This article, published by the Woodinville Weekly, mentions the Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute: But in recent weeks, the transportation policy think tank known as Cascadia Center, (http://www.cascadiaproject.org) has stepped up its save the rails campaign. The rest of the article can be found here.
This article, published by the Woodinville Weekly, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: Bruce Agnew, director of the Cascadia Center, said, “When the public is presented with facts about the 100-foot-wide rail corridor they say, ‘Well, of course it should be rails and trails. Why would public employees rush to rip up rails?’”
Budgetary choices that ask voters to decide between equally unpalatable alternatives are often unnecessary. With a bit of imagination, budget cuts can be therapeutic rather than painful. A good example is Amtrak. Do we really have to choose between losing passenger rail service and subsidizing a cripple Amtrak? The present budget fudges this question by phasing out the roughly $700 Read More ›