President Obama Visits Tampa, Will Fund I-4 Corridor High-Speed Rail
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visited Tampa January 28 for a town hall meeting the day after President Obama delivered his State of the Union address.
The President announced that he would use federal stimulus dollars to fund a high-speed rail project that would link Tampa to Orlando along the I-4 Corridor.
Hundreds of people, many of them University of Tampa and University of South Florida students, lined up to see the President, and dozens gathered to protest. The news team at community radio station WMNF 88.5 FM reported on both.
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