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The Field Poll finally got around to polling Prop 1A and the results are about what I’d expected after six weeks of the Reason Foundation and the Howard Jarvis Association flooding the state’s media with lies. We have a 47-42 lead with 11% undecided. The common rule of thumb in California politics is that a [...]

Nov 1st, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association – SPUR – is one of the leading and most respected urban planning organizations in the state. And now they have offered an excellent overview of the case for Prop 1A and some excellent rebuttals of the HSR deniers: The high-speed train system is well planned and long [...]

Oct 30th, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized

Authored by yours truly. If you have an account there, recommend it so more readers there can hear the case for Prop 1A!

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Oct 29th, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized

I know there had been some doubt among the HSR deniers about Arnold’s position, but as KQED’s John Myers reports he is indeed endorsing Yes on 1A. Arnold spoke at the Commonwealth Club last month and explained his support for high speed rail: There is far more economic opportunity in fighting global warming than economic [...]

Oct 29th, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized