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High-speed rail route took land from farmers. The money they’re owed hasn’t arrived ( California)
Los Angeles Times ^
| JUN 10, 2019
| Ralph Vartabedian
Posted on 06/11/2019 4:29:27 AM PDT by george76
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posted on
06/11/2019 4:29:27 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
I’m from the government. Now bend over, so I can help you...
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posted on
06/11/2019 4:31:08 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept.)
To: george76
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posted on
06/11/2019 4:38:55 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: george76
They shouldnt have run this through the breadbasket of the state, Wasser said, echoing a sentiment of the rail systems critics that the state should have aligned the route adjacent to Interstate 5 and not through the nations richest agricultural belt. au contraire. The State ran it thru rural areas so the politically connected could buy up land along the planed right-of-way. You can bet those politically connected got paid for their insider land flip deals.
To: LIConFem
These farmers are mainly white, therefore not deserving of any justice.
To: Tea Party Terrorist
The state keeps this up and they will see true justice.
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posted on
06/11/2019 4:49:57 AM PDT
by
Destroyer Sailor
(Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
To: george76
From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs Their ability was to fork over huge tracts of their their rich, valuable farm land and spend millions of their own money rearranging their farm operations to accommodate the choo-choo.
To: Destroyer Sailor
"True justice"? Not likely. Look how the bread is buttered in California...
To: george76
When the rail authority wanted a strip of his land for a temporary construction easement, an agent suggested that Tos transfer his mature walnut trees to pots for five years and then put them back in the ground. They dont know what a walnut tree is, Tos said.It would be interesting to know who this particular state employee is, how he was hired, and what his educational background might be. There are a lot of good people in state and federal agencies, people who know their field and have enough dirt under their fingernails to know what is involved in a project. A state DOT/highways guy, for example, has probably been building roads most of his life and knows a good deal about moving dirt. But
it's not uncommon to find transportation planners who are oblivious to the damage done by driving their projects through the heart of attractive, livable neighborhoods, or state and county highway guys who try to build roads through the heart of a Civil War battlefield or other historic resource. In this case, the state guy sounds like an urbanite who thinks farms are on the backside of the moon and wouldn't know a tree if it fell on him.
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06/11/2019 5:02:59 AM PDT
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posted on
06/11/2019 5:04:37 AM PDT
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DoughtyOne
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To: george76
Communists love their Choo Choos.
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posted on
06/11/2019 5:08:49 AM PDT
by
bray
(Pray for President Trump)
To: george76
Democratic socialism restricts the accumulation of private property
As Obama said, (4/29/10), I do think at a certain point youve made enough money.
To: bray
“Communists love their Choo Choos.”
For sure. By forcing the citizens to use trains for transportation, they can control movement.
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posted on
06/11/2019 5:15:06 AM PDT
by
ryderann
To: george76
I think we can see how this is going to go: the California leftists are going to tell the farmers they would be paid were it not for the Trump administration halting payments. Therefore Orange Man bad, not them.
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posted on
06/11/2019 5:18:43 AM PDT
by
Dahoser
To: george76
Hey, they’re mostly White and Republican, so no big deal.
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posted on
06/11/2019 5:20:27 AM PDT
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: george76
If California's looking to waste money on so hopeless a boondoggle as this, they can at least have some fun by calling in an expert on all subjects involved. (He's clickable, too!)
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posted on
06/11/2019 5:21:26 AM PDT
by
Category Four
(Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
To: Flick Lives
I am shocked, SHOCKED at your cynicism!
[How do we get in on the next scam?]
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posted on
06/11/2019 5:21:34 AM PDT
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: george76
They are doing business with a criminal enterprise. I would expect it to get worse.
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posted on
06/11/2019 5:30:22 AM PDT
by
Track9
To: george76
How else can Ca give free land to the illegals.
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posted on
06/11/2019 5:32:50 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
To: Dahoser
California has to pay for illegals medical costs.
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