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At a press conference in San Francisco today Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom all spoke out in favor of Proposition 1A. Their presence ought to dissuade some of the Prop 1A critics who claim that federal funding is uncertain – in 2009 these two members of Congress will [...]

Oct 31st, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized

For those of you in the Monterey Bay or San José areas, I will be part of a panel discussion on Proposition 1A at UC Santa Cruz at noon today, in Cowell Conference Room 132. Rod Diridon of the California High Speed Rail Authority will also be there. RSVP here. Then at 2pm I will [...]

Oct 27th, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized

CALPIRG is hosting a number of high speed rail and Prop 1A forums at college campuses around the state this month – including one at UC Santa Cruz where yours truly will join Rod Diridon on the panel explaining the benefits of high speed rail, the reasons to vote Yes on Prop 1A. You can [...]

Oct 17th, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized

November 4 is three months away, but as far as I’m concerned the campaign to pass Proposition 1 and build high speed rail in California begins now. We’ve spent five months hashing out the details of the project and the big picture reasons to support it here on the blog. Those have been productive and [...]

Aug 4th, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized