Stop the presses and get the two-toned confetti ready! It turns out that love, or at least budgetary expediency, can unite even the most distant worlds. Today we witness a railway miracle that would make any public relations consultant tremble: the inauguration of a project that’s as blue as it is maroon, though many are stung by pride and prefer to ignore its origins.
Let’s take it one step at a time, as the neighborhood butcher would say. This brand-new extension that takes us to the AIFA (Felipe Ángeles International Airport) today isn’t an architectural epiphany of the current administration. Not at all! The reality is that they latched onto an infrastructure that was so well-built back in 2008 that all they had to do was dust off the original plans, use the same trains, and follow the exact same procedure laid out by that gentleman from Michoacán who now governs from exile in Spain.
It’s a true gem of national irony. The current administration, so fond of saying that everything in the past was a disaster, ended up embracing the project of the man they call their nemesis. And when a project is truly outstanding—excuse the expression—even the most reluctant eventually admit that the path was already laid out. They took Calderón’s project, added a few stations with the same DNA, and magically, it turned out top-notch!
But here’s a dose of reality for those already rehearsing the “I did it all myself” speech. Don’t try to shoulder the entire burden, or you’ll get a Hernia. The truth, cold and hard as the steel of the rails, is that here the extremes meet: half the glory belongs to one side, and the other half to the other. It’s a political hybrid where the efficiency of the past came to rescue the urgency of the present.
So, while other flagship projects seem more like a collection of unfortunate anecdotes, the Suburban Train stands as a reminder that sometimes you have to thank those who taught you how to do things right, even if you can’t stand them. Here at the newspaper, we’re clear on this: half of the success is due to a former president, and the other half to continuity.
Long live unintentional collaboration and well-executed plagiarism!
Source: elmaltono
