Re: John Kirk letter in May Railway Digest.

["Grahame Ferguson" <grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au>]

Mark Bau wrote in message ...
>in article V7MP6.691$rn5.39351@www.newsranger.com, John Coyle at
>nospam@newsranger.com wrote on 5/26/01 5:07 AM:
>
>> John Kirk is a very well respected rail manager and genuine rail
enthusiast.
>> He
>> helped form RAIL 2000. Mark Carter and Max Michell were in control of the
>> group,
>> too. Both men are of high standing on the rail scene. Yet, none of these
good
>> men could see the coming downfall of RAIL 2000, nor do they understand,
to
>> this
>> day, WHY the group REALLY failed! RAIL 2000 failed because it lacked a
broad
>> public transport focus. Urban transport was ignored, and, for the most
part,
>> passenger trains were overlooked. Perhaps after a "breather", the above
>> mentined
>> men should consider starting a TRANSPORT 2000 group, to attract MANY more
>> concerned citizens, more Media attention, and ongoing success.
>>
>> Any reasonable comments on this issue, anybody?
>>
>>
>
>Kirk was a rail manager??? Last time I looked he was a gunzel. Been to his
>house, met him, nice enough well meaning bloke but somewhat of a bigshot
>wannabe.
>
>Mark
>
There is No Rail lobby group in Canberra, as Max Michell pointed out himself
in Digest, niether Rail2000 or the ARA are at the heart of politics and
government money, whereas the Truckers are right at the politicians and
ministers doorstep.

So who therfore gets in a minister's ear first??

-Grahame