There is no Luther in California.
so much for cap and trade!
21 Nov: Mercury News editorial: Editorial: California bullet train built on foundation of deceit
Now a long-awaited state audit released last week finds that poor management has contributed to construction delays and billions of dollars of cost overruns. And inadequate contract controls left the auditor unable to determine whether the state received the quantity and quality of work it has paid for thus far.
It’s time to end this fiasco — to stop throwing good money after bad.
It’s an embarrassment to the state. To Gov. Jerry Brown, who has blindly pushed the project ever since he took office in 2011...
California’s high-speed rail project has been built so far on a foundation of deceit.
A decade ago, voters were promised a system from San Diego to San Francisco and Sacramento at a cost of $45 billion. Today, the cost estimate is $77 billion just to link San Francisco to Anaheim.
And, after 10 years of work, the High-Speed Rail Authority has only managed to secure $12.7 billion, enough for links between Bakersfield and Madera, and from Gilroy to San Francisco. It doesn’t even have the money for tunneling needed to connect those two legs.
So much for a statewide system.
Worse, according to state Auditor Elaine Howle, there’s a high likelihood of additional cost increases. In other words, the constantly rising price is almost certain to go up more...
Let’s stop this waste of scarce public money now.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/21/editorial-stop-wasting-money-on-california-bullet-train/