I also agree with everything william said.
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Bullet train plan may never leave station
By E.J. Schultz - Bee Capitol Bureau
Last Updated 12:05 am PST Tuesday, January 30, 2007
High-speed rail lacks the "very powerful old lobby" of developers, carmakers and airlines that have driven the infrastructure debate, said state Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, a rail supporter whose mother, Fran Florez, sits on the nine-member rail authority board.
"Because people haven't seen (high-speed rail), touched it or ridden on it, most people, at least in the Legislature, they don't think it can be done," Florez said.
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The lack of lobbyist on the issue at the Capitol is a giant
reason why this might never get off the ground. No one is
down there pounding the message into the legislators
minds that this is important.
I work for a lobbyist; it's amazing how things get done
when a hard press is done on an issue or bill.
Comcast for instance hired several lobbying firms to push
their bill through the system for approval... they smothered
the capitol. Comcast’s efforts loosened up current laws and
opened up other markets that they could not compete in before.