The stimulus gave a decent chunk of money for high-speed rail. Huzzah! But what's wrong with this picture? And this one?
The absence of a perfectly logical link from Albany, through Plattsburgh, to Montreal, that's what. Local officials and business leaders need to make sure the North Country is part of any Empire rail plan, or risk becoming a permanent backwater. This could make a great signature issue for the new senator from upstate.
