Wednesday, January 26, 2011

More about the HSR threat from the Central Valley

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4510016/farmers-unhappy-with-high-speed-rail-in-calif-/?playlist_id=87185

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4510557/is-calif-bullet-train-proposal-fiscally-irresponsible/?playlist_id=87185

More videos and they aren't cute.  Furthermore, it's from Fox News, which, I don't have to tell you, has a Republican bias.

Here's Supervisor Bigelow from Madera County saying more or less what many of have been saying for years about this project.  Like the prior video sent earlier today, the interviewer, Adam Shapiro, is feeding Mr. Bigelow all the answers to his own questions.  I can only assume that they agreed to this stilted routine prior to the interview being shot on camera.

The point is, that people haven't known or cared until it came knocking on their front door.  Also, most people -- the voters of California -- weren't informed about the major financial crisis that would also come knocking on their door and the doors of every country in the world.

I'm afraid that there will need to be a lot more Mr. Bigelows before decision makers bite the bullet and make some hard and painful choices about whether to continue this project or terminate it.