High-speed rail about to go in reverse?

The Orange County Register blog Orange Punch ^ | 3-21-2012 | Mark Landsbaum

[landsbaum]

Some folks who want to undo the boondoggle also known as California’s High-Speed Rail project took a step closer to that reality yesterday when their ballot initiative was cleared to collect signatures.

Republican state Sen. Doug LaMalfa and former congressman George Radanovich seek to derail the train, but now need signatures of 504,760 registered voters to qualify their measure for the November ballot. They’ve have until Aug. 13.

We’re hoping they get what they need. But a few obstacles remain, and they aren’t insubstantial...

[RGF]

I’ll sign it a couple times.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Hi speed ferries. Cheaper infrastructure, less people to run it and for the most part it is earthquake proof.

[Standing Wolf]

First, it’s costly to collect those signatures, so it’s no certainty that enough paid signature gatherers will collect enough signatures. It’ll cost them, or someone, about two or three bucks per name to get this on the ballot.

No, no, no, no, no! Those guys are so dumb! They can find bums in Wisconsin to sign petitions all day long for the minimum wage. So what if that'd be illegal? Do representatives of the Democratic [sic] party care about minor details?