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UNDER THE TRAIN

By Charlie Sykes

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Mayor Barrett flipped, before he flopped.

Emailer writes:

Barrett is a real turncoat.  Last July he joined other Milwaukee officials in lobbying the state to use Super Steel to build the trains.  Then at the last minute he pulls the contract out from underneath Super Steel so he can claim that he’s a big job creator.   creator.  I guess saving jobs at a 75 year old Milwaukee firm isn’t as sexy as building a new train facility on taxpayer funded land.

 

Last July:

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, state Rep. Jon Richards (D-Milwaukee) and other members of the state Legislature this week are requesting that assembly of the trains Wisconsin agreed to purchase earlier this month be done at the Super Steel plant in Milwaukee.

Uh, never mind.

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  1. Jesse Hagen - Mar 10, 2010 10:05 AM

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    Yeah, look at all those high speed trains that Supersteel makes... wait, at best they make commuter rail that isn't meant for high speed.

  2. John Gault - Mar 10, 2010 10:08 AM

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    What do you expect from good ole Tom? The truth and reality? Move along.

  3. John Gault - Mar 10, 2010 10:08 AM

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    There are "fast trains", not "high speed".

  4. Tom Barrett - Mar 10, 2010 10:19 AM

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    at the time I was only making myself look good for the cameras, now that my omnipotent superiors have spoken I need to do the wrong thing, and that's why I'm asking for your vote this upcoming election, thank you..( big smile for the camera)

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