Did you know that the proposed High Speed rail project that is going to cut through hundreds of homes in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Peninsula region, the one that is still under scrutiny, is a done deal?
Yea… me too.
On 11-4-08, voters did not read their voter pamphlets on the High Speed Rail Initiative and passed it happily. Now lawsuits, delayed studies and what not are in the mix.
The High Speed Rail Initiative would widen the rail corridors BY 4 to 5 TIMES, where by eminent domain, (Which seems imminent) hundreds of homes will be taken from home owners.
Every time I read something about Quentin Kopp, who is the Chairperson of the California High Speed Rail Authority, he seems to speak as if no one’ else’s opinion matters. He’s got a one-track mind that is set on getting this project pushed through, regardless of citizen concerns.
Even though the cost of this project could pay off the debt of California a few times over, Kopp has been quoted to saying this project is a “Done deal.“
In a Bay Area, local Peninsula newspaper, The Daily Post, an interesting article popped up.
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