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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Kc25 on June 13, 2021, 10:53:42 PM
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215516682
In It to Win It (2,150 posts) Fri Jun 11, 2021, 07:24 AM
Biden restores $929 million for California high-speed rail withheld by Trump
(Reuters) -The Biden administration late on Thursday restored a $929 million grant for California's high-speed rail that former President Donald Trump revoked in 2019.
The parties, which also include the California High-Speed Rail Authority and the U.S. Transportation Department, agreed to restore the grant within three days, according to the settlement agreement: https://hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/California-v.-DOT-Settlement-Agreement-Final-May-26.pdf.
Talks began in March, around two months after Biden became president, to settle a suit filed in 2019 after Trump had pulled funding for a high-speed train project in the state hobbled by extensive delays and rising costs. Trump had repeatedly clashed as president with California on a number of fronts.
California's lawsuit claimed the Transportation Department lacked legal authority to withhold the $929 million the administration of former President Barrack Obama allocated a decade ago but had remained untapped.
This whole project is a lesson in public scams... KFI's John and Ken call this the "Browndoggle"
It's a complete waste of money on a rail system that won't be high speed and no one would take cause it cost as much as flying. But the DUmmies sure love it... sheesh.
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The California high speed rail authority should be brought up on racketeering charges under RICO statutes for fraud and theft of public funds.