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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because the MARC project does not primarily benefit MD citizens.  It primarily benefits DE and VA residents to get to DC.

Hogan has shown interest in public transportation.  [b]He invested a lot in getting the Purple Line established and running.[/b]  He's probably pulling back now on other projects since he expects to need to spend a lot of money getting the PL up, thanks to the work of the NIMBY Bethesda residents who don't want to lose the land that they coopted from the right of way of the train tracks and who don't want more minorities from PG county coming to their neighborhoods and shopping in their stores or working locally.  Due to their lawsuits trying to protect non-endangered lizards and birds, they have cost the project a huge amount in both costs and time and this has caused the current contractors to exercise a clause to leave the contract.  It will cost more than the red line project to infuse the PL project with enough resources to cover that gap.[/quote]

Yes. Specifically, he

1. cut the budget, then
2. allowed it to proceed.[/quote]

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