Dick,
You're completely wrong about your point #2.
When an organization takes public money and/or is responsible for public property, then taxpayers have a right to know what that organization is doing with those funds and/or property.
To say otherwise is un-American.
Also, I don't think reposting pissing matches from other boards is an appropriate use of the NGDF.
Dick Cowles Wrote:
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> I see that "Abqfoamer" has come over to this board
> to play the "Let's blame CTSMC" for everything
> that happens, real or imagined, at the C&TS. This
> nonsense is really getting old. His unwillingness
> to disclose the actual division of
> responsibilities at the C&TS certainly tells us
> more about his obvious bias than anything else.
>
> For those who don't read the Ashpit, below is a
> message I posted there which attempts to counter
> the kind of crap that oozes out of the Gote.
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> I've just been checking out some of the recent
> posts on the Gote about the lack of information
> about the Lobato Bridge. Even Jay, whose site's
> slogan is -- "Like it or not, you heard it here
> first", is saying today that he is "clueless" as
> to what is going on. And, true to form Uhland,
> Boyer, Warren , and others are bleating about
> being kept in the dark.
>
> True to form, their knee-jerk reaction is that
> Elmer Salazar and the operating company are to
> blame. As usual they are so consumed with outrage
> at CTSMC that they are unable to think rationally.
> Consider the following:
>
> 1. As the operator, CTSMC has NOTHING to do with
> efforts to fix the bridge. The operating company's
> job is to keep the trains running, and Elmer,
> Marvin, and the rest of the employees are doing an
> admirable job of that.
>
> 2. As the OWNER of the bridge, the Commission has
> everything to do with figuring out whether the
> bridge can be saved, and the Commission is hard at
> work doing just that. That job requires use of
> structural engineers and others qualified to
> diagnose and recommend what to do about damage to
> the historical 1882 structure caused by the fire.
> You can bet that some sophisticated load testing
> and evaluation will be necessary (maybe Jium will
> volunteer) and that will take time.
>
> 3. Unlike the Operator, the Commission doesn't
> consider itself under an obligation to keep
> complaining railfans informed. When the Commission
> has something substantive to say, it will do so as
> it has in the past.
>
> For anyone with an ounce of good sense the lesson
> could not be more obvious: the outraged posters on
> the Gote are so consumed by their antipathy toward
> CTSMC and their need for CTSMC to be the bad guy
> that they an incapable of comprehending even the
> most obvious facts about who is responsible for
> what on the C&TS.
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Chris Webster
