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Old 07-04-2012, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbow View Post
This decision/controversy had nothing to do with fear of miscreants coming into the neighborhood as was the case for not bringing DC's Metro into Georgetown (way back when). What this was mostly about was that Metro's governing board (comprised of folks from organized labor-friendly Maryland and DC (Democrats) and labor-unfriendly Virginia (Republicans)) insisting upon a Project Labor Agreement in a Right-to-Work state. VA's Republicans were willing to go to the mat on this one and forgo this highly important project if it meant doing it with a PLA.
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Elitism either way you slice it.

John
That's how I see it. And, just yet another way for a "Right to be a Slave" state to spread it's sickness.

Dave
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