Tag "California High-Speed Rail Authority"
Back to homepageHigh-speed special interest halts bill
April 24, 2012 By Katy Grimes The Legislature appears to have killed one more attempt to reel in the out-of-control high-speed rail checkbook. But despite facts, numbers and alternatives to the nearly $100 billion project, Democratic lawmakers appeared to be
Read MoreChino Hills in the news again
April 23, 2012 By Katy Grimes Following up the many stories I’ve done on the Southern California Edison Tehachapi Transmission Renewable Energy Project is a very important bill in the Utilities and Commerce committee today. AB 2235 by Assemblyman Curt
Read More‘No justification to build’ high-speed rail
April 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes The official recommendation is out from the Legislative Analyst’s Office – High-speed rail should not be built. Duh. That’s not a “duh” to the LAO; that’s a “duh” to all of the supporters and
Read MoreSocial engineers drive bullet train
April 16, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — Americans suffer under the delusion that transportation systems are just that — systems for transporting people from one destination to another. What most of us fail to recognize is that the politicians,
Read MoreGreenhut dissects High-Speed Rail boondoggle
April 9, 2012 By John Seiler Writing on Bloomberg, our Contributing Editor Steven Greenhut dissects the latest shenanigans in the High-Speed Rail boondoggle. An excerpt: The California High-Speed Rail Authority has a serious public-relations hurdle: how to sell its proposed
Read MoreCalifornia needs adult supervision
April 9, 2012 By Katy Grimes More than ever, California is a state run by children. Selfish, self-absorbed state officials and lawmakers have been implementing pet policies and legislation for so many decades, they are now arguing among themselves over
Read MoreCA Energy Schemes: ‘We are getting fleeced’
April 5, 2012 By Katy Grimes The California Air Resources Board has created a stealthy new corporation in Delaware. The Western Climate Initiative Inc., which will manage cap-and-trade programs, even has its own form of currency. WCI Inc. says it exists “to perform
Read MoreGovernance by Boondoggle
FEB. 29, 2012 The road to California’s financial recovery will be long and arduous. But a first good step is putting an end to taxpayer-financed boondoggles. We know from the collapse of the Soviet Union and other failed regimes around
Read MoreObama Backs High-Speed Boondoggle
John Seiler: Presidents live in a cocoon. Inside the cocoon are a few advisers and Secret Service agents. The cocoon gets smaller and tighter the longer a president is in office. It happened to President Bush, who was totally clueless
Read MoreCalifornia Energy Crash Coming
FEB. 8, 2012 By KATY GRIMES Ready for more electricity blackouts? With California’s renewable energy mandates, cap and trade requirements, and implementation of AB 32, it is becoming increasingly clear that California is at a precarious energy crossroads, and one
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