From: otterpower@xhotmail.com

On 4/21/2014 2:06 PM, conklin wrote:
> "Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message
> news:lj3gg6$bi4$1@dont-email.me...
>> On 16-Apr-14 11:41, conklin wrote:
>>> The list of hazard materials is NOT public and shared only with
>>> certain officials, and that apparently does not include elected
>>> officials.
>>
>> Federal anti-terrorism laws restrict that information; being an "elected
>> official" in some bumfuck town does not mean you're above the law.
>>
>>> And the article does state that Federal laws shield the railroads from
>>> local supervision and this includes, importantly, decisions on routing
>>> of hazadous materials.  And the officials were threatened with arrest.
>>
>> ... because they were committing a crime.
>>
>>> And if the RR decides that the best tracks are through a city and not
>>> around it, hazardout materials go through the city, not around it.
>>
>> As with trucking companies transporting the same hazardous materials.
>> Did you have a point here?
>>
>> S
>
>      Cities want to concentrate housing into high density pods, which is
> highly fashionable right now.  Locally they want to put the houses right on
> the NC RR, which carries much hazardous loads.  And, they will eventually
> share that route with transit.  So local officals need to know the routing
> of highly hazardous materials when housing considerations are made.
>
Not only that. But the local officials constitute the immediate civil
authority, no matter the size of the locality. Their first obligation is
to be aware of threats to the safety and well-being of their
jurisdiction and its inhabitants, gauge the severity of the conditions
and even deal with them.

To do otherwise is to leave said local officials out of the loop.
Meaning that when some calamity occurs those unknowing local officials
are left to shoulder the blame. Pretty damn pathetic way to run
government if we can't trust local officials to maintain confidences and
carry out work for their town's security.




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