Empty Pockets Wrote:
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> Which is fine except that the
> citizens of Illinois were not informed of this
> deal. At some point, theoretically, we have a
> right, as citizens of the State of Illinois. to
> know where the state government is spending our
> money. The fact that the state of Illinois is
> clubbing together with the state of California to
> buy a few passenger cars, without our knowledge,
> is just not going to get it.
The Illinois Department of Trasprtation HSR plans are very public. They even have a website dedicated specifically to this project, here: [
idothsr.org]
There is also a page to sign up for their email newsletter: [
idothsr.org]
The RFP for these cars was released to the public about 6 months ago, on April 20 2012.
[
idothsr.org]
How can you claim that the public was not notifed?