That was a really important experience for me. Because it solidified my progressive values, while also showing me that the folks on the other side of the aisle were, to a large degree, just trying to do what they thought was right, even though I disagreed with how.
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We sold the railroad because we were facing a $400m deferred capital maintenance bill, and were very concerned that we didn’t have the money to maintain the infrastructure that we had, much less build new infrastructure.
But you would expect our housing stock to keep up with that growth, or at least stay flat.
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