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Commentary
‘DDKN’ the ‘Textbook Definition of NIMBY’
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief![image description](https://www.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SenatorDurbinStilljpg.jpg)
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
A perhaps little-known bit of railroad trivia is that, according to a reliable industry source, Illinois Senator and Majority Whip Dick Durbin held the late E. Hunter Harrison in extreme contempt (that’s a polite way of saying “hated”), and the feeling was mutual.