Re: Anybody else get the feeling...

trainrider47 Wrote:
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> The reason the trade did not go through is two
> individuals in Chama with personal agendas got to
> one of the New Mexico commission members, who had
> previously voted for the swap, and convinced him
> that the 478 had a lot of problems and the 483 was
> a good candidate for restoration. The other New
> Mexico commissioner takes his lead from the first,
> so both changed their votes and killed the deal.
> Of course, the information the commissioner was
> given was false, but like almost all politicians,
> he's not about to admit he has been fooled.
>
> Michael Allen

Agreed 100%. If anyone has any doubts about what happened, please read and re-read Michael Allens comments again, again and again some more until this sinks in and registers