Nothing like a bit of an existential threat to focus republican legislators on that most foreign of concepts, work. Witness this article in Business Review [1].
The man who once called Amtrak's intercity passenger rail service "embarrassing as hell" was delighted on Wednesday to unveil the first initiatives toward bringing high-speed rail to the state.
Joseph Bruno, the state Senate's Majority Leader, announced $22 million in projects that bring the state closer to that goal. Half of that money will go to the Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak station to add a fourth train track, extend platforms and demolish an existing building.
Hooray, high-speed rail! No downside to this, right?
Wrong. Buried in the body of the story is the actual lede, which is:
All the projects spawn from a $5 million study several years ago on the possibility of creating a high-speed rail corridor between Buffalo and New York City.
In short, the story really should read: "Kicking and screaming after years of footdragging and delay, Joe Bruno finally does something that could have been done several years ago."
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