I’m reading my voters guide. On a side note, CA allows you to vote by mail. I did b/c I was out of town, but it gave me plenty of time to review the props in enoguh detail to know what I was voting on. I wish I could speak for the rest of the state.
“Safe Reliable High Speed Passenger Train Bond.”
$9.95 BILLION in Bonds, to be paid back over 30 yeras costing the state $19.4 Billion (I suppose they may have difficulty selling the bonds, but “mom and pop” slurped up $5 billion in less than 2 days a few weeks back).
“Unknown maintanence costs, probably over $1 billion/yr, at least partially, and potentially fully offset by passenger fares.”
It’s also been questioned who builds the thing, who makes sure they’re doing it properly, and not pocketing it (ala Simpsons), what’s the environmental impact, etc.
This is a joke. We don’t need mass transit from LA to SF – fly Southwest from one So Cal’s 6 airports- we pub trans within the cities to unclog the countless interstate parking lots.