Mike,
We would rather railroad than deal with this BS.
Your post seems to insinuate that in Colorado we enjoy political crap. Guess again, because that is not true. It's pure bad luck that we have to deal with outsiders that have agendas which threaten the continued existence of our steam operations.
Be grateful that the gov hasn't looked upon the operations you mention with the intent of extorting their money or providing some misinformed negative influence. Once the gov gets the idea that they know best and poke around in other operations, I'd bet that these operations would have something to discuss also.
We work hard at the Loop, as I'm sure C&TS does, to provide safe equipment and an enjoyable ride. We don't want the dramatic suds. We've discussed the crappy drama here with hopes that there could be a collective reasonable solution to our situation. But, no solution. The state takes our operation in 10 short days. Hopefully they do as good as we did.