SunRail - another push by lawmakers

http://www.examiner.com/x-10977-Jacksonville-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m11d13-SunRail-reaches-out-to-Jacksonville
http://www.jaxobserver.com/2009/11/06/democrats-call-for-sunrail-support-gop-says-about-time/

Republican leaders, however, say it is Democrats who have been slow to climb aboard.

Federal transportation officials have made 8 billion available through the Federal Railroad Administration to develop high-speed and commuter rail initiatives nationwide. Florida is one of several large states vying for the cash.

House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala remains uncommitted, but House Republicans have said theyre waiting to get committed until they see if the Senate now has enough votes after killing the project earlier this year.


He was speaking to the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization directors meeting Thursday at its monthly gathering.FL is moving forward someone said.

He launched a PowerPoint presentation. The first slide was of a donkey pulling a street car over tracks laid in a dirt road in what appeared to be a rural setting. Isn't it all about choices

State legislators pushing for SunRail are in the process of gathering support should a special session be called in the coming weeks.

Florida future is important.

The deal’s biggest critic, state Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, has called the deal overly generous to CSX.