The public contention seems to be focused on which passenger air service to use. But about halfway down we learn why it's a public issue at all: the 1.7 or 1.8 million bucks in public subsidies to provide the service.
I'd have liked to see a declarative sentence stating exactly where this money is coming from. If I recall correctly it's all federal, but readers would be excused for inferring that since the City Council is voting on it, it might involve some from our local coffer.
It would also have been interesting to read a response by Mr Lamerson, for instance, to the question of why he supports federal subsidies for business travelers.
For readers of the Daily Courier in Prescott, Arizona. Comment and discuss. Be nice, now.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
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yup the rich folks not only want easy access air service they want Taxpayers to provide it for em...
ReplyDeletelook if you wanna spend my money on a method of transportation how about RAIL!
I don't get how anyone would want to ride one of those puddle-jumpers anyway. I did -- once -- and will never again.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see an honest estimate of what it would take to get passenger rail going between here, Phoenix and Flag, and I truly expect it'll get built one day, but that number will make your teeth hurt. It was dead stupid to rip up the tracks years ago, and there's so much to rebuild.
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