Comments on: High speed rail gets a haircut — and Kings County’s left with the mess https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/21/high-speed-rail-gets-a-haircut-and-kings-countys-left-with-the-mess/ In-depth, locally-produced coverage of the Central Valley. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:43:55 -0700 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: ed Mason https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/21/high-speed-rail-gets-a-haircut-and-kings-countys-left-with-the-mess/#comment-17567 ed Mason Sat, 23 Feb 2019 23:27:39 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=27249#comment-17567 High Speed rail is just another example of what a Democrat run government in California has done to our state. It is just one thing after another. There is no responsibility taken by any of them in Sacramento. No check and balance to anything with one party rule. What amazes me even more, is, why do the people continue to vote this party into office here. High Speed rail is just another example of what a Democrat run government in California has done to our state. It is just one thing after another. There is no responsibility taken by any of them in Sacramento. No check and balance to anything with one party rule. What amazes me even more, is, why do the people continue to vote this party into office here.

]]> By: FFC https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/21/high-speed-rail-gets-a-haircut-and-kings-countys-left-with-the-mess/#comment-17545 FFC Sat, 23 Feb 2019 03:49:37 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=27249#comment-17545 Pictures are worth a thousand words, especially with two toilets. Hundreds of millions already wasted by our goverment. People uprooted, farmland taken out of production, and businesses closed, all in the name of HSR from Merced to Bakersfield. All makes perfect sense, welcome to the great Republic of California! Makes me so proud to be a citizen and see my tax money used so wisely by our politicians. Pictures are worth a thousand words, especially with two toilets. Hundreds of millions already wasted by our goverment. People uprooted, farmland taken out of production, and businesses closed, all in the name of HSR from Merced to Bakersfield. All makes perfect sense, welcome to the great Republic of California! Makes me so proud to be a citizen and see my tax money used so wisely by our politicians.

]]> By: Louis Gebbia https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/21/high-speed-rail-gets-a-haircut-and-kings-countys-left-with-the-mess/#comment-17533 Louis Gebbia Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:28:48 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=27249#comment-17533 Gross incompetence with our California government is pathetic. You don't kill a project because of your gross incompetence. Instead find a company preferably in another country who knows what they are doing. To say we are not going to complete it is nothing more than an easy way out of dealing with our problems. We need to be strong and move forward. Governor Newsome we expect more from you than being a flunky. Gross incompetence with our California government is pathetic. You don’t kill a project because of your gross incompetence. Instead find a company preferably in another country who knows what they are doing. To say we are not going to complete it is nothing more than an easy way out of dealing with our problems. We need to be strong and move forward. Governor Newsome we expect more from you than being a flunky.

]]> By: Saul Travers https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/21/high-speed-rail-gets-a-haircut-and-kings-countys-left-with-the-mess/#comment-17524 Saul Travers Fri, 22 Feb 2019 01:43:30 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=27249#comment-17524 I didn't vote for this HSR when it was on the ballot because it was never explained to me in a way that made sense. Here's the thing I don't understand - why have all the groups who are forever complaining about costs and taxes in California like the Howard Jarvis Association never put a repeal proposition on the ballot like they did with the recent gas tax hike? Is the fix in? Have they all been bought off? I didn’t vote for this HSR when it was on the ballot because it was never explained to me in a way that made sense.
Here’s the thing I don’t understand – why have all the groups who are forever complaining about costs and taxes in California like the Howard Jarvis Association never put a repeal proposition on the ballot like they did with the recent gas tax hike? Is the fix in? Have they all been bought off?

]]> By: Dave M https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/21/high-speed-rail-gets-a-haircut-and-kings-countys-left-with-the-mess/#comment-17520 Dave M Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:14:37 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=27249#comment-17520 I write as a Visalia resident who, due to my being totally blind, cannot drive. We really do need options for transportation. However, we need them now. What benefit could there possibly be for a high speed train between Bakersfield and Merced? And what of those who have already lost their homes and businesses? The stupidity of this "let them eat cake" governor is only beginning. I write as a Visalia resident who, due to my being totally blind, cannot drive.

We really do need options for transportation. However, we need them now. What benefit could there possibly be for a high speed train between Bakersfield and Merced? And what of those who have already lost their homes and businesses? The stupidity of this “let them eat cake” governor is only beginning.

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