Gov. Jerry Brown plans to fast-track high-speed rail through courts?

Fear not friends and neighbors this is just another way to shuffle money from the federal government so it won't be "lost." Does anyone recall where the money was going to be used for lottery tickets? Schools, correcto! Where did it go? CA's General Fund.

Perhaps you recall the monies generated from vanity plates in 1993? Money to go to education correcto again! Where did it go? CA's General Fund.

Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to fast-track California’s $69 billion high-speed rail project by easing legal scrutiny under the state’s landmark environmental law, this newspaper learned Friday.

The proposal, which the Legislature would have to approve this month as part of launching the state’s biggest-ever construction project, does not change the California Environmental Quality Act. But Brown’s plan, while angering environmentalists, would have two major consequences.