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Gov. Newsom abandons California high-speed rail plan!
Axios ^ | 02/12/2019 | Shannon Vavra

Posted on 02/12/2019 12:17:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that the state will no longer pursue plans to build an estimated $77 billion high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco because the project "would cost too much and respectfully take too long," per the AP.

The big picture: The project was years behind schedule with an estimated completion date of 2033. It had been hamstrung by political backlash in the state, and polling showed that a majority of Californians disapproved of the plan as costs ballooned.

Similar proposals for high-speed trains on the East Coast, including along the heavily trafficked Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and Boston, have also fallen apart due to opposition and massive cost estimates, per the New York Times.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: California
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; california; gavinnewsom; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; highspeedrail; highspeedtrains; hsr; newsom; sacramento; sandiego; williegreenexpress
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1 posted on 02/12/2019 12:17:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

He can’t cancel the train. How will he get rid of the airplanes????


2 posted on 02/12/2019 12:19:14 PM PST by John Leland 1789
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To: SeekAndFind

Someone’s pulling our leg, right?


3 posted on 02/12/2019 12:19:54 PM PST by technically right
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To: John Leland 1789

That noise you hear is Willie Green shouting, “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”


4 posted on 02/12/2019 12:20:22 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well as a Central Californian, I see a bit of a silver lining and hope it’s true.


5 posted on 02/12/2019 12:20:29 PM PST by georgiegirl (Count me Deplorable)
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To: SeekAndFind

CA govt is going to have to face reality. They are out of cash and living on fumes. And taxpayers are leaving.


6 posted on 02/12/2019 12:20:41 PM PST by lurk
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To: SeekAndFind

First month taxes shortfall already paying dividends.


7 posted on 02/12/2019 12:21:00 PM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: SeekAndFind

Another victim of the El Chapo trial.


8 posted on 02/12/2019 12:21:36 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: John Leland 1789

We could get rid of Davis Bacon and cut the costs in half. That’s not enough to justify the California boondoggle but it would change a lot of calculations on the Northeast Corridor.


9 posted on 02/12/2019 12:21:59 PM PST by sphinx
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To: SeekAndFind

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is going to be pissed!


10 posted on 02/12/2019 12:22:24 PM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENT)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hmmm...so what you’re saying is that the cronies that Gavin Newsom has to pay off are different than the cronies that Gerry Brown has to pay off.


11 posted on 02/12/2019 12:23:09 PM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: SeekAndFind

The problem is the rail didn’t cross any oceans..as per the green deal.


12 posted on 02/12/2019 12:24:34 PM PST by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: dfwgator; Willie Green

Paging Willie Green.


13 posted on 02/12/2019 12:25:28 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: SeekAndFind

Alexandria of Green New Deal fame will not be pleased.


14 posted on 02/12/2019 12:26:17 PM PST by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. A)
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To: SeekAndFind

So what does California have to show for the BILLIONS already spent? And what will they do with those abandoned parts?


15 posted on 02/12/2019 12:28:31 PM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENT)
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To: SeekAndFind

Unions, politicians and the various organized crime groups (though certainly to a lesser extent than even 2 decades ago) just lost a lot of money.


16 posted on 02/12/2019 12:30:34 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: SeekAndFind

For more commentary:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3727286/posts


17 posted on 02/12/2019 12:30:43 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Was Feinstein’s husband consulted beforehand so he could sell his land holdings before prices plummet?

The cronies must be taken care of.


18 posted on 02/12/2019 12:34:04 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( Wake me when a prominent democrat gets prosecuted. ))))
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To: SeekAndFind

Hey, you can be damned sure Tutor-Perini aka DiFi’s hubby’s firm got their chunk and so did a lot of lawyers, now what do they do with the chunks of stuff already built?


19 posted on 02/12/2019 12:34:12 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: House Atreides
And what will they do with those abandoned parts?

I met a traveler from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert...Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

-- Percy Shelley

20 posted on 02/12/2019 12:34:54 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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