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HSRA Archive
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It’s time to scuttle the CA high-speed rail project
Posted on May 18, 2011 | 5 Comments. . . Some individuals and groups continue to march forward even with full knowledge that their special interest project does not pencil out. The Wall Street Journal just published... -
Happy Birthday Amtrak
Posted on March 29, 2011 | 2 Comments. . . . . Amtrak, formerly the National Railroad Passenger Corp., celebrates its 40th birthday this week. As we debate the merits of a high-speed rail system in CA... -
Southern CA voters should demand a stop to HSR now
Posted on March 28, 2011 | 7 Comments. . . Our northern neighbors are taking an initiative that we should emulate in CA. Specifically they are concerned about a cost overrun on the deep bore tunnel in... -
While “special interests” promote CA HSR our bridge infrastructure is crumbling
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 7 Comments. . . While both our state and federal budgets are going over a financial cliff there are still those “special interests” who have blinders on as they can only see... -
Opponents of CA HSR gaining national momentum
Posted on March 10, 2011 | 3 Comments. . . Promoting sound expenditure of taxpayer funds is a full time job. Case in point is the effort to curtail wasting billions of dollars for a high-speed train in CA... -
California’s Hemorrhaging Debt does not faze our High Speed Rail Authority.
Posted on March 6, 2011 | 6 Comments. . . . . Today’s San Francisco Chronicle sounds the same alarm that some of us have been shouting for almost two years as we oppose the under funded high-speed... -
Reason Foundation: Florida rejects $2.4 billion High Speed Rail funds, so they’ll just get spent elsewhere.
Posted on March 4, 2011 | 2 Comments. . . Florida Rejects High-Speed Rail Money – Again, So LaHood Will Just Spend Elsewhere Robert Poole | March 4, 2011 Florida Gov. Rick Scott made the right decision... -
Comparing China high-speed rail vs CA HSR is not apples to apples
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 13 CommentsLet’s set the “feel good” emotions of high-speed rail aside for some realism. For over 50 years I have enjoyed the rush of high-speed starting with my involvement in... -
Is governor Schwarzenegger promoting a form of child abuse?
Posted on November 18, 2009 | 2 CommentsFor the past decade I have fallen into using non layman political correct terminology that shifts the focus away from out of control expenditures. Specifically the term “bonded indebtedness” when...
