Attorney for plaintiffs in bullet-train lawsuit suggests way out

Michael J. Brady, the Redwood City attorney for Kings County and other parties suing the California High-Speed Rail Authority, offers his theory on the easiest, cleanest way for Gov. Jerry Brown to abandon the bullet-train fiasco. This is from an email he sent out yesterday:
“There is a lot of disenchantment among proponents of HSR; the voters have turned against the project; the politicians are looking for a graceful way to exit from what is now regarded as a ‘loser.’ Here is the solution, step by step — a simple and popular solution:
“1. The Legislature passes an initiative which is designed to go before the voters for approval; [the Legislature can do this; no signature gathering is necessary]; the measure could go on the November, 2014, ballot; there is time;
“2. The measure would be blissfully simple and would provide as follows: all rounds remaining in the Proposition 1A bond fund are to be redesignated and transferred to a new bond fund and placed in that fund; the proceeds are to be used for the following four purposes: water projects; law enforcement infrastructure improvements; freeway repairs; school building construction; each to receive 25% (avoids squabbling);
“3. This is a win-win for the Legislature: popular programs that Demos and GOP both support; bipartisan approval;
“4. The voters will love it-high priority programs, much more popular than the ill-fated hsr;
“5. And look at the nature of the projects: all infrastructure, using union labor, thousands of jobs!
“6. It passes; everyone’s a hero! LET’S DO IT!”
Upon examination, not much of a union concession
I don’t like the union payoff much, but it’s a logical way to grease this compromise to approval. And any big state infrastructure projects will have PLAs, so it’s not much of a concession, at least if you support capital-improvement spending on “water projects; law enforcement infrastructure improvements; freeway repairs; school building construction.”
How unusual: a trial lawyer proposing a way to quickly wrap up a case for which he’s probably billing $400 an hour.
Good for you, Mike!
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One more boondoggle from the RAGWUS feeding politicians living in Sactown.
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Yawn!
What are “law enforcement infrastructure improvements”??
Prisons and jails Rex! Lets not leave out their new bag of killer toys also, can you say drones!! 🙂