Thread : Florida rail system

In her second term, Iorio advocated for improved mass transit, favoring a multi-modal plan which included a light rail system

On January 28, 2010, when Iorio welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, Governor of Florida Charlie Crist, and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, all of whom came to the University of Tampa for a national "Town Hall Meeting" to announce federal ... cont

projects. Iorio criticized Florida Governor Rick Scott's decision to veto the high speed rail project, claiming he did so "purely on ideological reasoning."

On February 16, 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott formally announced that he would be rejecting federal funds to construct the high-speed railway, thereby killing the Florida High Speed Rail project.

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Governor Scott said the project was that it would be "far too costly to taxpayers" and that "the risks far outweigh the benefits".

In the wake of the project's cancellation, a private sector express passenger service running across much of the proposed route has been proposed by All Aboard Florida, a subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries.

Florida East Coast Industries (FECI) is Florida's oldest and largest commercial real estate, transportation, and infrastructure holding company. Based in Coral Gables, FECI is the direct lineal descendant of the various companies founded by pioneering American businessman... cont

Henry Morrison Flagler founder of Standard Oil...

Standard Oil connections and more in our thread here

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FECI was purchased in 2007 by equity funds managed by Fortress Investment Group, LLC. Although Florida East Coast Railway at one time fell under the FECI umbrella,

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...it is now a completely separate corporate entity owned by Grupo México's GMexico Transportes SAB de CV since 2017.

Fortress Investment Group is an American investment management firm based in New York City.

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... Fortress Investment Group LLC was founded as a private equity firm in 1998 by Wesley R. Edens, a former partner at BlackRock; Rob Kauffman, a managing director at UBS; and Randal A. Nardone, also a managing director at UBS.

The parent company of Fortress Investment Group is SoftBank which also happens to be the parent company of Alibaba and several others...

His bow to Japan makes more sense everyday

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So is this little bow to Pam Iorio...

As of August 2020 All Aboard Florida aka Brightline is the only privately owned and operated intercity passenger railroad in the United States. The line was developed starting in March 2012 as All Aboard Florida by Florida East Coast Industries,

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... a Florida real estate developer owned by Fortress Investment Group.

Brightline has quite the leadership team, folks with connections to :

Goldman Sachs
Hilton, Loews, and Rosewood hotels
Canadian National Railway
Zimmerman advertising and more

https://www.gobrightline.com/people-culture#governance

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