Pasadena, CA. This coming November 4th, California voters have the privilege of voting on Proposition 1A - increasing the debt of the state by $9,900,000,000 according to an article in the San Gabriel Valley News, October 12, 2008.
Steve Lawrence says that, "so far, no opposition group has surfaced to pay for a campaign against the proposition." No wonder. Why waste another $500,000 fighting against a propostition that was sponsored by "construction and engineering companies," on a bill that makes no economic sense. Hopefully voters will see through it and will be fiscally conservative this election as our nation bails out the mortgage industry. We should not have to bail out the transportation industry too.
To build an 800 mile high speed line from Anaheim to Sacramento makes sense IF there are sufficient paying passengers to make this project doable and financially viable. How many passengers have the need to commute from LA to Sacramento daily?
In Alaska they were building a bridge to no where. In California they want to build an expensive high speed transportation system to nowhere.
Also it is really important that we take a really good look at the type of system
we want to build. Another "on the track - on the grade" train that will zoom through pedestrian and automobile crossings and perhaps will no doubt increase the number of potential accidents and lawsuits. This doesn't make sense.
The article mentionsAT THE VERY END the actual cost of the program is
$45,000,000,000. AND THE REAL purpose of this proposition is to get the $950 million needed for CONVENTIONAL trains and perhaps to put in the emergency system that will help avoid collisions.
Why not just propose a propostion to borrow $950 million in bonds for
Conventional trains? Why put Californians in debt for $9.9 billions for a project that is doomed to go no where's except the drawing board?
Please - stop wasting taxpayor's money!
It's time to think outside the box and look to the future -and the future is an elevated magnetrically levitated transportation system.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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