Comments on: As consultant, bullet-train boss helped write doomed business plan https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/04/as-consultant-bullet-train-boss-helped-write-doomed-business-plan/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bill Gore https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/04/as-consultant-bullet-train-boss-helped-write-doomed-business-plan/#comment-63704 Sat, 11 Jan 2014 02:46:50 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=56794#comment-63704 I know Jeff Morales. He is a smart, funny guy. He’s also not an asshole or especially greedy, which for a guy that at this point is in fact a democrat political operative, is saying a lot….I think he sleepwalked into this project, which would have been doable in the 1960’s, and now like a La Brea cat he is stuck. What has changed since the 60’s, you may ask? Well, California is not open for business, armies of lilliputian activists and attorneys scour the landscape looking for litigation targets, the cost of everything has exploded, etc. And, of course, in the long term California could really use cheap, reliable rail transportation. Especially when gas is north of $5 a gallon. But forget high speed bullet trains-for some reason these are a major wet dream with planners and politicians. Think cheap, reliable diesel or electric. More Switzerland, less Japan.

As for Jeff, he should ingratiate himself with the Dowager Empress Hillary, then he could be appointed mayor of, say, San Francisco. This would rehabilitate his career. Then maybe on to Congress…

]]> By: Rex the Wonder Dog! https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/04/as-consultant-bullet-train-boss-helped-write-doomed-business-plan/#comment-61734 Sun, 05 Jan 2014 05:04:25 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=56794#comment-61734 The slow speed fail is done, there is no saving it now. I am surprised Clown is still backing it.

]]> By: eck https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/04/as-consultant-bullet-train-boss-helped-write-doomed-business-plan/#comment-61729 Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:38:21 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=56794#comment-61729 Wow, there’s enough cronyism, graft, and corruption in this high speed “fail” story to make a good case that we’re not the CA, but the Banana, Republic.

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