California’s high speed rail project is proceeding as expected — well, as many expected, which is to say the huge cost over-runs and a time frames that keeps expanding are continuing:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Cost of San Francisco-Los Angeles bullet train jumps 20 percent to $77 billion, opening date extended 4 years to 2033.
Full business plan: https://t.co/Brqfc2bPqf
— Kathleen Ronayne (@kronayne) March 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/joelengel/status/972200423913283585
California progressive politicians are going to have to create a separate sanctuary city where residents can seek protection from all the red ink that the state’s going to drown in.
“Gee, what a surprise.” -Nobody
— Will Collier (@willcollier) March 9, 2018
Huh, if only anyone with a functioning brain pan had seen this coming… https://t.co/FC3hXnuPAp
— Brad Slager – Under The Top ? ??? (@MartiniShark) March 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/coronadorukus/status/972199560662716417
When you're so bloated with bureaucracy you can't build a railroad. https://t.co/spo0SGUi5l
— Dr Mantis Toboggan (@TheBigWoodsman) March 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/UriahDawkins/status/972204146823643136
And yet nobody’s laughing.
When will people realize there is no end in sight. This train needs to be stopped. Period.
— Tom Scott (@TomScottCA) March 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/KesaraRiku/status/972198776482930688
When reporting on this you should note when the project started.
2008.
To put the entire debacle into perspective. https://t.co/OsCMFulvJV
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 9, 2018
Which kind of bullet, though? Because I hear some bullets are too slow to matter. https://t.co/hAukRejaaV
— neontaster (@neontaster) March 9, 2018
Right!?
And perhaps the funniest part of the story:
"business plan"
— Athena (@1trueathena) March 9, 2018
Ha!
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