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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MightyAlweg: [QB] Two interesting articles appeared this past weekend in the big newspapers of SoCal. First, the LA Times had an interesting article from one of their marquee columnists, Steve Lopez. Mr. Lopez takes a weary eye to the current state of the HSR project, and where he hopes it can limp towards in order to save it from extinction. He also interviews the new HSR chief that Governor Brown appointed after Van Ark suddenly resigned recently. [b]High Speed Rail... Or Fail?[/b] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0205-lopez-hispeed-20120205,0,3518201.column And then in the Sunday edition of the Orange County Register, a newspaper with a famously libertarian bent, they had a lengthy and in-depth series on the property owners big and small that would have to give up their property to make the HSR alignment a reality. This is an element to the story we haven't really heard about, and I found the information the Register pulled together to be quite eye opening, particularly the small farmers and property owners who feel they have no voice against the Authority in Sacramento hell bent on laying tracks ASAP. The Register found 1,300 different land owners who own property that the current alignment needs to have! Yikes. [b]High Speed Rail's Coming Battle: Powerful Land Owners[/b] http://www.ocregister.com/articles/rail-338754-high-speed.html [/QB][/QUOTE]
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