Howard Wrote:
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>
> Brian Peoples, resident of Aptos, spoke in
> opposition to the RTC spending grant money to
> study future passenger service and suggested the
> line be railbanked and Iowa Pacific sent packing.
> He descended into a rant about how Iowa Pacific is
> not your friend and they are only there to extort
> money from the SCCRTC and residents. He went on to
> say the people who live in the South County,
> Watsonville and Salinas, could barely afford the
> cost of a Christmas tree let alone a $20 ticket
> and the Train to Christmas Town should be
> cancelled.
>
> But the mayor of Watsonville told the commission
> that the residents in his community splurge on
> purchases outside of the county and that it would
> be nice to see them spend their money in the
> county. They would have no problem spending $20
> per ticket on a special family event and he was
> very pleased that Iowa Pacific was bringing the
> Train to Christmas Town to Watsonville.
>
> I found Brian Peoples comments about South County
> residents offensive and demeaning and those in
> attendance looked like they were enduring a root
> canal procedure when he spoke. He also implied he
> would manufacture a horn protest to further his
> agenda.
>

Maybe some of us should get together with train horns and blast ole' Komrad Brian's horn protest :)