[realcleanguy]

Funny how this happens. If a republican governor diverted millions, in Browns case Billions, from other bonds and funds, democrats would be screaming

[Steely Tom]

working link: and only he knows why.

[Carry_Okie]

Part of that esteemed plan includes a provision to redirect some funds away from California’s cap-and-trade fund and into the high-speed rail boondoggle that Brown insists upon wearing as a political albatross around his neck — and only he knows why.

Half of Sacramento knows why. The big real estate speculators, politicians, and the heads of construction union/corporations (such as Bechtel) play illegal insider-trading pump-and-dump stock games associated with this monstrosity. Richard Blum and ChiFi, Willie Brown, and the Gerry Parsky Repulsivecans are in this game up to their necks. As soon as it's done, the State drops the stock on the bag-holders (probably CalPERS because their payments are guaranteed by taxpayers). I'll bet their uber-goons get a fat slice of the info-pie for selling out their "union-brothers."

They'll move on to the water tunnel and do the same thing.

Understanding this kind of game is why Trainor's book is a must read.