This story’s a couple years old, but it’s making the rounds again, and the timing couldn’t be better, with Gavin Newsom likely eyeing a 2028 presidential run.
It’s a perfect snapshot of the political dysfunction rotting this country from the inside out, especially in California. Remember the infamous California bullet train debacle? The one that was supposed to be a marvel of American infrastructure but turned into a flaming dung heap of taxpayer waste?
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Here’s a quick update on the fiasco, which is now a full decade behind schedule and $10 billion over budget.
Gavin Newsom 2010: California is going to get it right with this new high speed rail. Reality 2024: The $33 BILLION high speed rail from Los Angeles to San Francisco to be completed in 2020 is now a $128 BILLION train from Bakersfield to Merced with no expected date of completion. Trump 2025: Shut it down
Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco, has been trying – and failing – to build this railway for a ridiculous 17 years.
And yet, nobody seems to know where all that money went.
Hellbound and Down 