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Re: GAO nails Christie for exaggerating costs ARC cash grab |
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Posted by Jace on Wed Apr 11 10:35:16 2012, in response to GAO nails Christie for exaggerating costs ARC cash grab, posted by znufrii on Tue Apr 10 09:44:14 2012. The report really doesn't say much new, but that's the whole point. Lautenberg most likely asked for the report just to put the spotlight on Christie. Not surprising since Christie cancelled a major, major project pushed through by Lautenberg.When Christie pulled the plug on ARC he scored big time (at least short term) by making himself look fiscally conservative on a national scale at the expense of the democrats (especially Lautenberg) while also avoiding a tax increase to bail out the highway fund (a time bomb left to him by Corzine). It appeared to be a very shrewd move but he also took a huge gamble. Massive projects like this almost never get cancelled as there's too much money and political capital involved. Christie is going to face continuing repercussions. Any service problems on the Jersey side of Penn will ultimately be blamed on him, putting him in the position where he can now be held hostage by NJT's or Amtrak's failures/ineptitiude - something I find very ironic. It'll be interesting to see how well his party covers his back once these meltdowns occur: thousands of angry voters on trains trapped in the aging tunnels. Now imagine if someone gets hurt or worse, is killed. Politics as usual... |
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