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Rail authority passes plan for Calif. bullet train
AP via SFGate ^ | 4/12/12 | SUDHIN THANAWALA and HANNAH DREIER, Associated Press

Posted on 04/12/2012 3:00:55 PM PDT by SmithL

San Francisco (AP) -- The authority overseeing efforts to build a high-speed rail system in California approved its revised business plan on Thursday, sending the ambitious project to an uncertain fate in the Legislature.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority voted 6-0, with two members absent, to approve its latest plan. Two hours of public comment preceded the vote, most of it favorable toward the bullet train.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: California
KEYWORDS: goldenstate; highspeedrail; pork; traintonowhere

1 posted on 04/12/2012 3:01:02 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Laundering billions through union labor, while building worthless projects.


2 posted on 04/12/2012 3:04:38 PM PDT by lurk
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To: lurk

Cali must have money growing on trees.

Maybe those “millionaires and billionaires” (i.e movie stars) can fund it with higher taxes on themselves.


3 posted on 04/12/2012 3:31:48 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: lurk
Laundering billions through union labor, while building worthless projects.

Nothing better than a reminder of the good use my hard earned labor is put to while enjoying a glass of wine during happy hour.

4 posted on 04/12/2012 3:35:15 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: SmithL
Rail authority passes plan for Calif. bullet train

In other news, a tire salesman, today, told me I needed new tires.

5 posted on 04/12/2012 3:59:37 PM PDT by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
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To: lurk

And with what electricity this train will run when coal plants are shut down?


6 posted on 04/12/2012 4:28:56 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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Maybe they’ll get good old wind power to push the trains. A good breeze should do it.


7 posted on 04/12/2012 4:45:52 PM PDT by lowbridge (Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
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Bullet pushed by wind sails... ha ha ha

Another train to nowhere. Welcome to Potemkin Californistan, an exercise in attracting gullible business and then ripping them off.


8 posted on 04/12/2012 4:52:41 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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