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To: SE Mom

So much for that strategy.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/jerry_browns_bullet_train_fiasco_and_trump.html

California governor Jerry Brown has staked out the turf as President-Elect Trump’s opponent, hiring Eric Holder to gin up a legal strategy and appointing Congressman Xavier Bacera as his A.G. to oppose anticipated Trump policies in sanctuary cities, the environment, and what some call California’s “values.”

But I have to wonder if Brown doesn’t have a vulnerable flank in this battle: the looming financial collapse of his most cherished project, the so-called “bullet train” between the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times published information from a “confidential” Federal Railroad Administration report that was leaked to it revealing absolute incompetence and out-of-control overspending on the first segment under construction. The report by Ralph Vartabedian should be read in its entirety to grasp the level of chaos in the project:

California’s bullet train could cost taxpayers 50% more than estimated ...


510 posted on 02/13/2017 6:46:19 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

I would be furious if I lived anywhere near this dam. Unresponsive government is inexcusable. The hell with the train, fix the damned dam.


513 posted on 02/13/2017 7:02:21 AM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: maggief

Vulnerable, yes! When an audit is demanded, then the public will discover their millions are in the pockets of FOJ—friends of Jerry.


566 posted on 02/13/2017 9:19:04 AM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: Rewrite all schoolbooks K-12!)
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