Posted on Friday, 23rd April 2010 by Patrick Dorwin
Mark Belling reported today that Governor Jim Doyle and Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz have come to an agreement to move the highly unpopular and massively expensive Milwaukee to Madison car-speed choo-choo from the Madison airport, into downtown Madison.
Putting the stop, the tracks and all of the crossings through town will, of course, cause the price to rise dramatically.
Don’t expect to read about this in the newspaper anytime soon. They never want to repeat news broken by Belling, even when they know its true.
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April 24th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
The very idea that the costs of this black hole is exactly that stated by g’vment bureaucrats is, as we all know, ludicrous. You can safely bet that finished construction costs - not including operating costs - would be somewhere in the magnitude of 2 to 3 times the stated. Talking more than $2,000,000,000.00. That’s a 2 with a B.
If I recall correctly, Belling thought the additional costs of running the choo-choo through the east edges of Mad City to downtown would run $150 million. Again, I suggest it would be triple that, if not more. And the “high speed” choo-choo certainly couldn’t be once it got past the I94-I90 interchange. Figure 20mph, tops.
One look at a map tells you why on both counts.
April 24th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Simply cancel the project, Governor Walker.
April 26th, 2010 at 8:48 am
In Sunday’s paper ( http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/91952424.html ), Patrick McIlheran points out what should be obvious to all- that Wisconsin’s utility regulatory apparatus has been captured by environmental activists.
After all, the PSC is supposed to regulate utilities “in the public interest and convenience”- which they have interpreted to mean, the public should be forced to pay for everything any activist organization demands. Indeed, the public should be forced to directly support the environmental organizations themselves.
While this may seem obvious, I was still surprised to see Patrick McIlheran’s column as this blatant and obvious corruption just doesn’t receive any press coverage at all.
And, it is corruption. It is corrupt to force citizens to support political activist groups that they may disagree with. For example, CUB is opposed to nuclear power, and I am not- so why should I be forced to subsidize CUB?
But ultimately, the PSC is not the state EPA- a reasonable interpretation of “public interest and convenience” is, keep utility rates as low as possible, consistent with reliable service. Who, with a straight face, could possibly claim that the now-dormant mandate for 25% renewables by 2025 would LOWER utility rates?
April 26th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Patrick, this news wasn’t broken by Belling; it was reported on roughly six weeks ago by the Wisconsin State Journal:
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_68345f90-2d74-11df-9d39-001cc4c03286.html
Keep up the good work!
April 27th, 2010 at 5:57 am
Gee, thanks for bringing that to our attention Zach, I can’t read every liberal news source, good thing you can.
Still waiting for the Pulitzer Prize winning Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to pick up on it.
By the way, at the time of the WSJ article, Doyle was still set on running the choo-choo to the unused airport. But that doesn’t change the fact that this is an asinine idea.
April 27th, 2010 at 6:51 am
I guess you’ll just have to add the Wisconsin State Journal to your newspaper subscriptions Patrick. Oh, and don’t forget to make the Onion a part of your reading list too.
April 27th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
The WSJ and MJS have been settling into their new La Brea headquarters quite nicely.
April 27th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Leave it to Zach to make sure the least important aspect of the story is absolutely, technically correct.
April 28th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Zach is typical liberal. Insecure and desperate.