Florida High-Speed Rail and the 17th Amendment

    Following on my post from earlier today, William March of the Tampa Tribune posted this: Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson has just talked with Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood about financing the Tampa-Orlando bullet-train rail without the state government’s participation, according to an announcement from Nelson’s office. So here we have a Democratic U.S. Senator going against the wishes of the state and the Republican governor. When | Read More »