Posts Tagged ‘high-speed rail’Only hope for further state bullet train $$ is goneWednesday, May 1st, 2013 May 1, 2013 By Chris Reed We've seen some very good reporting about the bullet-train fiasco from around the state. The two best recent examples are stories outlining the chicanery in the bidding process for the contractor for the first segment and describing how the California High-Speed Rail ... How bullet-train fiasco maintains support, momentumMonday, April 15th, 2013 April 15, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi It may be unpleasant to contemplate, but opposing California’s high-speed rail project with a green-eyeshade strategy that targets its estimated huge annual losses seems likely to be a loser. Project opponents may need to find another approach, given how such... No, Sac Bee, bullet train doesn’t have moral high groundSaturday, April 6th, 2013 April 6, 2013 By Chris Reed The Sacramento Bee's editorial Friday lambasting House Republicans for opposing using borrowed federal money to build California's bullet train was noteworthy for its tone. The Bee editorial board seems to be under the deluded impression that project advocates have ... Is there ever any positive news about the bullet train?Thursday, April 4th, 2013April 4, 2013 By Chris Reed Is there ever any hard, legit good news about the California High-Speed Rail Authority's plan to build a state bullet-train network? The stories last week about the U.S. Government Accountability Office depicting CHSRA's ridership estimates as reasonable were onl... Bullet train: Is L.A. Times’ beat reporter ashamed of edit page?Thursday, March 28th, 2013 March 28, 2013 By Chris Reed There's been quite a bit of good reporting done on the bullet-train fiasco. Mike Rosenberg of the San Jose Mercury-News and Lance Williams of California Watch jump to mind. But Ralph Vartabedian of the Los Angeles Times probably deserves top honors. Vartabedian'... Good and bad news on bullet train(s) frontSunday, March 24th, 2013March 24, 2013 By Chris Reed As I wrote last week, the budget that Senate Democrats have embraced contains so little discretionary funding for California's bullet-train project that it is impossible to see how the $68 billion project ever gets done. But here's an interesting twist. The prim... Only 54% oppose bullet train? SheeshThursday, March 21st, 2013March 22, 2013 By Chris Reed When word came out Thursday night that a new PPIC poll showed the public was against the bullet train fiasco, I wasn't surprised. But only 54 percent? Wow. Here's John Myers' account: "The survey from the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California finds vir... In same spirit as ‘courtesy flush,’ ‘courtesy vote’Monday, March 18th, 2013March 18, 2013 By Chris Reed The fact that on March 6 a member of the bullet train's board of directors -- former San Diego congresswoman Lynn Schenk -- had blocked approval of the California High-Speed Rail Authority's plan to integrate bullet trains with regular trains in the Bay Area barely... KFI’s John & Ken discuss ‘Browndoggle’ with CWD’s Chris ReedSaturday, March 16th, 2013 March 16. 2013 In an interview with CalWatchdog contributor Chris Reed, KFI 640 AM's John and Ken discussed the fiasco that is the California bullet-train project, which they call the "Browndoggle." The interview begins at the 5:35 p.m. point of their Friday show -- about halfway through this ... |