(Source: Opinion column by Amtrak Board of Directors member Tom Carper in the Southern Illinoisan, July 8, 2015)
CARBONDALE, Ill. — I serve on the Amtrak Board of Directors, and as mayor of Macomb from 1991 to 2003, worked with local, regional and state leaders to preserve Amtrak services. Most importantly, I live in West Central Illinois where Amtrak is essential to our economy.
Downstate Illinois communities could lose nearly half of their Amtrak service if the present budget impasse continues in Springfield. It’s both ironic and unnecessary that a decade of progress would be surrendered so quietly.
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