Posted on 02/19/2019 9:16:29 PM PST by bitt
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it was canceling a federal grant to California worth nearly $1 billion after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the cancelation of the state’s high-speed rail project last week.
Newsom used his “State of the State” address Feb. 12 to cancel the San Francisco-to-Los Angeles project, saying it “would cost too much and, respectfully, would take too long” to complete.
However, he told legislators he wanted to complete the portion of the bullet train under construction in the rural Central Valley, lest the state lose federal dollars granted to California by President Barack Obama as part of the 2009 stimulus: “I am not interested in sending $3.5 billion in federal funding that was allocated to this project back to Donald Trump,” Newsom said.
The president had other ideas, and took to Twitter to demand that California return the money. Newsom rejected that demand, insisting: “This is CA’s money, allocated by Congress for this project. We’re not giving it back.”
But on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sent a letter to the California High-Speed Rail Authority, informing it that it was terminating its agreement with the state and therefore would refuse to provide the state with $928,620,000 allocated to the high-speed rail project.
The FRA listed several factors informing its decision, including the likelihood that the high-speed rail would not be completed by 2022, as contemplated by the original agreement. The state’s high-speed rail authority had also failed, according to the FRA, to provide “timely and satisfactory financial reports” to the federal government.
The Los Angeles Times reported additionally that the Department of Transportation said it was “actively exploring every legal option” to recover the other $2.5 billion granted by the federal government to California for the project.
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luv it!!!
There is nothing a conman hates more than giving back money.
MAGA Winning!!
Shitbags thought that the money promised under Obummer would be theirs regardless of whether they used it as intended or not. The money was never yours asshats.
Heat Kitchen
Payback is a... witch, Gavvy.
It’s not personal. Just business.
democrats are just too stupid to continue breathing.
Newsom has his head so far up his ass, he craps out his ears
so we have another billion for the wall?
:)
The money was for the Train.
The Train was cancelled by the Governor.
Why does he think he still gets the money?
Cool...another billion for the wall.
I hope Trump hits Cali with a big
hammer when the emergency declaration
gets the green light from SCOTUS.
Newsome is just pissed that the President’s Son is banging his Ex Wife.
Just sayin’...
They cancel the project and not giving them the money is political retribution.
This is why socialists need to be wiped out. They are insane evil wicked people.
“Why does he think he still gets the money?”
swamp dwellers believe all public monies are theirs to do with as they wish
Well Gavin all actions have natural consequences
Go to hell Gavin.
Easy peasey Nusance. Do the road repairs the money was earmarked for.
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