Public Pulse

January 25th, 2007

More Comments On the Sprinter

With the announced possible delay of the maiden voyage of the Oceanside to Escondido Sprinter "commuter" rail train, along with its already more than one hundred million dollars over budget, people who care or who have paid any attention should not be surprised. The Sprinter will be just another subsidized taxpayer's burden, like the necessary public transportation but practically empty Breeze busses that already travel the surface streets. Any extended time before the Sprinter becomes operational should not make that much difference, except for the relatively few who are conveniently able or those who may choose to access its use. I hope I turn out to be wrong about this, if only to vindicate the infinite wisdom of the perpetrators.

Henry M. Sanford
San Marcos, CA 92078

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