What to Do About the High Speed Rail “Hole in the Ground?”
Governor Gavin Newsom, in his State of the State speech, put the brakes on the high-speed rail project reducing its size and scope but did not abandon it completely. That is–alas– the wisest course, even though voters were sold a bill of goods originally on the cost, timing and efficiency of the project. One California […]
Cue the Newsom Era!
Jerry Brown isn’t California’s governor any more. Governor Gavin Newsom’s first State of the State address couldn’t have made it clearer. That’s not merely because, right out of the box, Governor Newsom telegraphed that he wouldn’t be as guarded in his criticism of President Trump as Brown attempted to be.
Newsom Puts Bullets in the Bullet Train and the Water Fix
Who says Gavin Newsom isn’t frugal? He just cut Californians’ list of big things to complain about by two. In his state of the state speech, Newsom essentially ended the goal of a high-speed rail system that connects the whole state; he appeared to recast the project as a smaller, regional rail—something like the “Plan […]
Just one Santa Clara County School District Outputs a Positive Balance Sheet
Silicon Valley might have to change its name to Red Ink Valley. Officially named Santa Clara County, just one of its 31 public school districts, Orchard Elementary, enjoys a positive balance sheet, according to my tally of all 944 districts in California. Not just its teachers, but Orchard’s administrators deserve apples.