Posted on 02/12/2019 1:35:51 PM PST by Red Badger
alfornia Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) just announced in his State of the State address to the legislature that he’s giving up on statewide high-speed rail from Sacramento to San Diego:
!! AP: California Gov. Gavin Newsom abandoning plan for high-speed train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, says too costly.
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) February 12, 2019
“Let’s be real,” he says a little too late:
Gov Newsom on high speed rail: “Let’s be real… the project as currently planned would cost too much and take too long.”
— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) February 12, 2019
It’s almost as if conservatives warned about this from Day 1:
Gov. Newsom says high speed rail project is too expensive and would take too long, acknowledges lack of transparency and oversight, adds that abandoning project would mean billions of wasted $$ and years of wasted time. Says capacity does exist to build HSR in Central Valley.
— AirTalk (@AirTalk) February 12, 2019
He does want to build around 165 miles of track in the Central Valley between Bakersfield and Merced:
Making big news, Newsom says he's going to cut back the high speed rail project to only cover a segment from Merced to Bakersfield.
— Taryn Luna (@TarynLuna) February 12, 2019
And he plans on keeping the $3.5 billion grant given to the state during the Obama administration:
“I have no interest in sending back 3.5 billion dollars allocated for this project.” Gavin Newsom rebukes expansive #highspeedrail project from Northern to Southern CA, but advocates a high speed rail heading into Central Valley @FOX40 pic.twitter.com/xJpuMBCBDU
— Joe Khalil (@JoeKhalilTV) February 12, 2019
BS. The state should have to give it back to the U.S. Treasury.
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Related:
Feds to audit CA high-speed rail project as funding flounders https://t.co/6MaiVBkmnS
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 15, 2018
Sound familiar? Joe Biden joins push to 'go big' on high speed rail spending http://t.co/wRQ0E4IB2F
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 19, 2015
give it back for the Wall
That’s almost the amount needed to pay for the wall!
“I have no interest in sending back 3.5 billion dollars allocated for this project.”
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Trump needs to do an audit and find out who stole it.
Oh.
Now we get down to the heart of the matter.
Balance the state budget with stolen federal money.
The arrogance of these pigs. This is what happens when one party is not held to account.
For more commentary on the subject:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3727326/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3727289/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3727286/posts
:-)
Sue them. Discovery should be interesting.
How much money has already found itself into the right politically connected pockets, I wonder.
THAT’S why he don’t wanna give it back!...................
Withold from future payments.
No prob.
Exactly!
Well. by the looks of it, we all got the same thought on where that money should go.
Jerry Brown’s Last Erection...
Exactly. So return the money for the wall. Of course, Gruesome Newsome would rather die than do that.
They are not going to be able to just keep federal funds for a project they decide not to do.
Thats massive theft from the other 49 states.
CA is almost broke.
Their tax base is shrinking and their social welfare costs are rising.
Recipe for disaster....................
Gonna need more Viagra..................
“He does want to build around 165 miles of track in the Central Valley between Bakersfield and Merced:”
The operations of such a line cannot pay for itself from fare revenue alone. It will need forever state taxpayers subsidies.
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