re: #33 BeachDem

This one just astounds me:

California’s House Republicans have asked the Trump administration to block a pending federal grant for the state’s high-speed rail project until an audit of the project’s finances is completed…The letter asks Chao to stop approval of a $650 million grant that the Transportation Department could make as early as next week as part of an effort to install an electrical system that the bullet train would eventually use from San Jose to San Francisco and that the Caltrain commuter rail system would use as well.

rawstory.com

Welp. Best as I can figure, if the bullet train is built by the eeebil gubmint, and people actually ride it & figure out that the government is actually, you know, good for something, then they might not vote for the swivel-eyed glibertarian whacktards that populate the outer reaches of the deep-red counties in the Big Valley.

That’s my guess. Or maybe it’s the airlines behind the scenes, pulling the strings? Or oil companies afraid that people will drive less and thus use less gas?

Anyone from California who can make sense of this?