Comments on: Bullet-train route change doesn’t win over many

By: Dude

Dude — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 17:53:56 +0000

In reply to fletch92131. @ fletch92131 But Fletch, this project isn't based on cost effectiveness, or if it would be a benefit to Californians, or if there are already more logical and less expensive transportation methods available. It's all about the insidious relationship between the for-sale state government officials and the public employee unions; In this case, CalTrans. If the union promised pre/post election bribes to Gov. Phallic Head he would give them our money to build ice heaters in the Mojave Desert.

By: fletch92131

fletch92131 — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:24:58 +0000

In reply to Richard Rider. You're entirely correct, when is the state going to realize that we've had mid-range transportation measures available for almost half-century, and it's called air travel. Just get your nearest airport and travel all over the state at your leisure. No long-term bonds required, no tunneling, no additional tracks required.

By: Queeg

Queeg — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 03:07:05 +0000

Comrades

Jerry wants to build a wall around California. Tons of border patrol jobs, possibly, to keep residents in our State.

By: eck

eck — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 01:59:30 +0000

In reply to Dawn Urbanek.

Your kid gets no science?? What planet are you on? OK, art and music (why don’t you provide some of these – after all they’re YOUR kids, not mine), but there’s plenty of science if you want it.

By: desmond

desmond — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 01:27:27 +0000

Isn’t it obvious the plan is to bring Cal. public education to the level of a mud schoolhouse in Juarez)”with dirt floors, two holes in a corner to crap in, (next to lunch storage), one textbook in a language no one recognizes for every five kids? Meanwhile, save for college(alot), while Mario gets a free ride majoring in “Revenge tactics against kids of Eastern European Heritage.”
Tell Stash to prepare for a challenging life defending the right to eat Kielbasa.

By: Queeg

Queeg — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:57:19 +0000

Comrades

Always more….more….more.

Utopia ain’t cheap doomers……

By: Dawn Urbanek

Dawn Urbanek — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:52:11 +0000

TRAIN or BRAIN? Train wins every time. I am voting for Donald Trump because no one is representing what is in the best interest of my child. We have whole schools that get no art or music or science because their parents cannot afford to fundraise. And if you complain that that is not “fair” or “equal” the CDE now says that alignment with minimum State Content Standards and Curriculum Frameworks are no longer required- just recommended. Subject content and instructional time are left to the discretion of the individual classroom teacher- OMG has CA lost its collective mind?

By: Dawn Urbanek

Dawn Urbanek — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:44:39 +0000

I am a bit confused- all the people of California want according to our Constitution is a great Public Education System- but while every tax measure ever put on the ballot says ,,, “its for the kids” if you look at where the money actually goes it is never to the kids. Know one really understands that Jerry Brown specifically designed the State’s new LCFF (education funding law) to fund K-12 public education at 2007-08 levels by 2021. In 2007-08 the State had revenues of $103 billion – today there is over $125 billion. CA is 48th in the nation in per pupil funding because Jerry Brown intentionally underfunds wealth suburban school districts so that he can use those revenues to fund new programs and entitlements that are not constitutionally mandated and do not benefit a single legal resident- stupid things like a train, Really? Has anyone seen the test data which shows that our wealthy suburban school district kids are testing on the same proficiency levels as people who have just walked across the boarder from other countries? It is not that we have closed the academic gap in a good way- we have denied our kids the ability to reach their own academic potential. How sad for CA and how sad for the United States since CA educates 1 in 8 students in our nation. Way to go CA!!!

By: David Wiltsee

David Wiltsee — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 22:49:35 +0000

It’s time to start pressing legislative candidates to put a stop to this folly. There is no way HSR will survive after Gov Brown leaves office in 2019. The only question is how much money will be spent to enrich contractors and HSR board members in the meantime.

By: Richard Rider

Richard Rider — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:59:00 +0000

If it cost almost a billion dollars per tunnel mile in Singapore, it will cost AT LEAST $2 billion a mile in California. Probably significantly more.

Fortunately money DOES grow on trees in Sacramento. At least I’ve been assured that such is the case.

And the CA money trees catch scurvy, we can always rely on Congress to dole out billions and billions of dollars to the oh-so-lovable Golden State.

We’ve got a plan!