I spoke at the Winter Park city commission meeting this evening. On the agenda was a resolution supporting commuter rail written for them by Metroplan (Harry Barley) who has prepared a similar resolution for every town/city in Central Florida to sign (including those not on the rail line). The plan is to then collect them and return to Tallahassee to press their case.
But Winter Park city commission was having none of this cookie-cutter, force-fed resolution. Three commissioners and the mayor all recognized that this was an attempt to use them to bolster support in Tallahassee for the state's assumption of CSX's liability.
Instead they rejected this resolution and decided to draft their own, perhaps supporting looking at alternative passenger rail plans utilizing Amtrak for the entire I-4 corridor.
It was a victory for true passenger rail proponents. Winter Park refused to be a pawn in the liability game. I expect other cities to follow Winter Park's lead.
You can view the resolution they rejected at:
http://www.cityofwinterpark.org/2005/govt/agenda_packet.shtml
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