https://n2v.almanacnews.com/square/print/2017/09/21/even-quinton-kopp-former-chair-of-hsr-authority-is-now-against-high-speed-rail
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Even Quinton Kopp, former Chair of HSR Authority, is now against high speed rail...
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by pogo, Woodside: other,
on Sep 21, 2017
From the former CHAIRMAN of the High Speed Rail Authority: "It is foolish, and it is almost a crime to sell bonds and encumber the taxpayers of California at a time when this is no longer high-speed rail," says Kopp. "And the litigation, which is pending, will result, I am confident, in the termination of the High-Speed Rail Authority's deceiving plan."
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"Consequently, there won’t be enough riders paying fares to cover operational costs. The 2008 ballot measure prohibits taxpayer subsidy of this now-planned track to nowhere. As the “father” of true high-speed rail, I regret its “horizon” isn’t now bright, unless the governor and Richard restore 2008 promises to taxpayers."
- Quentin Kopp, San Francisco
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One day in the near future, that incomplete, never used section of very expensive train track between Modesto and Fresno will become a monument to California government's ineptitude and waste.
