Norfolk Southern is close to buying only US municipal interstate railroad. Residents have the opportunity to reject the deal on Nov 7 ballot after a toxic train derailment.
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But some local residents have voiced sharp disagreement, suggesting the deal could face resistance come November. Madeline Fening of thethat “the events in East Palestine have completely changed the way residents discuss the vote.
Werner Lange, chair of the Ohio Peace Council and a retired educator with five grandchildren living in Cincinnati, argued in a recentthat the pending sale is a “Faustian bargain, one that sacrifices something of inestimable value for insecure material prospects.”
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