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Secretary  Duffy  pausing  all   rail  grants. Against  his  word  at  confirmation.  Looking  for  that   'bad'  DEI   in  the  grants. More  race to  the  bottom. Rail Passenger  Association  explains  it  better.

Is he pausing grants to air and road projects of other means of transportation  ? No.
 He said last week on a UTA commuter train that public transit should not be a partisan issue, then shows that it is. 

Well, if he was appointed to be a loyalist. that is all you need to know.

Victor Baird

The only news story I can find about Duffy in the last 48 hours is about Texas. Someone please point me to a story about grants nationwide. 

ctillnc Wrote:
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> The only news story I can find about Duffy in the
> last 48 hours is about Texas. Someone please point
> me to a story about grants nationwide. 

A quick Google search turned up the same.

Those of you who predicted Duffy would be anti-rail
are now proven right, and quite quickly. Meanwhile,
road and air grants will continue.....and maybe expand!
 

I remember being called "Chicken Little" by some blind railfans over my
calling Duffy an enemy of Amtrak, and expecting him to do something ant-passenger rail

All you had to do was look at his past anti-Amtrak voting record.

Now we must wait for negative announcements from AmManagement itself  of the the train-offs,
and other cutbacks they will make to please Musk.  (Remember that Musk phone call to Amtrak?)

Clever of him to let Amtrak sign its own death warrent. (instead of an Amtrak Chainsaw Massacar).
 



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cutboy1958 Wrote:
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> Secretary  Duffy  pausing  all   rail
>  grants.

Provide proof of such.

CPMorris Wrote:
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> Those of you who predicted Duffy would be
> anti-rail
> are now proven right, and quite quickly.
> Meanwhile,
> road and air grants will continue.....and maybe
> expand!
>  

"Proven right", without a link confirming anything posted is true........

Let me help you out 


https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/proven



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/15/25 18:24 by Typhoon.

ronald321 Wrote:
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> (Remember that Musk phone call to Amtrak?)

What phone call was this?

restricted_speed

scroll back to my post on 3/28--where I made reference to this phone call:

Passenger Board: 3/28, 21:00 -- Amtrak in trouble

restricted_speed Wrote:
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> ronald321 Wrote:
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> > (Remember that Musk phone call to Amtrak?)
>
> What phone call was this?

I was gonna say the same thing!

Posted from Android

ronald321 Wrote:
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> I remember being called "Chicken Little" by some
> blind railfans over my
> calling Duffy an enemy of Amtrak, and expecting
> him to do something ant-passenger rail
>
> All you had to do was look at his past anti-Amtrak
> voting record.
>
> Now we must wait for negative announcements from
> AmManagement itself  of the the train-offs,
> and other cutbacks they will make to please
> Musk.  (Remember that Musk phone call to
> Amtrak?)
>
> Clever of him to let Amtrak sign its own death
> warrent. (instead of an Amtrak Chainsaw
> Massacar).
>  

You're still hitting the panic button!

Posted from Android

As best I can tell this is old news that came out again today because of a Rail Passengers Association fundraising email.  Duffy apparently has frozen existing already awarded grants in the fear that somehow, somewhere, somebody who isn't a white man might get a decent position (that's what anti-woke really means in this administration).  That appears contrary to his promises at his confirmation hearing, but what else is new?

And my guess is that the funds have now been released again if there were no issues.  This has happened to various agencies over the past month.  There is nothing that concerning to me here, at least not yet.  I think we all need to remain vigilant.  

For those worried about a recision of Amtrak funding, don't.  NPR and such may get a recision.  Howver, NPR gets 99% of its funding from sources other than the feds.  All recisions have to go to Congress.  As will any recision.  And while some of you talk about "loyalists," which I find a bit silly, I can guarantee that defunding Amtrak would not pass Congress.  Period.

It will all be ok.

BobB Wrote:
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> As best I can tell this is old news that came out
> again today because of a Rail Passengers
> Association fundraising email.  Duffy apparently
> has frozen existing already awarded grants in the
> fear that somehow, somewhere, somebody who isn't a
> white man might get a decent position (that's what
> anti-woke really means in this administration). 
> That appears contrary to his promises at his
> confirmation hearing, but what else is new?

longliveSP Wrote:
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> cutboy1958 Wrote:
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> > Secretary  Duffy  pausing  all   rail
> >  grants.
>
> Provide proof of such.

Would also love to read something that backs up the OP claim. Waiting for the proof! 

wabash2800 Wrote:
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> Well, if he was appointed to be a loyalist. that
> is all you need to know.

Dig deeper.

Several vacant positions within Depart of Transportation, so I don't expect any serious policies from the DOT for a while. Duffy does have a Deputy, for independent thinkers who are willing to (privately) make educated guesses, but don't say anything - you'll be labeled a tinhat by link-addicted folks who are intellectually lazy.

But yes, quick research confirms your assertion that he's a loyalist. Despite the panic in this thread, DOT will be conducting business as usual until the political dust settles down. That might take years... so I'm eating popcorn in the meantime.

Source, please.  It's a thing with me.  Thanks!

ronald321 Wrote:
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> restricted_speed
>
> scroll back to my post on 3/28--where I made
> reference to this phone call:
>
> Passenger Board: 3/28, 21:00 -- Amtrak in trouble

I looked. I don't find it.

KurtBWNews Wrote:
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> Source, please.  It's a thing with me.  Thanks!

I never heard anything about this, and when I looked I don't find anything.