post 216 BULLET TRAIN BOONDOGGLE FOR TAXPAYERS?

Hi,
I AM REUBLISHING THIS BLOG BECAUSE I SEE NO REAL EVIDENCE THAT OUR FLORIDA GOVERNMENT IS CHALLENGING THIS BULLET TRAIN ADVANCE INTO FLORIDA. PLEASE WRITE THE GOVERNOR AND EXPRESS YOUR ANGER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS BLOGGER IS HOPING THAT FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT WILL READ A COPY OF THIS BLOG OR SOMEONE WILL SEND IT TO HIM  BEFORE HIS MEETING  IN WEST PALM BEACH WITH NAYSAYERS ON THE BULLET TRAIN BECAUSE THE  PROJECT HOLDS ECHOES OF THE PAST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 LONELY VOICES  OPPOSED A MAJOR CHANGE IN FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION IN ITS EARLY HISTORY AND WERE HEARD BUT THAT CHANGE WAS  RESURRECTED IN THE  1960'S. NAYSAYERS AT THAT TIME VOCALIZED  AND WERE IGNORED.   IGNORANCE CAUSED A NATIONAL SCANDAL COSTING MILLIONS THAT WAS SWEPT UNDER THE RUG  EVENTUALLY BY  NAMING THE AREA CHOSEN FOR THE BOONDOGGLE AFTER THE ENVIRONMENTALIST WHO FINALLY FORCED CHANGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A STATE PROBLEM BUT ANYONE WHO  REALIZES THE "CROSS FLORIDA BARGE CANAL",  THE STATE BOONDOGGLE  RESTARTED  BY A POLITICAL TRIO:  GOVERNOR FARRIS BRYANT, SENATOR CLAUDE PEPPER AND PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY,  WILL SEE THE FEDERAL COST OF $74 MILLION TAX PAYERS DOLLARS AS A NATIONAL BOONDOGGLE AS WELL !!!!!!!!!! IT WAS   FINALLY LAID TO REST  THANKS TO PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON WHO SIGNED LEGISLATION TO CANCEL IT.   THAT'S WHEN  FLORIDA WAS  GIVEN THE REPAYMENT OF COSTS.

LONELY VOICES ARE AGAIN CALLING OUT , THIS TIME TO GOVERNOR SCOTT NOT TO RIP FLORIDA'S COUNTRYSIDE APART BY PUTTING A HIGH SPEED TRAIN ON OLD TRACKS TO LINK UP TWO LARGE COMMERCE CENTERS AS  "cheaply" AS POSSIBLE. I PUT THE WORD IN SMALL LETTERS BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCEALING THE REASONS FOR USING A TRAIN TRACK THAT DATES BACK TO THE EARLY DAYS OF FLORIDA. THAT ALONE IS A GIGANTIC PROBLEM BECAUSE THE TRACK HAS BEEN KEPT UP TO SUPPORT MUCH FEWER THAN THE 32 EXTRA TIMES IT WILL BE TRAVELED BY A HIGH SPEED TRAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILROAD  TRACKS  RUN THOUGH SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE LAND IN FLORIDA. THOSE LANDS UNFORTUNATELY ARE COMPOSED OF SUGAR SAND!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE SO-CALLED SUGAR SAND IS A NIGHTMARE FOR DRIVERS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT. IT SHIFTS AND BURROWS IF YOU GET STUCK IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF IT SO THAT A WRECKER IS NEEDED TO EXTRICATE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T BELIEVE ME GOVERNOR??? -- WELL STOP BY AND WE'LL POINT YOU TO SOME ALONGSIDE THE TRACKS THAT YOU CAN TRY FOR YOURSELF. BUT BRING YOUR OWN WRECKER TO HAUL YOU OUT IF YOU'RE ON A SCHEDULE !!!!!!!!!!!

CAN YOU IMAGINE OLD TRACKS BUILT ON SUGAR SAND ON THE TREASURE COAST BEING SUBJECTED TO THE VIBRATION OF 32 EXTRA TRIPS A DAY AT SPEEDS FAR EXCEEDING ANYTHING PREVIOUSLY SENT ACROSS THEM ???????????? EVEN A NON-ENGINEERING IDIOT LIKE THIS BLOGGER CAN FATHOM THE RISKS !!!!!!!!!!!! ON TOP OF THAT, THESE TRACKS NOW RUN THROUGH CLUSTERS OF HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT SINCE THE TRACKS BECAME AS LITTLE USED  AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN RECENT YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT JUST A FEW BUT MANY.......MANY HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE QUALITY OF LIFE WILL MOST CERTAINLY GO DOWN HILL BUT WHAT REALLY IS DISTURBING IS THE NUMBER OF LIVES THAT MAY BE TAKEN IN A CRASH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT JUST THE PASSENGERS BUT THE HOME OWNERS WILL BE PART OF SUCH A DEBACLE .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A TRAIN HURTLING ALONG AT 90 MILES AN HOUR WON'T JUST ROLL OVER !!!!!!!!!!! IT WILL HURL ITSELF AT THE SURROUNDING AREA  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

 THE PUSHERS AND SHOVERS OF THE BULLET TRAIN SAY IT WILL SLOW DOWN FOR PROBLEM AREAS??????????????? WELL, IF IT SLOWS DOWN FOR ALL THE "PROBLEM" AREAS BETWEEN MIAMI AND ORLANDO, WHY USE A BULLET TRAIN AT ALL ??????????????? IT WON'T HIT THOSE HIGH SPEEDS VERY OFTEN !!!!!!!!!!!! UNLESS THEY ARE JUST "WHISTLING DIXIE".????????????THAT'S THE OLD TUNE ALWAYS PLAYED IN FLORIDA WHEN "MONEY" COMES BEFORE THE "ART OF GOOD LIVING."

