Talk:Texas Eagle/Archive

While the 'White House confusion' section describing an exchange between a Texas constituent and vice-president Al Gore may be technically correct, this section seems totally out of context with regard to the page on the Texas Eagle train. I do not think that this section belongs in the article, but would not remove a factually correct (though essentially unrelated) paragraph based on my own bias. Do others feel that the Gore/Texas Eagle exchange rises to the level of being a useful part of the page, or should it be relegated to some political discussion page related to Al Gore? RI-Bill 05:00, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

'White House confusion' section renamed 'Political Hurdles' and edited to make more relevant to the Amtrak Texas Eagle.RI-Bill 18:06, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Response

The renamed "Political hurdles" section seems to exist only to describe an amusing response from from V.P. Al Gore's office, where he thinks the writer's mention of "Texas Eagle" refers to a bird. This is a joke at beast and crass political partisanism at worst - neither belongs in Wikipedia. Wikipedia should describe the politics, not fall victim to it. I suggest deleting this entire section, as there appears to be no "meat" here. --Harpwolf 23:20, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The section probably focuses too much on the Al Gore letter, when it should mention TEMPO (Texas Eagle Marketing & Performance Organization) and the massive letter-writing campaign directed at many politicians and agencies. However, the 1997 controversy is a central part of the Texas Eagle tale and should remain. Mineola and Marshall, in particular, contributed a great deal to the eventual preservation of the route. The Al Gore letter, while humerous, did point out the lack of communication between the administration and Texas Eagle supporters.

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Then challenge folks to plan a trip using an AmTrak schedule and their vacation budget...good luck! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.54.155.51 (talk • contribs) 09:58, September 6, 2006.