Jerry Brown Defends Spending Billions On The ObamaRail
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Govorner Jerry Brown apparently thinks having the state of California spend billions of dollars it does not have is a good idea. From the SF Chronicle:
Gov. Jerry Brown took ownership of California’s controversial high-speed-rail project on Wednesday in his State of the State speech, forcefully defending the plan that has received blistering bipartisan criticism in recent weeks.
Brown likened the project to massive infrastructure advances of past decades, including the building of the Panama Canal, BART and the interstate highway system – all of which he said were derided in their time – and he called on the Legislature to approve several billion dollars in funding for the first phase of construction “without any hesitation.”
“Those who believe that California is in decline will naturally shrink back from such a strenuous undertaking,” Brown said in his 20-minute speech to the Legislature and other dignitaries gathered at the Capitol. “I understand that feeling, but I don’t share it because I know this state and the spirit of the people who choose to live here.”
Brown also used his address to propose changes in schools to shift power from the state to local officials and to cut down on student testing, and said the plan for a huge project to move water through or around the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta would take shape this summer. He also said California was on the financial mend and that the state is in position to become the epicenter of renewable-energy development…
Building the ObamaRail makes no sense, no one wants it except career politicians.
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