Posted Jul 17, 2014, 12:14 AM
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The pro-rail group seems to be doing much better at fundraising than the Our Rail group.
Pro-rail campaign off to fast fundraising start
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Pro-rail campaign off to fast fundraising start
By Ben Wear
American-Statesman Staff
A political committee formed to support this fall’s probable $1 billion rail-and-roads bond election in Austin has raised $73,245 , more than half of it coming from downtown Austin interest groups.
That sum dwarfs the $669 raised by Our Rail, a committee founded by Scott Morris, a rail activist who opposes the route chosen for the city’s first electric-powered rail line since streetcars ceased operation about 75 years ago. Another faction led by retired high-tech executive Jim Skaggs that opposes building the rail line, no matter its location, has not yet formed a political action committee and thus did not have to file a report Tuesday.
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