Cameron on Transportation
Rail Commuters Owe Thanks to the Late Jodi Rell: No Governor in Decades Did More for CT Riders
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Jodi Rell saved our trains. There is no governor in recent decades who did more for rail commuters than she did. Gov. Rell, who died this past week at age 78, came to office (when she was lieutenant governor) in the midst of a scandal as her predecessor, Gov. John Rowland, resigned when caught accepting illegal gifts and did 10 months in a federal prison. Rowland, you should remember, was no fan of Connecticut’s railroads. He actually proposed replacing the trains on Shore Line East with buses due to that line’s high subsidies.