Florida court says governor can reject Obama rail money

[The Northerner]

As President Obama flies Air Force One to Miami, the Florida Supreme Court decided today that the state's Republican governor can indeed reject $2.4 billion from the Obama administration for a high-speed rail line.

The decision kills a planned route between Tampa and Orlando, a project GOP Gov. Rick Scott described as a "boondoggle" that would probably lead to cost overruns his state would have to bear.

Republican governors in Ohio and Wisconsin have rejected federal high speed rail funds on similar grounds.

Obama had cast his high-speed rail plan as a key part of efforts to reduce traffic congestion and U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Read more: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/03/florida-court-says-governor-can-reject-obama-rail-money/1

[emulatorloo]

1. But why?

Eom

[Rambis]

2. No one wants those 24,000 jobs

:crazy:

[walldude]

3. Scott is a fucking moron...

And he's fucking with DISNEY. He'll last one term if that. You don't fuck with the mouse house in Florida.

[AndyTiedye]

4. We'll Take It!

California needs high speed rail, and we need the jobs here.

Thank you Ohio, Wisconsin, and Florida!

[jdlh8894]

5. Why is this needed?

I-4 is at most a 2 hr drive.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. All the more for those that want it.

Thanks, FL.

[jdlh8894]

8. And who would that be?

[upi402]

7. Ideology > welfare of citizens

Voters that vote for these idjits - you asked for it! But we all have to suffer the fools.