Opinion

California’s ‘crazy train’ goes off the rails

By Washington Examiner
Published February 12, 2019 11:29pm ET
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California’s ‘crazy train’ goes off the rails
Dan Richard, chairman of the board that oversees the California High-Speed Rail Authority, gestures to a map showing the proposed initial construction of the bullet train. | (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

If you live in Bakersfield, Calif., and you’re looking for the most expensive way possible to travel to Merced, 164 miles to the northwest, well then, did you ever just luck out.

If you live anywhere else, or if costly travel is not your thing, then your feelings must be a bit bittersweet right now.

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