FreedomWorks, a taxpayer watchdog group whose motto is “Lower taxes, less government, more freedom,” released a letter today by the group’s chairman, former Republican congressman Dick Armey, criticizing a proposed $2.3 billion Federal Railroad Administration loan for…
Things are seemingly quiet on the DM&E Railroad expansion project controversy as all parties wait for the Federal Railroad Administration’s decision on whether it will grant the company’s request for a $2.3 billion loan. But the controversy hasn’t gone…
Once considered a “sure thing,” the proposed Dakota Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroad expansion into the coal-rich Powder River Basin could be on the verge of collapse. The reasons for this are many and varied, but a last-minute provision slipped…
A train with 89 tanker cars has derailed in western Pennsylvania, leading to explosions and ethanol leaking from at least nine of the cars.
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has opposed a planned expansion by the DM&E Railroad that…
DM&E claim that “55 of 56” communities are onboard is untrue. National Taxpayer’s Union says, “Federally-Backed Loan Is Gravy Train for One Railroad Company, Great Risk for Millions of Taxpayers.”
Politics makes strange bedfellows, as do…
Cross-posted at Vox Verax.
It’s no secret that Rochester’s Mayo Clinic is the financial force behind The Rochester Coalition, which is trying to derail the DM&E Railroad‘s plan to send coal trains within 900 feet of the…
Proponents and opponents of the proposed DM&E expansion continue their battle as the Oct. 10 deadline looms for giving commentary to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). According to the Rochester Post-Bulletin, proponents of the project were on…
Gutknecht reverses himself
Could a DM&E hazardous waste spill be Rochester’s Katrina?
The DM&E proposed expansion may well determine whether Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District stays in Republican hands or goes back after 12 years to the Democrats. And the election itself…
DM&E CEO Kevin Schieffer spoke at a Rochester Rotary Club luncheon on Thursday, two days after hundreds of DM&E opponents rallied in downtown Rochester to protest the proposed project.
Unlike being his old “my way or the highway”…
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