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Back to homepageBullet Train Costs Exploding
DEC. 22, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Trying to pin down an actual, quantifiable, explainable cost estimate for the 800-mile-long proposed high-speed rail system is one of the great games of covering the project. Going back even just two years, a
Read MoreState Board Loans State Dept Money
Dec. 17, 2010 By KATY GRIMES On Dec. 15, a state investment fund loaned more than a million dollars to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Pooled Money Investment Board, which approved the loan, plays a quiet role
Read MoreRail: Pork Barrel Land Scam
DEC. 12, 2010 By RICHARD TRAINOR When the bond initiative to build a peripheral canal fell apart this past June it might also have signaled the end of the line for the $45 billion high-speed train proposal. This is another
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Safety Officials Threaten Mutual Aid Cuts
DEC. 2, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A legislative committee that met this week to discuss whether budget cuts to California’s emergency management agencies would threaten mutual aid agreements, primarily reiterated the vastly divergent positions between agency directors who defended their
Read MoreFast Rail's Iffy Ridership Claims
DE C. 1, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO In one of the many examples of inefficiency surrounding the proposed California High-Speed Rail system, there are currently two active lawsuits, largely consisting of the same parties and many of the same issues,
Read MorePG&E Storm Workers
Katy Grimes: The recent dumping of snow and rain on Northern California left more than 20,000 people in Nevada, El Dorado, Placer, Yuba and Sierra Counties without power. The reports have been all over the news. And many people have
Read MoreI'm Not Flying!
John Seiler: Fortunately, California is such a beautiful state that there’s no reason to leave anyway, except to get a job. So I’m staying put until the fascist TSA stops treating passengers like concentration camp inmates. Here’s the latest: If
Read MoreS. Mateo DA vs. TSA Gropers
John Seiler: In this video, San Mateo D.A. Steve Wagstaffe says he will prosecute TSA officials if they sexually abuse passengers: Nov. 18, 2010
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