St. Petersburg Times online Florida Political Buzz blog, 11/26:
Mica's stoked about Obama
U.S. Rep. John Mica says he's excited about working with president-elect Barack Obama. What's got him so up? "The neat thing about the new administration is they have been committed, at least in their public declarations to date, to new infrastructure," Mica told a group of Hillsborough County leaders yesterday during a briefing on federal funding for mass transit. "I'm a right-wing conservative fiscal Republican," said Mica, a leader of the House transportation committee. "But I am adamant about public transportation." Mica says investment in infrastructure will help create jobs, something he says George Bush didn't understand. "I spent eight years arguing with the administration about simple things," he said. Read more about it here.
Mica also used the opportunity to restate his support for the proposed no-fault liability arrangement between the state and CSX for the Central Florida commuter rail project, saying the proposal is "not outlandish or overreaching." Mica urged Hillsborough rail supporters to work with the legislature to come to an agreement on the liability issue. "You're on hold and everybody else is on hold until that gets resolved," he said.
Posted by Janet Zink at 1:12:45 PM on November 26, 2008
in | Permalink
No comments:
Post a Comment