"...In addition the Coeur d’Alene Press leadership editorialized in favor of the Burlington Northern locomotive fueling depot on the Rathdrum Prairie not only before talking to their ace reporter about the matter; but before anyone had even seen anything like a final design. Frankly, if asked, I would have said this is crazy, don’t do this. Fight it all the way to the U.S. courts. The railroad had everyone’s nuts in a ringer. The BNSF man was able to cite U.S. law that said basically that the railroad’s service to the whole country is more important than the local wishes of a small town or even a state. You can either work with the railroad, or the railroad can go over your head to the feds and get its way" -- ex-Press reporter Brent Andrews in his book, "The Pot Plan," here. Text comes from Chapter 46 here.

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