(Source: Urban Milwaukee, August 25, 2015)
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — The story of Talgo, the Spanish manufacturer of trains, and its dispute with Republican leaders, just keeps getting worse for taxpayers.
Last week we learned that state officials have agreed to pay $9.7 million more to the Talgo company to settle a suit by the company over two state-of-the- art train sets that state officials agreed to buy before later canceling the deal. This settlement of a nearly three-year-old lawsuit would bring the total costs to the state for the rejected trains to about $50 million, reporter Jason Stein wrote in a story for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and “reflects the depth of the political disagreement” between Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle and his successor, Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
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