Once again, ruling against the people...

"They will become unused relics. Monuments for all to see for decades to come. Examples of what statist progressives have done to waste valuable money when they rule against the will of the people."

Even though the media, local and national, are focused on the "no hate" rallies (mostly attended by those who HATE our President), I am going to write about a real social injustice this morning. What would that be? Stealing taxpayer money which will become a TOTAL waste of money. And no matter how many times the majority of people have shouted from the rooftops, WE DON'T WANT THIS DAMN THING!, it seems we might get it anyhow.

Yes, I am once again talking about the worthless Southwest Light Rail Train (SWLRT). The bad penny which keep showing up. Now the unelected, unaccountable, merry bunch of thieves better known as the Metropolitan Council, have somehow cooked the books enough to get Minnesota's portion of the money needed to get this project off the ground. Then (as the newly appointed Chair of the Met Council said this yesterday), go to Washington and fight for the federal portion (about a billion dollars) that was (at one time) promised to this project.

First off, there is not a snowball's chance the $1.9B to finish this project will be enough. All the other trains have come in over budget. Next (and this is my favorite), the lying bunch of snakes on the Met Council never tell the whole truth. Which is? The operating costs, and who pays for them. Who is that? The taxpayers, the majority of whom will never set foot on this choo choo train. And the operating costs for this boondoggle will be huge.

Should this project receive its federal funding (and I hope, hope, hope it WILL NOT), and finish on time in 2021, guess what else will be happening about the same time? If the futurists are correct, we should be entering the transition period of going to the driver-less car. The real future of transportation. 

With the onset of the driver-less car, that will be the shiny new penny. Instead of having a fixed route with a fixed schedule (like trains have), the driver-less cars will have neither. Total flexibility. And what pray tell will happen to our SWLRT, Blue Line, Red Line, and North Star lines? They will become unused relics. Monuments for all to see for decades to come. Examples of what statist progressives have done to waste valuable money when they rule against the will of the people.

One more thing before I wrap this up. It is not only our transportation which will be changing by 2021, it is also our work. That change is already starting. The normal 8 to 5 in a downtown environment is starting to fade. What will replace that work? I wish I knew. But it will be different and maybe non-traditional. It might be home based, internet based, small cell manufacturing based - who knows? Plus, all the trains which we will have built terminate at a station in downtown Minneapolis. A place which very few might be working, shopping, or going to for entertainment.

2018 cannot come soon enough. The candidate who I am supporting for Governor, Jeff Johnson, has made this one of his highest priorities - to stop this madness. The first step in stopping the madness is to get rid of the Met Council - and Jeff will do that. Like I say, 2018 cannot come soon enough.