• Home
  • News
    • Politics / Govt
    • Legislature
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Archives
  • Sports
    • Badgers
    • Packers
      • Titletown Report
    • Brewers
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Wisconsin Radio Network

Wisconsin News and Sports

You are here: Home / Politics / Govt / GOP candidates question high speed rail deal

GOP candidates question high speed rail deal

March 3, 2010 By Bob Hague

Republican candidates for governor aren’t backing off on their criticism of the state’s high speed rail deal. On Tuesday, Governor Jim Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett were touting the Milwaukee site for a high speed rail assembly facility which will create 125 jobs. But Republican candidate for governor Mark Neumann said that good news can’t be viewed in isolation. “It is a good thing, don’t misunderstand,” Neumann told WRN. “But we have lost over five percent of the entire workforce in the last twelve months in Milwaukee.”

And Neumann said there are still a lot of unanswered questions about the high speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee. “What does it cost to operate this thing on a long term basis, and who’s going to pay for it?” Neuman said the money being spent on high speed rail would have been better used on tax cuts, and that if high speed rail were economically sound it would already have been built by the private sector.

The other Republican candidate for governor, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, has said he’d shut down the Madison to Milwaukee line if takes money away from road projects.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Jim Doyle, Scott Walker



Featured Stories

Senate Republicans shut down debate on conversion therapy in Wisconsin

UW Madison based Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center receives funding renewal

Secretary of State La Follette resigns from office, Godlewski named as replacement

Republican proposal to alter 1849 abortion statute won’t advance in Senate

Protasiewicz and Kelly advance in Wisconsin Supreme Court primary

TwitterFacebook

Sports Headlines

Evers’ AmFam funding plan ‘a nonstarter’ with Assembly Republicans

New pitch clock could speed up MLB games this season, says UW expert

Giannis breaks franchise scoring record, Bucks beat Nets in OT

Wisconsin’s Davis declares for NBA Draft

Badgers to face Arizona State in Las Vegas Bowl

More Sports

Tweets by @WRN

Get our news delivered to your inbox:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Copyright © 2023 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC