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Is this corruption or incompetence? I honestly think it’s corruption. Why can’t we just outsource this to a European engineering company that is capable of acco

• masonic 8y ago
  Of course it's corruption (in this case, Jerry Brown and Willie Brown and their minions being the primary drivers).
• closeparen 8y ago
  Corruption was blatant and rampant in the era that saw most of our infrastructure development. The New York City subway was built in the era of Boss Tweed. Honestly I think this is not a coincidence. Projects that balance their own goals with fairness and deference to “stakeholders” will naturally be pathetic compared to projects that simply pursue their goals.
  • masonic 8y ago
    The New York City subway was built in the era of Boss Tweed The NYC subway system wasn't fully public-operated until 1940.
• dagw 8y ago
  a European engineering company that is capable of accomplishing this? What makes you think European engineering companies are any better? Europe is just as littered with failed, bloated, late and vastly over budget infrastructure projects. Hell the small bridge down the road from my office was supposed to be closed for 4 month for some maintenance work, it's now been closed for 14 month and there is still no estimate for when it will be done.