TRRAAC Effort: The Inevitability of The Big Five

Does anybody really believe that the Dillerville switching yard will not be relocated from the Armstrong dump site to behind the Post Office off of Harrisburg Ave?

The Rail Road Action & Advisory Committee (TRRAAC) should be commended for their efforts in dissuading this relocation. But, why am I so sure that this relocation will occur?

Because in Lancaster, there are three things that can always be counted on to happen: (1)death, (2)taxes and (3)the fact that "The Big Five" (Franklin & Marshall, Lancaster General Hospital, The High Group, The Fulton Bank and Lancaster Newspapers) always get their way.

In this case, the switching yard relocation would directly benefit Franklin & Marshall and Lancaster General Hospital (and I am sure that the three other members of "The Big Five" would eventually gain financial benefit from this transaction). The citizens of Lancaster County can gather and discuss alternative sites and plans for the relocation, but face it fellow citizens of Lancaster County, the switching yard relocation will occur as it is currently planned.

The tenet of local decision-making is always in line with the inevitable granting of the desires and wishes of "The Big Five".