I heard a council person (i think it was, I only caught the tail end) on 1620 this morning stating that this project will happen dispite what was just recently reported.
Maybe. But California just pulled the plug on their high speed rail project, after wasting Billions on it with no end in sight to losing money. It's not looking good right now.Agmaker said:
I heard a council person (i think it was, I only caught the tail end) on 1620 this morning stating that this project will happen dispite what was just recently reported.
At this point no one is completely sure what California is canceling or still going to build. In less than 24 hrs the whole thing as it now devolved into a Twitter fight between Gov Newsome and the President. It seems part of it is still going to be built but not other parts. In typical California fashion, this is a complete boondoggle.techno-ag said:Maybe. But California just pulled the plug on their high speed rail project, after wasting Billions on it with no end in sight to losing money. It's not looking good right now.Agmaker said:
I heard a council person (i think it was, I only caught the tail end) on 1620 this morning stating that this project will happen dispite what was just recently reported.
Exactly.75AG said:
Does that also apply to those property rights on the border?
NellCote71 said:Exactly.75AG said:
Does that also apply to those property rights on the border?
It is amazing that people don't have the ability to comprehend the difference between a state-sanctioned theft of private property rights by a private company for the benefit of the company and the federal government installing barriers to slow down the illegal invasion of our country by hundreds of thousands of law breakers for the benefit of U.S. citizens..saltydog13 said:NellCote71 said:Exactly.75AG said:
Does that also apply to those property rights on the border?
national security vs private company taking land for a guaranteed to fail project
Rich guys living out in the country aren't going to generate enough demand to pay for a mulit-billion dollar commuter train.aggiepublius said:
Instead of Wall Street guys and McMansions, it it would be oil&gas folks and their ranchettes in Grimes.*
I just know that there are business people, especially at the top levels of companies, that wouldn't blink an eye to drop $500-700 each week. Just as they don't blink at the 10x cost differential between an coach and business class on an overseas flight, which is hardly uncommon for some to take 10-20 times a year.
Now is that going to fill the train? I don't have a clue and not sure anyone on either side does either.
woodiewood1 said:
There needs to be a reserve fund the company has to set up when, after about five years, it is abandoned due to it being an economic failure so that the landowners can get funds to take the crap off their land.
Also would like the Texas Legislature to pass a bill that prohibits the state forever to be able to take over the train and to loan or give the company any funds in order to keep it operating.
Reading fail:techno-ag said:
And now a service station is being built where the depot allegedly was going to go. Oh well.