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Koch-Funded Group Helped Develop Plan To Kill Future Of Phoenix Light Rail

August 8, 2019 Steven Hsieh, Phoenixnewtimes.com , ,
Much of the plot to kill the future of light rail in Phoenix was hatched in a window-tinting shop on South Central Avenue. At first, the plot was narrow. Celia Contreras, owner of Tony’s Window Tinting, sought only to halt or alter Valley Metro Rail’s plan to build a six-mile track connecting south Phoenix to its 26-mile rail system. Opponents of the rail extension held meetings in Contreras' shop — a nondescript garage bounded by a Mexican restaurant and a dollar store  — where they worked on raising awareness for their cause.

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