had8ley
Engineer
Today's headline in the Baton Rouge, LA paper reads "Governor Turns Down Rail Route." In trying to establish rail service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans it seems as though everyone in Louisiana would like to see the service start except for our governor. The deadline for the Republican governor to apply to a Democratic administration for rail funding is today. Jindal's office is signaling that there will be no such move to ask for rail service. He is also the same Republican who turned down Stimulus millions. At present, we have a bus service, started after Katrina, that is usually packed to standing room only. The governor and his staff say they can't afford to subsidize a rail route for the citizens yet flies each and every Sunday in a state police helicopter to various Louisiana towns under the guise of "Sunday Worship." Louisiana politics hard at work...as usual.