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Will China Invest in California?
by L.A. Times
Gov. Jerry Brown's trade mission to China this week is intersecting with one of the most controversial issues of his governorship: California's $68-billion bullet train.
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By Keith Koffler Well, at least CNN hasn’t become MSNBC just yet. I thought you might want to see this report by America’s original cable news outlet on the $12 billion has been spent by Obama on his high-speed rail pipe...49 opinions2013/03/27 15:58:49
Though California voters approved nearly $10 billion in state bonds to pay for the first phase of the project, a new survey from the Public Policy Institute of California found that they remain divided over the proposal, w...1 opinion2013/03/22 11:27:32
What do high school dropouts, convicted felons and union apprentices have in common? They’re all “disadvantaged” workers who — alongside veterans, former foster children and single parents — must account for at least ...2 opinions2013/03/27 20:25:21
http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Politics/Xpres... While the Transportation Department warns that the sequester will lead to cutbacks causing snarled lines at airports across America, the agency is still cons...1 opinion2013/03/14 11:04:20
"Sen. Diane Feinstein’s husband Richard Blum won a construction contract for California’s high-speed rail project, reports the California Political Review . Author Laer Pearce says Perini-Zachary-Parsons, a construction ...75 opinions2013/05/02 15:10:11
An unhinged Chris Matthews on Thursday launched into a bewildering rant, lamenting the scandals swirling around the President and suggesting that Germany may have actually won World War II because the country has hig...32 opinions2013/06/01 17:21:02
Yes, High Speed rail is coming to California and yes they know that our nation is facing a economic slump and they well also face coast overruns but the rail improvement will out way the coast. They will have less than 3hr...10 opinions2012/07/07 12:29:43
Politicians have played a balancing act with public services. California Gov. Brown spends money on high-speed rail program while community colleges face closures.132 opinions2012/07/07 22:56:58
California OKs funding for high-speed rail line By JUDY LIN SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California lawmakers approved billions of dollars Friday in construction financing for the initial segment of the nation's firs...12 opinions2012/07/07 03:14:18-
California is spending more than $300 million to buy out farms and hundreds of other properties along a high-speed rail project route — in many cases, against the landowners’ will. While Central Valley construction worker...18 opinions2012/11/23 14:35:38
AND HOW MUCH OF THOSE BILLIONS WOULD GO FAR TO GET CALIFORNIA OUT OF THE RED? IF IT WERE ME I WOULD NOT BY ONE BOND FOR A WORTHLESS PIPE DREAM, California approves funding for high-speed rail line California lawmakers ap...5 opinions2012/07/07 01:44:44
A $100 billion boondoggle that's supposed to protect the environment needing environmental waivers to get built? No, really... The Brown administration is preparing a proposal to limit environmental challenges to Cal...3 opinions2012/06/03 14:23:44
Sweden's high speed rail may ruin Christmas if it continues at the pace of killing 800 reindeer each year -- 100 times the number of reindeer on Santa Claus' legendary sleigh. Sweden's The Local reports: A new high-speed...51 opinions2012/03/13 21:57:14
There is no way moonbeam can come up with the $100 Billion (actually more will be needed) to build his choo choo train. Moonbeam thinks he can use "Carbon Taxes" to pay for it... LOL.... Who is he kidding? There won't b...28 opinions2012/01/31 18:05:27
Four years ago, Senator Barack Obama promised that if he was elected, he would create thousands of new construction jobs. When he was inaugurated, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a total of 6,558,000 construction ...8 opinions2012/10/16 17:06:45