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In this week’s article, we examine the recent case of VBR Tours, LLC [VBR] v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. [Amtrak] and Yankee Leisure Group, Inc. [Yankee], 2015 WL 5693735 (N.D. Ill.
In this week’s article, we examine the recent case of VBR Tours, LLC [VBR] v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. [Amtrak] and Yankee Leisure Group, Inc. [Yankee], 2015 WL 5693735 (N.D. Ill. 2015) in which VBR, a tour operator, sued Amtrak and Yankee, a competing tour operator, alleging, inter alia, “a conspiracy to attempt to monopolize the travel package market (and) enter(ing) into a combination, contract and conspiracy”, all in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Illinois Antitrust Act. For another lawsuit between competitors see Livingston v. United States, 2016 WL 1274013 (D.S.C. 2016) involving access to the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina.
We don t know what engineering needs to be done to improve CSX tracks from Nashville to Atlanta, Louisville and even Memphis, said Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari. Funding to make those improvements makes those lines a whole lot more likely than not. Worth the investment
Gov. Bill Lee and leading transportation officials in the state legislature heard Amtrak s ideas during meetings last year.
State and regional transportation planners say that expanded passenger rail with connections to the national network is a priority important to Tennessee s economic growth. The board met recently with Amtrak officials, said Greater Nashville Regional Council executive director Michael Skipper. Area mayors and transportation officials who serve on the Greater Nashville Regional Council’s Transportation Policy Board have been collaborating for years on how best to improve transportation options for Middle Tennesseans and to help grow our shared economy.
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The 591-page American Rescue Plan is full of “pork.” Supposedly it is to fight and provide covid relief, but the bill instead is designed to cure social inequities. Keep in mind that these amounts are in
addition to what is already budgeted for in these areas. Even programs directly addressing the pandemic contain funds for items not directly related.
Sadly, I think the media is doing a disservice by not bringing these items to the public’s attention. Here are just some of them: