Hyperloop soon to break ground
By James Poulos . Despite a consistent chorus of criticism from naysayers, the Hyperloop ultra-fast rail project has broken new ground, with a rapid timetable in place for its California debut. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, one of the leading companies dedicated to taking SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s revolutionary brainchild off the drawing board and into reality, went public with news […]
Steyer, Steyer, Pants on Feyer
. A decade ago, former CBS News correspondent Bernard Goldberg authored a book titled 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. If Goldberg were writing today about Californians, he would no doubt include billionaire Tom Steyer near the top of the list. Steyer achieved his extreme wealth as a hedge fund manager, an […]
Governor Jerry Brown “Water in the West”
Inaugurating the “California Conversation Series”, USC and the Los Angeles Times welcomed Governor Brown for a one-on-one discussion about water. Held at USC on June 9, 2015, seats could have been obtained on-line and questions submitted prior to the “conversation” as well. Fortunately, the event was streamed live for viewers around the world to watch. […]
Desalination Plants vs. Bullet Trains and Pensions
By Ed Ring Current policy solutions enacted to address California’s water crisis provide an object lesson in how corruption masquerading as virtue is impoverishing the general population to enrich a handful of elites. Instead of building freeways, order expanding ports, story restoring bridges and aqueducts, and constructing dams, desalination plants, and power stations, California’s taxpayers […]
Brown needn’t have worried about Washington Post’s bullet-train story
By Chris Reed . The most interesting part of the Sacramento Bee story Friday about Gov. Jerry Brown releasing 113 pages of emails from his private account was his apparent anxiety over what a Washington Post story had to say about the state’s bullet-train project. At 10:16 p.m. Jan. 5, ailment Brown sent out a […]
Oppose Brown Train to Nowhere on Tuesday
Make your voices heard on the High-Speed Rail! If possible, buy I encourage you to attend the California High-Speed Rail Authority Board Meeting on Tuesday, June 9 to advocate against the High-Speed Rail and its proposed route through our community. The Board will meet to hear final thoughts on which alignments will be included in the […]
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