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02-12-2019, 05:08 PM
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California governor pulls the plug on high-speed bullet train
From CBS8.com|Updated: Feb 12, 2019 1:32 PM PST|
California governor pulls plug on LA-SF high-speed train:
http://www.cbs8.com/story/39951222/g...-state-address
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday he's abandoning a plan to build a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco, a project with an estimated cost that has ballooned to $77 billion.
"Let's be real," Newsom said in his first State of the State address. "The current project, as planned, would cost too much and respectfully take too long. There's been too little oversight and not enough transparency."
The idea championed by Newsom's predecessor, Jerry Brown, is years behind schedule. The latest estimate for completion is 2033.
Newsom, though, said he wants to finish construction that's already under way on a segment of the high-speed train from Bakersfield to Merced, through California's Central Valley, arguing it will revitalize the economically depressed region.
He's also replacing Brown's head of the state board that oversees the project and pledged more accountability for contractors that run over on costs.
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Imo, pulling the plug on the high-speed bullet train is kind of a big deal.
For the first time in a really long time, California appears to be acting on something based on reality - while doing a complete 180 from previous policy.
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02-12-2019, 05:11 PM
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Good for him, sounds like a great decision
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02-12-2019, 05:30 PM
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This clearly needs to be funded nationally, like the interstate highway system.
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02-12-2019, 06:38 PM
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AOC is going to foot the bill
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02-12-2019, 07:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chadk66
AOC is going to foot the bill
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she is going to put it in her new green deal bill
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02-12-2019, 08:28 PM
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I don’t trust any decision this guy makes.......
He used to sleep with Kim Guilfoyle
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02-13-2019, 12:24 AM
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I was opposed to this when I lived in California, because my friends & I knew it would be a waste of money. So California politicians just pissed away $77 billion! What a waste of taxpayer's money. They need to sue Jerry Brown and recoup some of that money.
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02-13-2019, 09:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stevecsd2
I was opposed to this when I lived in California, because my friends & I knew it would be a waste of money. So California politicians just pissed away $77 billion! What a waste of taxpayer's money. They need to sue Jerry Brown and recoup some of that money.
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They still have something don't they? He just scaled it down HUGELY.
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02-13-2019, 02:20 PM
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Bakersfield to Merced..That will get a lot of use 
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02-13-2019, 05:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisl
Bakersfield to Merced..That will get a lot of use |
40 years too late for me.
I had a girl from Merced that made my eyes water.......in 1984 
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02-15-2019, 07:15 AM
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Trump asking for the FEDERAL money back from Cali....which was going to help finance....and he SHOULD....wonder where he's want to put THAT money.... 
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02-15-2019, 10:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph
40 years too late for me.
I had a girl from Merced that made my eyes water.......in 1984 |
That wasn't the girl who made your eyes water it was the pesticides used by all the farmers!
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03-19-2021, 08:41 AM
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03-19-2021, 08:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chadk66
AOC is going to foot the bill
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No! Auntie Nancy will not be upstaged by that sniveling, wet-behind-the-ears, upshot millennial. The old hag will put her foot down -- probably on AOC's head. 
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03-19-2021, 01:48 PM
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A derailment would look as bad as a plane crash. Wonder if democrats will crowd them to do their part with green energy?
Wouldn't be the leftist leaders anyway...still funny.
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