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Today a national coalition of high speed rail advocates began organizing a broad and multifaceted effort to mobilize public support behind the California high speed rail project. This comes at a crucial time in the project’s development, as a few Democratic State Senators are considering turning Tea Party on us and joining Republicans like Scott [...]
Today the Kern County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to oppose high speed rail, even though Kern County voters approved the project and Proposition 1A in 2008. I guess this means I can vote against the Bush Administration and the Black Death? The three supervisors who voted against HSR did not bother to come up [...]
In a move that should surprise precisely nobody, two right-wing Republicans – State Senator Doug LaMalfa and former Congressman George Radanovich – have apparently filed an initiative to repeal high speed rail at the November 2012 election. The “Stop The $100 Billion Bullet Train to Nowhere Act” is currently pending at the Attorney General’s office, [...]
One of the most important signs that the California high speed rail project is still viable is that its supporters remain, well, supportive. Among them is the Los Angeles Times, whose editorial board came out today with a very strong editorial backing the project. They refer to the Peer Review Report and other “expert analysis” [...]
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