A Plan By
The Bush Administration "to Privatize Parts Of
The National Passenger Rail System
And Spin Off Other Parts
To Partial State Ownership" Provoked Disagreement Within Amtrak's Board Of Directors
Late
In 2005
Gunn Was Fired
Gunn's Replacement
Alexander Kummant (2006�08)
Was Committed
To Operating
A National Rail Network
And
Like Gunn
Opposed
The Notion Of Putting
The Northeast Corridor Under Separate Ownership
He Said That Shedding
The System's Long-distance Routes Would Amount
To Selling National Assets That
Are
On Par With National Parks
And That Amtrak's Abandonment Of These Routes Would Be Irreversible
In Late 2006
Amtrak Unsuccessfully Sought Annual Congressional Funding Of $1 Billion
For Ten Years
In Early 2007
Amtrak Employed 20,000 People
In 46 States
And Served 25 Million Passengers
A Year
Its Highest Amount Since Its Founding
In 1970
Politico Noted
A Key Problem: "the Rail System Chronically Operates
In
The Red
A Pattern Has Emerged: Congress Overrides Cutbacks Demanded By
The White House
And Appropriates Enough Funds
To Keep Amtrak From Plunging Into Insolvency
But
Amtrak Advocates Say
That
Is Not Enough
To Fix
The System's Woes."
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In 2006
a political firestorm broke out
in Atlanta when State Senator Sam Zamarripa (Democrat from Atlanta) suggested that
the cities
in North Fulton be allowed
to secede
and form Milton County
in exchange
for Atlanta
and Fulton County consolidating their governments into
a new "Atlanta County"
South Fulton residents were strongly opposed
to Fulton County's possible future division. Paul Waner
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the stadium that was built
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to Turner Field
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