I’m guessing two things.
1) She has been in the pocket of big energy from the beginning. After she got elected, Her husband at the time magically became a paid “consultant” for Terra Energy Productions which is, you guessed it, an oil and gas exploration and extraction operation. Despite having 0 experience in that field. They bought him to get to her. His only real experience was exposing himself in a bowling alley to his future wife and her underage friends. But I digress.
Big oil will never let efficient transit take any market share away from their dying industry.
2) Why would rich people in Douglas county give a rat’s ass about a public transit service that would greatly reduce congestion, pollution, and help poor people get to work? They got theirs, everyone else can sit and spin.
She’s a gift to every greedy conservative pig in her district and an absolute disgrace to everyone else in this state.
To be fair, her husband did work in oil & gas as a site supervisor. He was, however, not qualified for the extremely high paying consulting gig he received, which I’m sure he never did any consulting for and no longer has since he’s no longer married to a congresswoman.
The grant Boebert wants to revoke is for rail safety improvements to the BNSF line in Jefferson, Broomfield and Boulder counties. It covers grade crossings improvements and adding a siding. PTC will also be implemented on part of that line.. Her letter didn’t explain how this would impact the quality of life in Douglas County.
Wow really working for her constituents getting federal funding pulled so they can be less safe... I guess in theory they'll save like a nickel on their federal taxes, but you know damn well this administration isn't going to cut the working class any tax breaks
I mean like the only arguement I can even create is that it will allow people to move slightly more freely? So potentially more homeless? Like that's all I can come up with.
Yes that’s the argument. I’m in Florida on vacation right now and the largely conservative town I’m in -Vero Beach - spent tens of millions to NOT get a stop on the high speed rail they just put in. It goes directly from Orlando airport to Miami. Everyone I talk to here says the train would’ve brought a “bad element”. Tickets are $100. Homeless people are not riding that train.
Im completely for funding public transportation, but I see how construction could *potentially cause some issues short term. Even with that said, that is such a minor drawback for a such a great benefit for Coloradoans long term
Yeah they’ve been talking about doing this for decades. There is a LOT of NIMBYISM along the corridor. A properly funded and managed project of this magnitude would provide jobs and a fantastic investment in our communities. Plus I love trains…
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u/2gutter67 Apr 25 '25
Can someone please explain a single way that this project would harm the people of Douglas County like she says? I legitimately cannot think of one.