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Mary- Ken has been asked by Mayor Brown to chair the fundraising effort to
get voter approval on a light rail referendum in Houston. My guess is that he will decline given the other demands on his schedule, but I don't know that for sure. I think our respnse Mary Clark@ENRON 04/13/99 02:21 PM To: Steven J Kean/HOU/EES@EES, Joe Allen/Corp/Enron@Enron cc: Mark Palmer/Corp/Enron@Enron Subject: Trains - Light rail Steve/Joe: Mark suggested that I contact you to provide a response to this employee's question (see below) to Ken and Jeff about trains and light rail. Please draft a response and send it to me. I will format it and send it to Ken and Jeff for their review. Thanks. Mary Clark ---------------------- Forwarded by Mary Clark/Corp/Enron on 04/13/99 02:13 PM --------------------------- Office Chairman 04/12/99 02:55 PM To: Mary Clark/Corp/Enron@Enron, Sherri Reinartz/Corp/Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Trains - Light rail A question to the Office of the Chairman. Rosie ---------------------- Forwarded by Office Chairman/Corp/Enron on 04/12/99 02:53 PM --------------------------- Office of the Chairman@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT 04/12/99 07:25 AM To: Office Chairman@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT cc: Subject: Office of the Chairman: While traveling within Germany recently, I noticed that electric powered trains are popular and also provide a safe, reliable, affordable and comfortable means of transportation to the public. This brought to mind a question to ask you: Is Enron taking any action to promote development and implementation of electric trains or light rail in the USA and/or abroad, either through the Political Action Committee, Lobbying or through the efforts of the Business Development Offices? I do believe that the commuters would benefit from having access to electric trains that provide safe, clean and comfortable transport. Enron could potentially benefit by supplying the power for these trains within the USA (and abroad as well). Just think if the city of Houston offered light rail as an option for commuting to and from work, as well as commuting to other locations - both interstate and intrastate. A person could take a train to Galveston, Austin, or elsewhere and arrive in short time with the high speed rail available. With the new Ballpark downtown and the revitalization of the downtown area, it would seem that a legitimate method of public transportation is the element that is missing from the Houston city model. Buses that run on diesel are clearly not the solution for mass transit. Regards, Dave Hubbard Cuiaba, Brasil 011-55-65-612-2102
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