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• Virginia Beach firefighters union opposes light rail - Teachers are also concerned that light rail will cannibalize funds for vital services

• Bellevue light rail route could put some on the wrong side of the tracks - How would you like a train in your back yard? Do you think that it would affect your property value, or your ability to sell at all?

• The workers, it seems, are tapping brakes for light rail - And the powers that be did not think this would happen! Not a very well thought out plan, now, is it?

• Virginia Beach police groups also say no to light rail – Joined with firefighters

• One shot at downtown Denver light rail – It happened yesterday at 2:00 pm!

• One injured after light rail collides with MTA maintenance truck – “Service was delayed for a couple of hours.”

• Milwaukee light rail line attracts $85 million from feds - That is you and me. OUR taxes are supporting this.
  

• Light rail driving up rents in the Ranier Valley - Social engineering does not work!

• Robbery in Sacramento light-rail parking lot ends in gunfire - Light rail corridors attract crime.
  

• What does expensive SWPL light rail attract to the Metropolitan area? – More crime. I am beginning to see a pattern here, how about you?

• KOMO News: TUKWILA, Wash. — Police are searching for the brazen thieves who made off with more than four miles of copper wire from Sound Transit’s light rail tracks. Sound Transit officials say the thieves somehow got into the hollow interior of the elevated tracks in Tukwila and, over several months, proceeded to steal roughly 70,000 pounds of wire. Replacing the wire, which will fall to taxpayers, will cost $200,000.

• ABC News: Timonium, Maryland - The Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) has suspended Light Rail service between Timonium and Hunt Valley Stations, starting tomorrow, Saturday, May 5 and ending on or about July 1.

• CBS5AZ.com – Light rail crashes more common in downtown Phoenix, Tempe -Metro light rail has been running for more than three years now. And just-released information points to some locations that get more crashes than others.Since 2009, there have been 118 crashes, mostly in the downtown Tempe and Phoenix areas – which makes sense since they’re probably the busiest. But there’s some other things we’ve uncovered that may make you think twice the next time you try and beat that train.

New Light Rail Ridership Falls Short By More Than Half

“Los Angeles’ brand new $930 million Exposition light rail line is carrying so few riders and bringing in so little revenue that it will, at best, take 65 years for the train to earn back its capital investment (not including ongoing operating costs). If the project completes its next phase and establishes an at-grade train that runs through heavy street traffic from Downtown L.A. to the city of Santa Monica, it will not pay for its construction for 170 years.”

Sandy, Utah Woman Fatally Struck By TRAX Light Rail Train While Walking Along Tracks

St. Paul Pioneer Press – Pioneer Building Renovations To Begin: Apartments Could Open By End Of 2012

Perth, Australia: Plan for Curtin light rail link put on hold

Jerusalem fire highlights rescue problems with light rail

The federal government revenue/tax is .45 cents for every gallon of gas. The oil companies make about .08 cents per gallon. The gas taxes are supposed to be allocated for highway and transportation infrastructure. We are not “allowed” to have these cars, because if we got better mileage,  the government would lose this revenue stream. If this does not make you mad, I don’t know what will. We have the technology, but government says no!

• San Jose, California: Missing San Jose Teen found on Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) after being raped by man, authorities say

• Houston, Texas: Metro moves 29 year old oak blocking SE rail line construction

• Austin, Texas: Light rail crash in Austin leaves 1 dead, 2 hurt

• Baltimore, Maryland: Shuttle buses to replace trains during light rail upgrades

Hat Tip Atlas Shrugs – Sharia in the US Military: Latest Islamic Training Guide for Military and Contractors

Hat Tip Diana West - Karzai and the Mullahs: Flexing their Sharia Compliance

TSA forces mom to pump her breasts at airport!

Hat Tip Red State – Yet Another Obama Adminstration Aviation Security Failure – Read this, and then watch the video above again!

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!

The White House intends to boost government subsidies for wealthy buyers of the Chevy Volt and other new-technology vehicles – to $10,000 per buyer. Read more here.

EPA fines companies for NOT using NON-EXISTENT Fuels

Voter fraud already evident in New Hampshire primary – Caught on video!