"We're preparing to demonstrate that we're ready to move forward from a planning, conceptualized agency to a development, construction agency," Pringle told the Assembly committee.
---------
That's a coincidence, Curt. I'm moving forward from being a sous chef in a restaurant to being a brain surgeon. I mean, how hard could it be? It's all about politics, isn't it?

What's next after the train, Curt, entering the space race and managing a new high-speed shuttle to Mars? No skills necessary. Anyone with your background can do it.

After all, who needs professional managers, professional rail engineers or professional transportation specialists. We can hire some and tell them what to do, right?

WOW, WOW, WOW, I attended the Money Grab.... I mean High Speed Rail meeting last night.

"We're preparing." = We're BS ing.

Senators Alan Lowenthal, Joe Simitian, I have great regard for both of you.
Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Burlingame, Atherton you have been represented well.

Everyone is so polite, Flawed was used to describe the business plan rider-ship number.
fraud might be closer.

A lot of Citizens were there to learn more about the plan. They were unable to hear very well do to several union members in the back were talking up a storm about more important subjects I guess.

For the most part everyone seemed open for discussion and answers which continue not to show up. Answers to questions which have been asked repeatedly by numerous well qualified people. One woman speaker pointed out very well and clear that from San Jose to San Francisco the time saved would be only 3 minutes. We already have a baby bullet train.

I'm glad I went

How did every country in Europe and Asia manage to move past us with hundreds of thousands of HSR trains while our banking system just grew and grew and all of you expected to retire to a world of gardening, golfing, and living in a community of upper middle class solvency without having anything to do with the outside world?
You are NOT special. Gates and Jobs are SPECIAL. The people of CA and the U.S.are SPECIAL. Take a drive over to the Stanford Campus an have a look at the students there.
They are mostly from different countries,have higher I.Q's, and the graduate school of admissions is from Russia.
You are not fools. You just are unconcious. We will have HSR not only in California but across this nation.....we will not have airlines, we will not have well maintained roads and bridges. Our autos will be foreign made except for the 200 TESLAS plugged in to your plugs.They will NOT succeed because the U.S. at this point, cannot even assemble or complete a 7 year project on the Bay Bridge.
Grow up.
HSR is inevitable. You are a one trick pony where your arguments are concerned and your selfishness towards the rest of America is lacking.
Get people back to work..
If you only had an idea how outmoded the venture capitalists and philanthropists are in the small area which you seek to protect from the big bad bullet train, you would realize, that they are not going to repeat what they did in the past ten years....this time, if they try to be the sole money making entrepreneurs, they will most likely land in jail with the corruption it took to get them wealth. I will guarantee you not a soul is aware how some people from this group actually lost hundreds of millions and were planning a career in politics before 9/11 and the "wars".
They are scared. They are too old to start with the past ways. The future is going to be there for the bright and ambitious and hard working.
The skin colors are going to be totally different as people intermarry. The young today think very opposite from you or the "hoi polloi" of San Mateo County's "special people". If you are part of that, you all have to get a new way of thinking and mostly, a new attitude. This country is going to the next generation. Grow up.