In 2008, California voters approved a measure authorizing $10 billion in bonds to fund a bullet train that would run from Los Angeles to San Francisco in its initial phase, and then from San Diego and inland cities to Sacramento in Phase II.
Completion was set for 2020. Other than some work in the Central Valley, however, the project stands today as basically a nightmare rather than a dream.
The train, similar to those in use in Japan and elsewhere, would take passengers from the City of Angels to the City by the Golden Gate in less than three hours.
The system, it was promised, would ferry 6.5 million daily passengers by 2030, about four times the number of passengers currently traversing the traffic-laden Northeast by train.
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Of course, things fell apart quickly here in what was once known as the Golden State, but is now more like the Stolen State, thanks to Demofiend machinations to allow illegal aliens to vote — not only that, but to buy their votes with free health care and education.
Not a bad deal for crossing the border under the cover of darkness and eluding patrol officers.
President Trump has already pulled federal funds dedicated to the project, but the authority running — er, mismanaging — the operation is now seeking $4 billion elsewhere from non-interested and nowhere-to-be-found investors and fromripped-off taxpayers.
None of this is going unnoticed in Washington, D.C. The House Oversight Committee is now taking a focused look-see.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer explained that “repeated use of misleading ridership projections, despite longstanding warnings from experts, raises serious questions about whether funds were allocated under false pretenses.”
Ya think?