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MAY 1 1980; Funding Bombshell Dropped; Secretary of Transportation Neil Goldschmidt tells a Denver audience that he can't guarantee that the light-rail transit system now being planned for the Denver metropolitan area will receive federal funding.; (Photo By John Prieto/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

MAY 1 1980; Funding Bombshell Dropped; Secretary of Transportation Neil Goldschmidt tells a Denver audience that he can't guarantee that the light-rail transit system now being planned for the Denver metropolitan area will receive federal funding.;  (Photo By John Prieto/The Denver Post via Getty Images)