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This is pathetic. A bipartisan attempt to have this project be subject to some basic oversight goes down the tubes. No wonder people are cynical about government.

Any objective oversight process would have panned the project. Its outcome is predetermined. So why spend money on a needless government process?

Oversight is needed because the budget has been plagued with overruns!

Oversight is needed because contractors and subcontractors can bid low to get the job, the claim they now have "unforeseen expenses", and other shenanigans.

Oversight is needed because big projects rarely come in on time.

Oversight is needed because this is a huge project-- a lot will go wrong.

Oversight is needed because this is a very controversial project, making it subject to lawsuits, more lawsuits, even sabotage.

'Nuff said?

Why is this a surprise? He has been transparent about his love of the Choo Choo to Nowhere, yet you guys still voted for him. That's what you get for being knee-jerk Democrats.

Morris is just upset because he pinned his hopes and dreams on Atherton prevailing in a lawsuit against Caltrain, and now we're all going to end up suffering from its electrification and the horrors of having improved transit service.

This is Jerry Brown's legacy issue. It has been, and will continue to be declared a success, even before a single train car rolls. Who cares about money, when legacy is on the line?

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The fix has been in ever since Governor Browndoggle was re-elected. The inmates are truly running the asylum in Sacramento. What is really needed is a recall of the governor but it's probably too late now. Unfortunately he didn't have a viable opponent in 2010.

I'm not going to read the WSJ article; it will only make me ill.

Guess it's not allowed to called out paid shills for high speed rail? It seems ok for people to accuse others of being in the pocket of developers so why not identify one of the biggest supporters who has his own blog paid by the people who are going to make boatloads of money by ramming this wasteful boondoggle down our throats?

Since almost no one wants this train, or the eminent domain it requires, nor the taxes it will impose on we the people.....why is this abomination happening anyway?????