Posted on 05/17/2019 12:19:21 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
The Trump administration officially canceled $929 million in federal grants earmarked for Californias ambitious high-speed rail project, escalating tensions between the federal government and the most-populous U.S. state.
Federal Railroad Administrator Ronald Batory said in a letter Thursday to Brian Kelly, the chief executive officer of the state agency running the project, that California has failed to show progress and meet requirements under the agreements for the funds. Governor Gavin Newsom, through a spokesman, vowed a court fight.
It is now clear that California has no foreseeable plans, nor the capability, to pursue that statewide HSR System as originally proposed, Batory wrote.
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lol
Cali voters should pass a ballot measure to...
...Require a comprehensive AUDIT of the high speed (ha!) rail plunder that might just reveal (one suspects) major illegal money to labor unions and other Dem pals. Oh, and the audit should be performed at "high speed"!
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Somebody should tell Gaving Nuisance that elections have consequences, and that the three million Mexican illegals that voted in CaliMexico for Her Thighness didn't make a bit of difference...
“Governor Gavin Newsom, through a spokesman, vowed a court fight.”
Of course. That money was already earmarked for housing and healthcare for more illegals.
The taxpayers thanks you, President Trump...
Yep, on the condition the money would be spent on the crazy train and nothing else.......then gov. moonbeam pissed it away on pension plans and other bs that benefits only his governent cronies. Gruesome Newsome is just as bad as Moonbeam.
Yeah, like anyone is gonna want to park their car in one of the car theft capitals in the world in order to take a train from middle of nowhere to dumb f..k Egypt.... The crazy train was a scam from the beginning and now the whole world knows about it.....guess it would be embarassing for Moonbeam but since he has zero self awareness...........
Not just pork - would be interesting to see who got padded bank accounts...I’d wager that 90% of certain “cost overruns”, on government backed projects, become slush funds for (mostly) Dems...
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