25-05-2019 01:51 via ocregister.com

California rightly gets bullet train funding pulled by feds

Like a shoplifter who acts outraged after being caught, California has filed a lawsuit against the federal government for canceling a $929-million grant to build the statewide high-speed rail system. The feds said the state has no plan or capability to build the bullet train “as originally proposed.”
It’s “California’s money,” Gov. Gavin Newsom declared.
Actually, the $3.5 billion in federal funds committed to the bullet train came with a contract that require
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