Californians were scammed by high speed rail

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19. Blame the GOP in California.

They sued over everything and I mean everything. They did everything in their power to run up the cost of this, even in GOP cities that wanted it. They even sued to route it through Gorman instead of Palmdale (which could connect to the Brightline project later) just so they could delay it, force another costly study that could have been used on the project, etc. They should have put a poison pill in the legislation, if your lawsuit delays and increases the cost of the project, then you have to eat the increase. That would have put a stop to a lot of lawsuits, instead, there was no incentive to not file a lawsuit after lawsuit, even though you know it would lose.

They rallied the people in between Fresno and Bakersfield, same people who put up signs that say "Food grows where water flows", don't believe there is ever a drought and just need more dams, piss and moan they have to allow rivers to flow through to the sea again, use up their entire allotment of water for their farms (as they always believe if they don't, they will get less next year), grow water intensive crops, etc. And used them to fight to stop every inch of development.

Now its stupid to not finish it as it will cost more to dismantle what they have done. The train is needed, you have people commuting from Bakersfield to LA for work now.