Light Rail - Light Rail Blogger - Phoenix » Hugh Hallman http://lightrailblogger.com METRO light rail and the car-free experience in downtown Phoenix Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:10:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Quote of the day http://lightrailblogger.com/2009/03/14/quote-of-the-day/ http://lightrailblogger.com/2009/03/14/quote-of-the-day/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:57:01 +0000 Tony Arranaga http://lightrailblogger.com/?p=24 “If you’re not at the dinner table, you’re not going to get fed,” said Simplot, who said he bumped into Metro light-rail chief Rick Simonetta and dined with Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman during his D.C. stay. “We need to be at the dinner table.”

Reporter Scott Wong on Phoenix Vice Mayor Tom Simplot in the story lobbying for cash. Simplot and other city leaders are in Washington meeting with congressional leaders and top brass in the Obama Administration.

UPDATE: Here’s some background info from Wong who contributed here, and his colleage Jahna Berry who wrote about the Sky Harbor Airport train here.

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