NEW YORK WAS A BEAUTIFUL STATE BEFORE DEVELOPERS WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE OVER THE LAND. NOW FOLKS CAN'T WAIT TO RETIRE AND GO ELSEWHERE  !!!!!!!!!!!  LIKE FLORIDA !!!!!!!!!! MOST OF THE EAST COAST HAS BEEN OVER-INHABITED AND NEW, BIG DEVELOPMENTS ARE A THING OF THE PAST SO FLORIDA WITH ITS MANY PRISTINE AREAS IS NOW A NEW VIEW. THE DEVELOPERS, WHO ARE PUSHING THIS BULLET TRAIN MAY NOT BE THE SAME ONES WHO PRESSED FOR THE CROSS FLORIDA BARGE CANAL CUTTING OUR STATE IN HALF SOMEWHERE AROUND OCALA AND JOINING OUR TWO MOST BENEFICIAL RIVERS, THE ST. JOHNS AT ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE CRYSTAL RIVER ON THE WEST COAST NEAR INVERNESS !!!!!!!!!! BUT THEY HAVE SEVERAL THINGS IN COMMON:

THE GOAL IS THE OVER-DEVELOPMENT OF FLORIDA WITH THE RESULTANT PROFITS GOING INTO THEIR POCKETS AND THE SACRIFICE OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FALLING TO THE PRESENT INHABITANTS, WHO GOT HERE BEFORE THE PUSH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS A GROUP OF DEVELOPERS, FOLKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT RAILROAD PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!! NOT PART OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT PROFIT MAKERS IN THE COMFORT AND JOY OF SAFE TRAVEL ACROSS THE STATE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 THEY ARE DEVELOPERS AND THEIR GOAL IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE RESULTANT COST TO TAXPAYERS IN THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT WHO MAY HAVE TO BAIL OUT THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY AFTER AN EXPLOSIVE DEBACLE CALLED A BULLET TRAIN WRECK THAT CAUSES MORE DAMAGE THAN THE STATE OF FLORIDA CAN HANDLE ALONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CAN'T HAPPEN THEY SAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YEAH, RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEITHER COULD THOSE LARGE CRUISE SHIPS BECOME  A DISASTER  OR MONSTER PLANES END UP IN THE OCEAN !!!!!!!!!!!!! PROGRESS DOES NOT COURT DISASTER ONLY TOLERATES IT. THIS IDEA IS COURTING DISASTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 OBVIOUSLY WHEN OTHER COUNTRIES CREATE SPECIAL PLATFORMS OVERHEAD (LIKE JAPAN) TO RUN THESE  FAST MONSTERS, THEY SEE A NEED TO AVOID NEIGHBORHOODS !!!!!!!!!!!! ULTIMATE PROBLEMS AND DISASTERS WERE AVOIDED AS  HIGH SPEED TRAIN BUILDERS FORESAW THAT CHEAP IN THE SHORT RUN MEANS IN THE  LONG RUN  DISASTROUS COSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT THESE FOLKS ARE TRAIN AFFECIONADOES NOT LAND DEVELOPERS.

 SO WHAT WILL IT  BE FOR FLORIDA WHEN THE DEVELOPERS HAVE MOVED ON TO THEIR DEVELOPING--WHICH THEY WILL DO-- AND FORSAKEN THE TRAIN BUSINESS FOR THEIR REAL LOVE ??????????????????? PROFIT FROM DEVELOPMENT !!!!!!!!!!!

THIS BLOGGER HAS HAD HER OWN BUSINESS AND RECOGNIZES THAT PROFIT IS NOT A BAD WORD BUT WHEN THAT PROFIT IS TAKEN AT GREAT EXPENSE TO OTHERS AND A SELFISH DESIRE TO BYPASS THE DANGERS CREATED  AFFECTING OTHERS  IN AN INDUSTRY IT DOES NOT INTEND TO STAND BY AND SUPPORT, THEN IT CAN AND WILL BECOME A BAD WORD.

GOVERNOR SCOTT, I BELIEVE YOU DO NOT DESIRE TO GO TO GO DOWN IN THIS STATE'S HISTORY AS THE SECOND GOVERNOR WHO ALLOWED A BOONDOGGLE TO BE CREATED IN FLORIDA OR WHO MANAGED TO DESTROY MUCH OF THE STATE'S ENVIRONMENT  BEFORE OTHERS CAME ALONG AND UNDID WHAT WAS DONE  !!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOUR ARE A MAN OF BUSINESS AND I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH FAILURE.  THAT IS NOT YOUR STYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU MUST STOP THIS MADNESS !!!!!!!!!!!! IF THEY MUST HAVE A HIGH SPEED TRAIN, MAKE THEM BUILD IT IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS, NOT DESTROYS FLORIDA, FLORIDIANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.  DEMAND THAT THEY DO IT RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. SPEND THE MONEY NOW FOR THE RIGHT PROGRESS !!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T CHEAPEN IT AND CAUSE THE GOAL TO BE  DISMAL FAILURE.

LISTEN UP GOVERNOR SCOTT.     BE A HERO !!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT A SCOUNDREL !!!!!!!!!!!

CHEERS, CONNIE