By Paul Losch
About this blog: I was a "corporate brat" growing up and lived in different parts of the country, ending in Houston, Texas for high school. After attending college at UC Davis, and getting an MBA at Harvard, I embarked on a marketing career, mai...
(More)About this blog: I was a "corporate brat" growing up and lived in different parts of the country, ending in Houston, Texas for high school. After attending college at UC Davis, and getting an MBA at Harvard, I embarked on a marketing career, mainly in the Bay Area with different companies. My former wife went back to medical school after we had been married a few years, and we moved into married student housing at Stanford, had our two now adult children while she was a medical student, and moved into Palo Alto when she started her Residency. Been here ever since. As my kids were going through the Palo Alto schools, I was actively involved in their activities, most notably head umpire for Palo Alto Little League and 9 years as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission, among other activities. My kids both are grown, my son teaches 5th grade locally, and my daughter, fluent in Mandarin, is working in China. I sold the business I owned and ran for 8 years in 2012, worked on the Obama campaign, and am consulting for non-profit organizations, which gives me a nice, flexible schedule. Lots of stamps in my passport, and for fun, I like live performances &emdash; theater and music - and of course the Giants!
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US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, formerly a Republican Congress Member from Illnois, is in California this week, promoting the High Speed Rail project in this state.
His "pitch" in an event in Fresno the other day was this was a job creating project, and that CA HSR would be a model for how HSR can work in the rest of the country.
My understanding is the the Kern County supervisors voted to oppose breaking ground on the HSR project, which is scheduled to take place within the next year.
I have spent time in DC for business, pleasure and to deal with US government officials over the years. I kept my straw at home, and never drank the Potomoc River water.
I am simply appalled that LaHood came out here and acted like a cheerleader for such a flawed project. Emphasis on "cheer," not "leader."
And Anna Eshoo is not doing a good job of getting this thing killed. Nor is cheapskate Jerry Brown. Boxer and Feinstein-AWOL.
I have expressed on numerous postings my thoughts about this matter. What I don't get is how out of touch a fine person like LaHood seems to be about how flawed this particular HSR concept is.
Got a straw? I have some excellent Potomoc drinking water that you will enjoy tremendously. And it will help you with your judgment.
