I personally was very, very pleased with the turnout for it and the interest that was reflected. One of the objectives that we had for the organizational meeting was to figure out when we would meet and how we would structure and what we would do. All that?s seemed to gel.
If you do your economic studies properly and count the cost of building and maintaining highways, as well as the cost of gasoline, then the cost of travel by light rail is not only merely competitive; it is actually less than what people normally look at.
I do not want this thing to become dependent on me. I want it to be self-sustaining. Really, for this to be a grass-roots effort, some people need to pick it up and run with it.
It is going to be interesting to see how it all shakes out.
When the congressman issued the invitation I sure didn't want to let that fall, so I've spent an enormous amount of time on this thing. This is something I really want to do because I believe it's really important for us to find out.
What I?m hoping is that there will be enough people there with enthusiasm for this to decide to develop some kind of structure and set up an executive committee, drive the thing, and set up the next meeting.
