From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 16-Apr-14 11:41, conklin wrote:   
   > The list of hazard materials is NOT public and shared only with   
   > certain officials, and that apparently does not include elected   
   > officials.   
      
   Federal anti-terrorism laws restrict that information; being an "elected   
   official" in some bumfuck town does not mean you're above the law.   
      
   > And the article does state that Federal laws shield the railroads from   
   > local supervision and this includes, importantly, decisions on routing   
   > of hazadous materials.  And the officials were threatened with arrest.   
      
   ... because they were committing a crime.   
      
   > And if the RR decides that the best tracks are through a city and not   
   > around it, hazardout materials go through the city, not around it.   
      
   As with trucking companies transporting the same hazardous materials.   
   Did you have a point here?   
      
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