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"Tuesday, February 19, 2008
St. Augustine Record
By MIKE BRANOM
Associated Press Writer
ORLANDO -- A road builders' lobbying organization gave $330,000 of the $1.3 million collected for a petition drive aimed at derailing Florida's bullet train project, according to a campaign finance report filed Monday.
The first leg of the proposed rail network, from Orlando to Tampa, is estimated to cost $2.6 billion.
The Villages, a massive retirement community in central Florida, gave $300,000. Developer Gary Morse is a major fundraiser for the GOP, and Republican Gov. Jeb Bush has ardently opposed bullet trains."