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In one comment chain, we have Regan (sic) blamed for "privatizing" CA utilities and Trump blamed for CAHSR.

inferiorhuman 7y ago
In one comment chain, we have Regan (sic) blamed for "privatizing" CA utilities and Trump blamed for CAHSR. Whether or not you agree with his actions Trump absolutely tried to kill CAHSR. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-high-speed-rail-20190219-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-high-speed-rail-20...
- rayiner 7y ago
  Trump didn’t derail the project as originally envisioned. He tried to kill it after the governor declared that the project that had originally been pitched to the federal government had become infeasable.
  - inferiorhuman 7y ago
    Trump didn’t derail the project as originally envisioned. He tried to kill it after the governor declared that the project that had originally been pitched to the federal government had become infeasable. So what you're saying is that trump is trying to kill CAHSR? Got it.
    - masonic 7y ago
      trump is trying to kill CAHSR? No. CAHSR is probably dying but due to CA's own lies and ineptitude. All the Trump administration did is say, "you were promised funding conditional on it being spent on X, Y, and Z. Instead, CA spent that money on the infrastructure equivalent of hookers and blow[0]. Therefore, we are simply cancelling the funding per the agreement and the law because essentially none went to X, Y, or Z." CAHSR is free to proceed (as far as the Administration is concerned) however they want with their own funds and the promised investor funds. In other words, pay for your own hookers and blow. [0] 'In one especially egregious case, in 2017, the CHSRA hired an external consultant to check the work of Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP USA), which had been paid $666 million for engineering consulting. The external consultant found that the CHSRA had not received finished work for 145 of 184 tasks that Parsons Brinckerhoff had called “complete.”' https://www.city-journal.org/californias-high-speed-rail-project https://www.city-journal.org/californias-high-speed-rail-pro...
      - inferiorhuman 7y ago
        All the Trump administration did is So trump is trying to kill CAHSR? Got it. Or are you trying to claim that gutting funding will help CAHSR?
- masonic 7y ago
  And within this article alone, you find specific references about how CAHSR failed to comply with the conditions of the funding: 'Ronald Batory, (the Obama Administration's) chief of the Federal Railroad Administration, the transportation agency that made the grants in 2009 and 2010, laid out a lengthy legal argument Tuesday for why the state was out of compliance with the grant agreement. Batory said in a three-page letter to California High-Speed Rail Authority Chief Executive Brian Kelly that the state “has materially failed to comply with the terms of the agreement and has failed to make reasonable progress on the project.” Batory alleged that the state had failed to spend required matching funds, falling short by $100 million as of December. He argued that it will fail to complete the Central Valley construction by a 2022 deadline required by the grant. Batory also said the state has not submitted required financial information — such as reports on what has been delivered to date — that would allow federal regulators to oversee the grants. It also has failed to take corrective actions after regulators raised concerns in 2017 and 2018.'

In one comment chain, we have Regan (sic) blamed for "privatizing" CA utilities and Trump blamed for CAHSR. Whether or not you agree with his actions Trump absolutely tried to kill CAHSR. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-high-speed-rail-20190219-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-high-speed-rail-20...

rayiner 7y ago
Trump didn’t derail the project as originally envisioned. He tried to kill it after the governor declared that the project that had originally been pitched to the federal government had become infeasable.
- inferiorhuman 7y ago
  Trump didn’t derail the project as originally envisioned. He tried to kill it after the governor declared that the project that had originally been pitched to the federal government had become infeasable. So what you're saying is that trump is trying to kill CAHSR? Got it.
  - masonic 7y ago
    trump is trying to kill CAHSR? No. CAHSR is probably dying but due to CA's own lies and ineptitude. All the Trump administration did is say, "you were promised funding conditional on it being spent on X, Y, and Z. Instead, CA spent that money on the infrastructure equivalent of hookers and blow[0]. Therefore, we are simply cancelling the funding per the agreement and the law because essentially none went to X, Y, or Z." CAHSR is free to proceed (as far as the Administration is concerned) however they want with their own funds and the promised investor funds. In other words, pay for your own hookers and blow. [0] 'In one especially egregious case, in 2017, the CHSRA hired an external consultant to check the work of Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP USA), which had been paid $666 million for engineering consulting. The external consultant found that the CHSRA had not received finished work for 145 of 184 tasks that Parsons Brinckerhoff had called “complete.”' https://www.city-journal.org/californias-high-speed-rail-project https://www.city-journal.org/californias-high-speed-rail-pro...
    - inferiorhuman 7y ago
      All the Trump administration did is So trump is trying to kill CAHSR? Got it. Or are you trying to claim that gutting funding will help CAHSR?
masonic 7y ago
And within this article alone, you find specific references about how CAHSR failed to comply with the conditions of the funding: 'Ronald Batory, (the Obama Administration's) chief of the Federal Railroad Administration, the transportation agency that made the grants in 2009 and 2010, laid out a lengthy legal argument Tuesday for why the state was out of compliance with the grant agreement. Batory said in a three-page letter to California High-Speed Rail Authority Chief Executive Brian Kelly that the state “has materially failed to comply with the terms of the agreement and has failed to make reasonable progress on the project.” Batory alleged that the state had failed to spend required matching funds, falling short by $100 million as of December. He argued that it will fail to complete the Central Valley construction by a 2022 deadline required by the grant. Batory also said the state has not submitted required financial information — such as reports on what has been delivered to date — that would allow federal regulators to oversee the grants. It also has failed to take corrective actions after regulators raised concerns in 2017 and 2018.'