Posts Tagged ‘high-speed rail’Most East Coast media misjudge CA bullet trainTuesday, February 19th, 2013 Feb. 19, 2013 By Chris Reed The immense perception gap between East Coast and West Coast journalists when it comes to reporting on the Golden State was never in sharper relief than in 2003. If you were in California, the recall of Gov. Gray Davis felt like a political earthquake, a sign of vas... CA bullet train crashes through federal, state safeguardsMonday, January 28th, 2013 Jan. 28, 2013 By Chris Reed Reports that the California High-Speed Rail Authority and Amtrak are teaming up to buy bullet trains and that the state is preparing for hundreds of eminent-domain property seizures in the Central Valley for the bullet train's first segment are grim reminders that ... No ‘time out’ for city in rail authority’s cross-hairsFriday, December 21st, 2012Dec. 21, 2012 By Chris Reed The nervousness is growing in Bakersfield as the California High-Speed Rail Authority moves toward locking into a route that will disrupt the lives of thousands of people -- and maybe for no reason. The rail line into and through Bakersfield won't be built in the... California election stirs up a tempestMonday, November 12th, 2012 Nov. 12, 2012 By Joseph Perkins As I watched the election returns this past Tuesday night (and into the wee hours of Wednesday morning), I was reminded of a line from "The Tempest," one of the Bard’s greatest hits: “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” Indeed, with Calif... Hearing offers peek into the Democratic mindWednesday, September 26th, 2012 Sept. 26, 2012 By Katy Grimes With either an infusion of new tax revenue or major cuts facing California, a theme is emerging as the November election nears. Said Assemblyman Sandre Swanson, D-Oakland, at a hearing Monday, "We are not running the state incompetently. We don't have enough re... 75 new CA laws signed by Gov. BrownSunday, September 23rd, 2012Sept. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes Gov. Jerry Brown was busy last week, signing some of the 700 bills on his desk into law. He also made a few vetoes--eight to be exact. Just what California needs--more laws. 75 new laws Here's a listing of the bills, signed into law, taken directly from t... Will Gov. Brown kill self-driving cars as threat to bullet train?Thursday, September 13th, 2012 Sept. 13 By Chris Reed Gov. Jerry Brown gave another hallucinatory endorsement to the bullet-train project in a weekend interview on CNN, depicting the plan as necessary for California's future. But the growing, glowing reports about the incredible promise offered by self-driving cars -- o... Brown, Dem Leg ignore aftermathMonday, September 10th, 2012 Sept. 10, 2012 By Katy Grimes What could anyone say to California's Democratic lawmakers to make them stop destroying the state? Faced with 700 new bills of potential laws and regulations on his desk, Gov. Jerry Brown can be part of the problem, or part of the solution. Brown likes to re... Cap and trade, or tax and raid?Tuesday, August 28th, 2012Aug. 28, 2012 Katy Grimes: An auction tax is one of the proposed methods for allocating permits to California businesses and public agencies which are subject to the AB 32 cap and trade program under preparation by the California Air Resources Board. AB 32 states that by the year 2020, the ... |