Bullet train issue could hurt Jeb and his brother....losing GOP supporters

[madfloridian]

Jeb is so arrogant that he is risking losing some of his millionaire supporters as well as an important voice the Florida Senate.
Putting the bullet train back on the ballot will hurt him with some of his wealthiest supporters

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040802/COLUMNISTS0502/408020361/1106/NEWS

SNIP..."Although they say they expected it, supporters of the highspeed rail, which is just months away from construction, are very angry at Gov. Jeb Bush because the issue has gone back on the ballot.

Florida is a pivotal state in the presidential election, and the danger to Bush's brother is that some of the top movers and shakers in getting the high-speed rail under way are Republicans.

Why would a governor jeopardize his brother's re-election chances for president? Gov. Bush has already asked Republican candidates hoping to replace him in 2006 to cool it until after the Nov. 2 election.

C.C. "Doc" Dockery, who supported Jeb Bush all three times he has run for governor, said he thought it was because Bush is opposed to alternative transportation and also opposed to people who don't do it his way."

Dockery's wife, Paula, is my state senator. He has spent over 3 million of his own money getting this project passed before. Others are angry as well. Jeb seems unaware, and simply does not care about the ill will toward him.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. The Bushes are an arrogant bunch of dickheads.

[Sugarbleus]

2. I don't quite understand this article.

Is there a bid for a rail system and Jeb is against it or for it?

Who is angry about the rail system being built? Who is angry if it isn't built?

FYI: I'm pro mass transit as a means to take more cars off the road and build fewer highways.

Of course building fewer highways (fixing the ones we already have) and building more rail systems that are comfortable, more fuel efficient, and go in all sorts of directions to accomodate many types of passengers/service..would mean the auto industry and the oil/gas industry would take a hit in the shorts.......so, THEY would be pissed outright.

[madfloridian]

3. The amendment passed in 2000, the people voted for it.

Now Jeb wants us to vote again. Some of his staunchest supporters started the project. I voted against it in 2000, but this time I will vote for it. He is trying to manipulate the people. There are other articles beside that article on the left, which go back a ways.

[Sugarbleus]

4. Oh. But sounds like a rough ride down there in Jebland

:crazy: lol............ good luck

[Proud2BAmurkin]

5. Jeb and his scum family undermine voters

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