Hmm.. Is there hope for California yet Solar?????
The jobs sound good.  But it is like pouring money down a rat hole.

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Fifty-five percent of voters want to see the high-speed rail bond issue that was approved in 2008 back on the ballot, and 59 percent say they would now vote against it, according to the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times survey (lat.ms/N9tTcm) published Saturday.


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A majority of voters have turned against the ambitious undertaking just as Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing lawmakers to approve the start of construction in the Central Valley later this year.



more @
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20120603/US.High.Speed.Rail/

California is still gonna go down the tubes no matter what.


Billy

Quote from: Bad water BILLY on June 03, 2012, 08:31:25 PM
California is still gonna go down the tubes no matter what.


Billy

Yeah. Their public worker unions - along with all their enviro-nut laws - are killing them.

Quote from: mdgiles on June 04, 2012, 07:43:20 AM
Yeah. Their public worker unions - along with all their enviro-nut laws - are killing them.

Give Obama another four years, and every other state can look forward to the insanity that is California. He considers California the model state for the rest of the country.

Okay, everybody, listen close!

PASSENGER TRAINS LOOSE MONEY!

Even back in the days before Amtrak, when each railroad ran its own passenger trains the saying went something like this; passenger trains will make your reputation, freight trains will make you money!

'nuff said!

-Dr Watt

This won't stop them from building it...

Quote from: The Boo Man... on June 04, 2012, 06:07:18 PM
This won't stop them from building it...

I think every state has that problem.  We vote it down and they ram it down our throats.   My big problem is when a big city like Seattle wants something and they make the whole state pay for it. 

If we can get this on the ballot, we'll kill it.
This only serves two places in the state, the Bay area and LA, two liberal hubs, the rest of us would have to drive 100 miles or more just to get on the train.
I'll drive or fly, screw these libs and their toys.

Quote from: Dr_Watt on June 04, 2012, 05:49:44 PM
Okay, everybody, listen close!

PASSENGER TRAINS LOOSE MONEY!

Even back in the days before Amtrak, when each railroad ran its own passenger trains the saying went something like this; passenger trains will make your reputation, freight trains will make you money!

'nuff said!

-Dr Watt

So true. The city here built a commuter train, much like the coaster train on the pacific coast, that goes from 30 miles inland to the coast. It's a total bust. I don't think more than 20 people ride it at any given time. These are the so called progressive ideas that are bankrupting California.

Quote from: walkstall on June 03, 2012, 08:24:18 PM
           
Hmm.. Is there hope for California yet Solar?????
The jobs sound good.  But it is like pouring money down a rat hole.

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snip~
Fifty-five percent of voters want to see the high-speed rail bond issue that was approved in 2008 back on the ballot, and 59 percent say they would now vote against it, according to the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times survey (lat.ms/N9tTcm) published Saturday.


snip~
A majority of voters have turned against the ambitious undertaking just as Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing lawmakers to approve the start of construction in the Central Valley later this year.



more @
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20120603/US.High.Speed.Rail/

It will make absolutly no differance to Gov Moonbeam Brown.

The unrepentant symbiosis between Governor Moonbeam-Ronstadt and Dear Leader lends a new dimension to the term "pitching woo." DL has never printed a stimulus dollar that Moonbeam wouldn't bend over to get.

Presenting
The California high-speed rail-system work completed so far:


























um, guys... ?










well, they've been spending the money at least.  Voters shouldn't rush Feinstein's hubby tho.  There's a lot to consult about... like how to spend even more before the project actually gets started.

http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2013/11/23/ca-high-speed-rail-fail-600-million-spent-mile-track-laid/

Quote from: BILLY Defiant on June 03, 2012, 08:31:25 PM
California is still gonna go down the tubes no matter what. 
Billy

You better hope not!  If CA goes down the tubes, the country goes down the tubes.  CA is
the 8th or 9th largest economy in the WORLD.  1 in 10 Americans lives there.  And at least 15% of
the GDP of the 50 states comes from that one state.  (PS About 1/2 of the GDP, from 5 states supports
the other 45).  Careful who wish will fail.

Quote from: cpicturetaker12 on November 25, 2013, 04:14:44 PM
You better hope not!  If CA goes down the tubes, the country goes down the tubes.  CA is
the 8th or 9th largest economy in the WORLD.  1 in 10 Americans lives there.  And at least 15% of
the GDP of the 50 states comes from that one state.  (PS About 1/2 of the GDP, from 5 states supports
the other 45).  Careful who wish will fail.

If all that is so, you'd think the state would take better care of itself, wouldn't you?

CA is going down the tubes. We'll see what sort of catastrophe that turns out to be.

Quote from: cpicturetaker12 on November 25, 2013, 04:14:44 PM
You better hope not!  If CA goes down the tubes, the country goes down the tubes.  CA is
the 8th or 9th largest economy in the WORLD.  1 in 10 Americans lives there.  And at least 15% of
the GDP of the 50 states comes from that one state.  (PS About 1/2 of the GDP, from 5 states supports
the other 45).  Careful who wish will fail.

That might mean something if the debt wasn't so heavy and the taxes so high