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Fresno Bee editorial page editor Jim Boren raises a very interesting point on Twitter today: Talked to farmer who lost farm because of Freeway 180 extension. No squawks from farm community cause opposition to HSR is political. Boren is likely referring to the SR 180 East freeway extension projects, funded by Fresno County’s Measure C [...]
“Will it be good for Bakersfield? Oh absolutely. Will it be good for the San Joaquin Valley? Absolutely. Will it be good for California? Absolutely. Do we need it? We needed this 30 years ago.” So begins Day 14 of an amazing journey. Three young men from Hanford – Travis and Adam Souza and Nate [...]
In news that is neither shocking nor surprising, the Fresno Bee/California Watch report that Kings County HSR critics are determined to reroute the project even if they have to go to court to do it: Even if state officials can scrape together the billions of dollars needed to fund California’s ambitious high-speed rail plans, lawsuits [...]
Have a listen to the Merced Sun-Star’s recent “Off the 99″ podcast which explores “the pros and cons of high speed rail” with guests Daniel Krause and Brian Stanke of Californians For High Speed Rail. The podcast also interviews David Mills of IBEW Local 684, and Kole Upton, an HSR opponent. Daniel and Brian did [...]
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