Browndoggle actually. You can't exactly blame Californians tho. The federal government, yes Barry, dangled the money in front of them and dared them not to take it. Of course, they did the same with at least two other states that had the sense and guts to say no.
It is actually supposed to run from Anaheim to San Francisco but it never will. The current plan violates the proposition that was voted on but that won't stop them. As for where the first leg (and probably the only) will be built, well you will have to talk to Barry and his administration about that as well. They have dictated that in a misguided attempt to do something about unemployment in the central valley. They have 10 billion sort of dollars now but aren't concerned that most estimates peg the total for completion at somewhere north of 200 billion. There have been so many shenanigans surrounding how they have calculated the value of this project to the state that you know it's a money grab for the unions. The final vote was so full of attempts to steal more of the money for other projects that it was embarrassing. It will ultimately come down to whether or not the intent of the people matter. Michael Oke, II 661-349-6221 Contents of this and all messages are intended for their designated recipient. On Jul 7, 2012, at 3:05 PM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]> wrote: > A completely worthless boondoggle. Installing high speed rail from Madera > to Bakersfield. Wasting billions and billions of dollars for a train nobody > will use. > > http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HIGH_SPEED_RAIL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-07-06-19-12-38 > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
