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   Thor Lancelot Simon to bolwerk@gmail.com   
   Re: NIMBYs vs. any Port Authorty freight   
   14 Nov 15 18:51:00   
   
   From: tls@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Bolwerk   wrote:   
   >On 11/13/2015 10:57 PM, danny burstein wrote:   
   >   
   >Good thing their views aren't binding.   
   >   
   >It'd have been nice if Cuomo worked financing for that project into the   
   >trans-Hudson passenger tunnel deal, instead of just letting us pay to   
   >clean up the mess Chris Christie made.   
      
   Well, here's a funny thing.  On one interpretation of the Port Authority's   
   charter, if they ever actually *did* build such a tunnel, they'd have to   
   pay out their bondholders and close up shop.   
      
   I'm sure they'd find some dodge, but...   
      
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     Thor Lancelot Simon	                                     tls@panix.com   
      
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