverage on high speed rail is not only cathartic and illuminating, it is an easy copput to writing my own column. In the wake of this stunning defeat the Tampa Bay Partnership has not sent me the talking points that regularly make up my column so I had to find a new way to avoind working or thinking this week.

Here are examples of the debate on high speed rail;

“You sir are a poop-head who just does not get it”

Protestor and HSR supporter Phil McMull

"We are a grassroots organization of committed individuals”

The Tampa Bay Partnership

“You just don’t get it do you. Tsk….You just hate Tampa Bay.”

Hipster Biff Burlington of the Greater Tampa Bay Chamber Partnership

“Some how we can do this without taxpayer liability, later, just sign here now.”

Simmons Train Consulting Industries

“It is not tax payer money it is federal spending!”

Hipster Biff Burlington of the Greater Tampa Bay Chamber Partnership

From 83 Degrees Magazine - Tampa Bay's new media sensation covering the talent, innovation, diversity and economic development of Tampa Bay from 83 Degrees in Tampa Bay.