>California history is replete with cases of highways, ports and water projects displacing poor people, who lacked the clout to fight the government. The California High-Speed Rail Project pledged to do better. But up and down the San Joaquin Valley, the bullet train is hitting hard at people who are already struggling to survive tough economic conditions in one of the poorest regions in the nation.

https://news.yahoo.com/bullet-train-leaves-trail-grief-134120568.html

How many more lives will this boondoggle destroy before it is ultimately unceremoniously abandoned without even connecting Fresno and Bakersfield (a route that is already adequately served by Amtrak's San Joaquin)?