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Gov. Jerry Brown plans to fast-track high-speed rail through courts
San Jose Mercury News ^ | June 2, 2012 | By Mike Rosenberg

Posted on 06/02/2012 8:01:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to fast-track California's $69 billion high-speed rail project by easing legal scrutiny under the state's landmark environmental law, this newspaper learned Friday.

The proposal, which the Legislature would have to approve this month as part of launching the state's biggest-ever construction project, does not change the California Environmental Quality Act. But Brown's plan, while angering environmentalists, would have two major consequences.

First, it virtually takes away the final bullet in the chamber that project opponents were hoping to use to kill high-speed rail: a court-ordered injunction halting construction.

Second, the proposal adds to a growing number of large-scale projects that Brown and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have tried to exempt from the most intense environmental legal scrutiny by arguing that California needs to create jobs quickly.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: boondoggle; failure; rail; socialism
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To: vette6387
Yeah sure... we are all pig farmers and live in shanty's on Tobacco Road. We still beat our slaves and make them pick cotton until they drop.

When I speak about your State... I speak the truth... you speak of lies and stereotypes. Parchment has so much Federally supervised interference that people incarcerated there live a much higher standard of living than your average Californian will enjoy in the coming years. Since you now have devolved into slander... I will drop our conversation. It can go no further since you forced it beyond reality.

LLS

41 posted on 06/04/2012 4:06:32 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Hey LLS, did you happen to catch the Measure B’s in both San Diego and San Jose this evening? They pulled a Scott Walker on the PE unions on pensions with huge margins. We may end up having to impeach a few judges if they get in the way, but these are actions that will lead us back to sanity. Both cities have very large Hispanic and Asian populations, so you can’t say that they are “white votes.”


42 posted on 06/05/2012 11:34:58 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: LibLieSlayer

Hey LLS, did you happen to catch the Measure B’s in both San Diego and San Jose this evening? They pulled a Scott Walker on the PE unions on pensions with huge margins. We may end up having to impeach a few judges if they get in the way, but these are actions that will lead us back to sanity. Both cities have very large Hispanic and Asian populations, so you can’t say that they are “white votes.”


43 posted on 06/05/2012 11:35:12 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: vette6387
I did not but I thank you for informing me and I welcome any good news for this Republic. It put a smile on my face. I hope the left-wing judiciary doesn't step in and protect their marxist brethren. Good for California! Maybe there is some hope after all.

LLS

44 posted on 06/06/2012 4:01:22 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Here’s another interesting tidbit that you may have missed, the birth of the non-union union ( and in Fresno of all places)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2892209/posts


45 posted on 06/06/2012 9:43:28 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: LibLieSlayer

Here’s another interesting tidbit that you may have missed, the birth of the non-union union ( and in Fresno of all places)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2892209/posts


46 posted on 06/06/2012 9:43:28 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: LibLieSlayer

Here’s another interesting tidbit that you may have missed, the birth of the non-union union ( and in Fresno of all places)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2892209/posts


47 posted on 06/06/2012 9:43:28 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: LibLieSlayer

Here’s another interesting tidbit that you may have missed, the birth of the non-union union ( and in Fresno of all places)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2892209/posts


48 posted on 06/06/2012 9:43:45 AM PDT by vette6387
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Thanks... I’ll read it later tonight. We had a death in our family and I have to deal with the wake tonight and funeral tomorrow. I’ll read it without a doubt.

Thanks again.

LLS


49 posted on 06/06/2012 11:04:29 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Don't Tread On Me)
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