Ironically, what GOP strongholds exist in C.A. are concentrated in rural areas of the state in the far north and, of course, in the Central Valley. More face, less nose.
“The estimated cost for a San Francisco-to-Los Angeles train has more than doubled to $77 billion. That’s about 13 times the $5.7 billion Trump sought unsuccessfully from Congress to build the wall.”
Wrong. It’s 13 times the downpayment Trump wanted to build a small portion of the wall. AP, do your fact-check.
I initially read that as more feces…
Well, what fun is presidenting without being able to inflict a little retribution now and then … or always.
It’s the AP. Fact check? They know the facts, they just ignore them to push an agenda.
Well, if it’s the Central Valley with all those dairy farms and feed lots, I can understand.
These areas may not want this train though. They may well object to it on the basis it would bring urban liberalites and black people into their rural, white strongholds where trucks and guns rule and we don’t need no stickin commie public transportation. Remember as well that there are also people who get hurt in projects like this one. Imagine if you owned property along the proposed route…
I’m a lifelong CA citizen, and personally believe that this train is ridiculously expensive, a logistical nightmare, and will most likely price out all but those with a lot of disposable income. I don’t get our governors’ attachment to this project at all.
Bingo
Factoid: Newsom is 6’3" tall. The corpulent Trump clearly is not. Why are White House physicians willing to lie for him?
I don’t think it’s political retribution for the state-of-emergency suit. He’s hated california for a long time, and this was just a random opportunity. (Yeah, that doesn’t make the decision any less corrupt.)
…it would bring urban liberalites and black people into their rural, white strongholds…
…more latinos during harvest time…of wait that’s ok…they can come in by the train loads, work at even lower wages to to cheap transportation, and then leave the same way when it’s over…
Why did Rosenstein write the memo that served as the basis for firing Comey, or IG Horowitz the report that led to McCabe’s firing? Josh Marshall has the answer. They needed to please the boss as far as they were able and avoid being insubordinate. Being a doctor is no different.
They measured to the top of his “hair”.
The crop harvesters live in the central valley. Ever been there?
political retribution from trump??
say it and so
I can’t
I have an extremely complicated relationship with the HSR project, and would have been excited if the Brown administration had instead chosen to build a normal, modern rail system for California. The train from Sacramento to San Francisco is terrible and yet amazingly popular–because it is still better than driving.
However, even with the cost overruns, if we don’t build it now, it will never be built. It’s just going to get more expensive.
If you were to tour the project (I have.), your mind would be boggled by the scale of it. A ton of work has already been done. The amount of property to purchase, freeways to be diverted (and rebuilt) is vast. It’s really a public works project of a generation and dropping it now is going to haunt us in the future.
Many moons ago drove into LA from NC on 40 then drove north up highway 1 past San Luis Obispo, then east toward sequoia national park.
A year or so ago flew into Sacramento then drove down to a turkey processing plant in Turlock and back. So googling what CV is I’d say yes I have been there.
Why?
I was wondering if you had a feel for the area and its culture. Your suggestion that migrant farm laborers would be riding the bullet train is pretty much impossible to reconcile with familiarity of the area’s economic or social dynamics.