Mike Pechner Wrote:
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> Nice to see Mr. Arnold come out of hiding. For
> those who don't know him, Mr. Arnold is the mouth
> piece for "Marinites for Effective
> Transportation". If cooler heads hadn't prevailed,
> Mr. Arnold was lobbying for the NWP row of way to
> be paved over to run busses instead of SMART. He
> has spearheaded the anti-Smart faction from Day
> One. Remember Misty ESQ. and others a few months
> back?
> Now you know where all of the NCR-NWP-SMART
> opposition was coming from. He is definitely on
> the wrong track again. The DEIR now in its' 45
> day comment period covers the Lombard to Willits
> segment. A separate EIR will cover the Eel, if and
> when it is feasible for the NCRA to get enough
> money to do the job. However, they way the
> economy is going and all government entities
> bleeding money, it is going to a few years at best
> before trains run north of Willits, if at all. As
> I said before in other posts, Mr. Arnold and
> others who share his ludicrous beliefs, do not
> want to see any operations on the NWP whether it
> be SMART or Freight. I have debated Mr. Arnold
> several times on public access TV in Marin, and I
> tell you views are not consistent with current
> modern environmental thinking when it comes to the
> efficiency of rail transportation. His thinks
> that buses can do a better job then rail and be
> more efficient defies logic. The bus emissions
> would ADD not subtract from the current amount of
> particulate matter in the AIR over Marin County.
> Listening to Mr. Arnold makes me think that he is
> being paid off by Firestone Tire, GM and Texaco.
> Sound familiar?


o yes he is at it agend