The article indicates that Governor Scott used a great deal of common sense and saw that the risks of high speed rail far outweighed any potential benefits.  The people of Florida just can't afford it.  The news that I find appalling is that 26 of our state senators have written the governor a letter rebuking him for turning away the federal money for this project and they have also written to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood "practically begging him not to give the money to another state". 

Guess we better put some heat on these senators.  The names of all of them are below if you click on the link to the letter to the Department of Transportation letter link.

 The rest of the article is here:  http://shark-tank.net/2011/02/18/governor-scott-kills-high-speed-ra...

Scott rebuked by 26 senators over high-speed rail funding  Link:  http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/17/v-fullstory/2072075/scott-reb...