Opinion
Proposition 1 is a $9.95 billion state bond that will be the down payment on a $40 billion world-class high speed rail system. It’s a lot of money. It’s a big project. High speed rail is bold thinking in a time when we need to have bold thoughts.
High speed rail is a project worthy of a California in the 21st century. The California Aqueduct and Central Valley Project, the University of California and California Sate University systems, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Interstate Highway system – just a few of the big ideas that have paid off for California.
High speed rail will put California's to work building and operating a system that our great state needs. A project of this magnitude means jobs – engineering jobs, construction jobs, operations jobs. California jobs that can’t be shipped overseas.
As a nation and state we have squandered our money on Wall Street get-rich-quick schemes and have very little to show for it. California State High Speed Rail Bonds offer a safe reliable investment put to work on a common sense project. The system is designed to benefit a large segment of the population going about there business and pleasure travel in an environmentally compatible way.
California is the seventh largest economy in the world and the nation looks for us to lead, in computers, in energy, in entertainment and with high speed rail in transportation. Let us be bold and show the world we are ready to lead in innovation and infrastructure by investing in a future that is as hopeful and bright as California. Vote yes on Proposition 1.
Evan Willig is vice chair of the Lake County Democratic Central Committee.
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Jim Comstock is trying to change the subject by attacking me (none of his statements about me or my record are true – surprise, surprise) instead of addressing the issue that I raised about the thousands of dollars he has received from large landowners and developers.
This old trick won’t work, Jim. This election is about you; you are running for supervisor, not me.
So Jim, let me make it easy for you, by asking about just one of these many contributions: the single biggest contribution I have ever heard of in a supervisorial race coming from an individual. Peter Luchetti has given you $10,000. This is a huge amount. Jim, can you explain why anyone would contribute such a large amount in a local county supervisor race?
A direct and clear answer would be appreciated.
Ed Robey is District 1 supervisor. He retires at the end of the year.
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