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California Governor Gavin Newsom Cancels High-speed Rail: ‘Would Cost Too Much and Take Too Long’
Breitbart ^ | 12 Feb 19 | hapnHal

Posted on 02/12/2019 7:55:28 PM PST by hapnHal

Edited on 02/12/2019 8:59:04 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday in his

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: anotherstupidvanity; belongsinchat; california; gavinnewsom; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; highspeedrail; hsr; medicareforall; obamacare; postedseveraltimes; sacramento; sandiego; train; williegreenexpress; zotthisfool
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1 posted on 02/12/2019 7:55:28 PM PST by hapnHal
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former Governor Brown?

zzz


2 posted on 02/12/2019 7:58:07 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So they will now just rip down the construction already done on this IDIOTIC project!!!


3 posted on 02/12/2019 7:59:52 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: hapnHal

I’m in California. The rest of the country doesn’t quite realize how HUGE this is. Not yet.
So long as we know it here.
This might be Pelosi’s way of warning AOC to keep all that Green Sh** to yourself, at least until after 2020!

I cannot wait to confront a co-worker with this information
tomorrow! I am ready to GLOAT!!


4 posted on 02/12/2019 7:59:55 PM PST by lee martell
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To: hapnHal

It was never really going to go from LA to SF, but would go through the Central Valley so the illegal aliens can get around.

He didn’t cancel that part of it, Bakersfield to, I think, Merced.


5 posted on 02/12/2019 8:00:10 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: hapnHal

Now if Trump has learned anything from the Sicilians he met in the NYC construction business he would know how to use this opportunity. His Democratic enemies in California were heavily involved in this project. Trump should order an immediate forensic accounting audit of the $2.5 billion Federal “subsidy” given to this “project”. He’ll snare most of the Democratic Party leadership and put them in prison.


6 posted on 02/12/2019 8:02:31 PM PST by allendale (.)
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California Governor Newsome Wants to Complete High-Speed Rail From Merced to Bakersfield
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/02/california-governor-newsome-wants-to-complete-high-speed-rail-from-merced-to-bakersfield.html

“California will spend $1.6 billion so they do not have to return $3.5 billion to the federal government.”

Bad governance as its worst. Pi$$ away $1.6billion in state money in order to pi$$ away #/5 billion of federal money?

It's criminal!

7 posted on 02/12/2019 8:03:18 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Calif. is abandoning statewide high-speed rail;Gov.Newsom vows to keep $3.5B in federal funds
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3727329/posts
02/12/2019 1:35:51 PM PST · by Red Badger · 45 replies
twitchy.com ^ | Posted at 2:40 pm on February 12, 2019 | by Greg P.

Gavin Newsom ditching California high-speed rail shows why Green New Deal is doomed
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3727327/posts
02/12/2019 1:33:27 PM PST · by Liberty7732 · 10 replies
Washington Examiner ^ | 02/12/19

Gov. Newsom abandons California high-speed rail plan!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3727289/posts
02/12/2019 12:17:45 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 69 replies
Axios ^ | 02/12/2019 | Shannon Vavra

Gov. Newsom ending high-speed rail project between SF, LA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3727286/posts
02/12/2019 12:12:31 PM PST · by tcrlaf · 39 replies
ABC-7 ^ | 2-12-2019 | AP


8 posted on 02/12/2019 8:03:51 PM PST by Repeal The 17th
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To: hapnHal

If by some miracle Republican John Cox was Elected instead of Newscum and he cancelled this White Elephant, the Liberals would be going ballistic and there would be riots in the streets.

Since Newscum did it, crickets. He is one of their own.


9 posted on 02/12/2019 8:04:47 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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From that same article:

How Can They Keep the $7.5 Billion Bond Money?

There are legal issues around the $7.5 billion Proposition 1A bond measure.

The bond measure had legal requirements:

(1) Can the train travel from Los Angeles (Union Station) to San Francisco (Transbay Terminal) in two hours and 40 minutes?

(2) Will the train require an operational subsidy?

(3) Does the new “blended system” approach meet the definition of high-speed rail in Proposition 1A?

The 110 or 120-mile segment will not allow any train to travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco in two hours and 40 minutes. There is no way anything can operate on that line without an operational subsidy.


10 posted on 02/12/2019 8:05:39 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Apparently, those who were tagged to do well in this deal already have theirs, so, no reason to continue.


11 posted on 02/12/2019 8:06:10 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.”)
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To: allendale

I want to know about the $3 billion Gavin is refusing to give back.


12 posted on 02/12/2019 8:07:27 PM PST by McGavin999 (Border security without a wall is like having a Ring doorbell without a door)
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To: ifinnegan

A bullet train between Bakersfield and Merced—two major population centers. What kind of ridership are they expecting on that?


13 posted on 02/12/2019 8:08:07 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: The Antiyuppie

“Mongo only Pawn in Game of Life”


14 posted on 02/12/2019 8:08:31 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: allendale
Trump should order an immediate forensic accounting audit of the $2.5 billion Federal “subsidy” given to this “project”. He’ll snare most of the Democratic Party leadership and put them in prison.

Yes, immediate, thorough, and transparent. One suspects that there might be some felonies thereabouts.

15 posted on 02/12/2019 8:08:39 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in-never, never,never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill)
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To: hanamizu

Cowboys and Mexican laborers?


16 posted on 02/12/2019 8:09:41 PM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: hapnHal
Only about the 5th report today. 👹🚄🚂
17 posted on 02/12/2019 8:09:45 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: BenLurkin

How about rebuilding that nightmare RT 99 rather than pi$$ing the remaining money away on this boondoggle?


18 posted on 02/12/2019 8:12:05 PM PST by hardspunned
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To: hapnHal

Luckily, Obama is not still president, otherwise, he would have come to the rescue and asked congress/Pelosi to fund the entire project, as part of AOC’s plan to ‘rescue the planet’.


19 posted on 02/12/2019 8:12:36 PM PST by adorno
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To: hanamizu

Cheap central valley labor for the future amazon distribution center in Bakersfield?


20 posted on 02/12/2019 8:13:09 PM PST by Califreak (If Obama had been treated like Trump the US would have been burnt down before Inauguration Day)
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