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Koch brothers group works to stop mass transit in Nashville

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  1. 1. Why would the Koch brothers want to thwart a bus route in Nashville?

    • Because the right-wing hates mass transit for reasons that defy explanation.
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    • Because mass transit is just another step in the socialist collectivization of America. It already exists in un-American commie places like NYC and Chicago, but Nashville is the heartland! This is where patriots like the Koch brothers draw the line.
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Koch brothers group works to stop Nashville Amp
Michael Cass, mcass@tennessean.com

3:10 a.m. CDT March 31, 2014

The movement to stop a Nashville mass transit plan has gotten an extra boost of horsepower from an unexpected source: the Koch brothers, out-of-state billionaires with a knack for riling America's liberal masses.

The Tennessee office of Americans for Prosperity, a lobbying organization founded and funded by Charles and David Koch, played a big role in passage of state Senate legislation that would stop the $174 million bus rapid transit project known as the Amp.

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Charles and David Koch live in Kansas and New York, respectively. Their interest in a Nashville transit project doesn't sit well with its supporters.

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But Ogles, a 1990 Franklin High School graduate and former deputy director of Newt Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign, said he represents a local constituency, too.

"We are an organization with a national presence, but we're state-run," he said. "I'm born and bred in Tennessee. They're trying to frame it as a local issue, but it's a local issue that requires state and federal dollars."

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/31/koch-brothers-group-works-stop-nashville-amp/7100469/

 

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