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In today’s Los Angeles Times, longtime Capitol reporter and columnist George Skelton endorses the Republican call for a “do-over” on voter approval of the high speed rail project. Problem is, Skelton doesn’t actually examine the arguments for and against the project. He also makes a big mistake regarding the way the project will be built. [...]
Once again, rising gas prices are dominating the national conversation. And unsurprisingly, Republicans are making it sound like the problem is somehow President Barack Obama’s fault. Newt Gingrich is running around the country promising $2.50 gas, which is an impossible thing to actually deliver. Meanwhile some on the left want to blame the problem on [...]
The Republican-backed effort to kill the California high speed rail project has been cleared for circulation – but don’t expect to see any petitions at a strip mall near you anytime soon: Republicans Doug LaMalfa, who’s running for Congress, and former Congressman George Radanovich, who are behind the effort to derail the rail project, must [...]
At Tuesday night’s high speed rail hearing in Mountain View, a wide range of elected officials and organizational leaders came out to show their support for the project. Steven Maviglio collected many of the statements over at the California Majority Report. Some examples: San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed: “We appreciate efforts to continue studying alternatives [...]
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