Comments on: All Aboard For Transit Funding http://www.scienceline.org/2008/11/20/blog-israel-transit-lightrail-commuter-trains-election/ The Shortest Distance Between You and Science Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dennis http://www.scienceline.org/2008/11/20/blog-israel-transit-lightrail-commuter-trains-election/comment-page-1/#comment-2456 Dennis Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:30:36 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2008/11/20/blog-israel-transit-lightrail-commuter-trains-election/#comment-2456 Aside from the high-speed rail bond (which has obvious plusses but the very big minus of adding more debt to a state budget that is already drowning in red ink), California voters passed 10 of 11 local transit funding measures -- and the one that failed got 62 percent support (damn 2/3 requirement). In spite of this, the governor (do I need to mention his name) has called a special session to re-do the 08-09 state budget that is already $10-billion-plus out of balance), and his newest proposal calls for an additional 75 percent cut to state transit funding, plus the complete elimination (starting in 09-10) of the only ongoing state funding source for transit operations. At the same time, he's parading around Beverly Hills as the Jolly Green Giant at a "global summit" on climate change -- uh, what's wrong with this picture? Aside from the high-speed rail bond (which has obvious plusses but the very big minus of adding more debt to a state budget that is already drowning in red ink), California voters passed 10 of 11 local transit funding measures — and the one that failed got 62 percent support (damn 2/3 requirement).

In spite of this, the governor (do I need to mention his name) has called a special session to re-do the 08-09 state budget that is already $10-billion-plus out of balance), and his newest proposal calls for an additional 75 percent cut to state transit funding, plus the complete elimination (starting in 09-10) of the only ongoing state funding source for transit operations.

At the same time, he’s parading around Beverly Hills as the Jolly Green Giant at a “global summit” on climate change — uh, what’s wrong with this picture?

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