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The California High Speed Rail project was repeatedly backed by the elected representatives of the people of California between 1996 and 2008. And in 2008 the voters themselves gave their approval to the project and $10 billion in bond money. Yet according to the Sacramento Bee’s Dan Walters, that makes them the same as Gilded [...]
This blog has repeatedly argued that because of a failed status quo – with unemployment in Fresno County of 15.8% – we cannot simply abandon efforts that would create jobs and reduce our costly dependence on oil because those efforts aren’t easy. Almost to a person, HSR critics and opponents all believe that the status [...]
I had a feeling the LA Times’ Ralph Vartabedian would be a problem for the HSR project last month when he tried to scare Californians out of building a better future. He’s at it again in today’s Times, casting the bullet train as a Godzilla monster out to destroy Bakersfield. The problem here is that, [...]
Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy, who ostensibly represents Kern County but answers mostly to wealthy right-wing donors like the Koch Brothers, is moving forward with an effort to block the California high speed rail project. As he explains in the Bakersfield Californian: I have already requested a 30-day extension of the public comment period for the [...]
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