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Re: Napa Wine Train grant panned
Author: Carol L. Voss
Date: 01-29-2010 - 17:55
Drew Jacksich Wrote:
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> Did the illustrious rag say why the Wine Train was
> given the grant? If you do some further checking,
> the grant was to pay for the relocation and
> reconstruction of some segments of the NVWTRR's
> track as part of a Corp (or is it "Corpse") of
> Engineeers flood control project, some of which
> will benefit all of downtown Napa.
And it got your attention, didn't it?? :-) If the headline said that "Napa gets flood control money" there would be a major yawn. But hey, WINE TRAIN BENEFITS FROM STIMULUS MONEY gets all sorts of attention. I'm not saying this is right or wrong, it's just how the media game is played. Details at 11. :-)
C.
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> Did the illustrious rag say why the Wine Train was
> given the grant? If you do some further checking,
> the grant was to pay for the relocation and
> reconstruction of some segments of the NVWTRR's
> track as part of a Corp (or is it "Corpse") of
> Engineeers flood control project, some of which
> will benefit all of downtown Napa.
And it got your attention, didn't it?? :-) If the headline said that "Napa gets flood control money" there would be a major yawn. But hey, WINE TRAIN BENEFITS FROM STIMULUS MONEY gets all sorts of attention. I'm not saying this is right or wrong, it's just how the media game is played. Details at 11. :-)
C.
