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Gov. Newsom ending high-speed rail project between SF, LA
ABC-7 ^ | 2-12-2019 | AP

Posted on 02/12/2019 12:12:31 PM PST by tcrlaf

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 long championed by Newsom's predecessor, Jerry Brown, is years behind schedule. The latest estimate for completion is 2033.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: boondoggle; california; gavinnewsom; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; highspeedrail; newsom; sacramento; sandiego; train; williegreenexpress
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To: Bon of Babble

How many billions have already been spent on this boondoggle?

...

How many billions have already been stolen? Perhaps they got their fill, now they want to shut it down before there’s an audit.


21 posted on 02/12/2019 12:21:50 PM PST by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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To: tcrlaf

Willie Green is deeply saddened.


22 posted on 02/12/2019 12:22:09 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: tcrlaf

$77,000,000,000.00

Typical Democrat Wast of Money.

Image result for MONEY HOLE GIF

23 posted on 02/12/2019 12:22:18 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: CatOwner
Next money boondoggle for the state: elimination of fossil fuels to be replaced by solar, wind, and fairy dust and unicorn farts

Actually, good to see even a demRat has some common sense. I wonder if this is just another stab at AOC and her crazy plans. You can't have this going and using it as a model for America.

24 posted on 02/12/2019 12:23:02 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Them High Speed Rail Trains need lots of money to keep rolling.

Related image

Lots of Money.

25 posted on 02/12/2019 12:25:49 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: sparklite2
After reading Fred Reed’s China article, California should contract China to create their rail line.

Can you imagine the social justice warrior outrage of California using the Chinese to build their railroads, AGAIN? 😵

-PJ

26 posted on 02/12/2019 12:30:24 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: tcrlaf
I guess all the most important criminals already got their cut up front. Hey, maybe Newsom has actually come up with a better approach to typical government boondoggles. Structure it so that the usual gang of thieves get their cuts during the preliminary stages, then abort the project and save some money for the taxpayers. Everybody wins!
27 posted on 02/12/2019 12:30:27 PM PST by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: Stosh

Liberals are some of the stupidest people on the planet. They control most of this country.


28 posted on 02/12/2019 12:31:37 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Yaelle

Probably the last too.


29 posted on 02/12/2019 12:31:43 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: tcrlaf

Now return all the money to the real tax payers.


30 posted on 02/12/2019 12:32:31 PM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: tcrlaf

Let’s be real? Ha Ha Ha .. Gastric Nuisance missed his true calling. Comic.


31 posted on 02/12/2019 12:35:43 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: Political Junkie Too

LOL
Very good. But, hey, we named the Grand Coolie Dam for them, didn’t we?


32 posted on 02/12/2019 12:36:02 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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The Tutor Perini/Zachry/Parsons team
https://www.tpzpjv.com

California High-Speed Rail Authority
http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov


33 posted on 02/12/2019 12:40:25 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: sparklite2
And Chinese Camp!

-PJ

34 posted on 02/12/2019 12:42:59 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: bigbob
“AOC needs to chica-splain’ to him”

LMFAO! My sides.... She gonna go all “Wise Latina” on him. Maybe he will Wedo Hombre-splain “Money talks, bullshit walks.”

35 posted on 02/12/2019 12:47:08 PM PST by wildcard_redneck
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To: tcrlaf

There it is, the last thing in eight years I’ll agree with him on.

Are they going to remove the bits they’ve already installed or leave it scaring Mother Nature’s landscape?


36 posted on 02/12/2019 12:47:40 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: NormsRevenge

The California High Speed Rail Authority did not pass go—they should all go straight to jail.

Then they should be put on work crews cleaning up the environmental mess they created.


37 posted on 02/12/2019 1:04:03 PM PST by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: Political Junkie Too


"China Camp Motel 6.  We'll leave a light on
for you.  Batteries not included."

38 posted on 02/12/2019 1:05:21 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: rktman

Yes, I expect it.


39 posted on 02/12/2019 1:34:32 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: tcrlaf

Hasn’t CA already missed budget expectations by 2 Billion this year already?


40 posted on 02/12/2019 1:36:15 PM PST by afterhoursarmory
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