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Old Posted May 16, 2011, 11:28 PM
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legalize it-0'0" setbacks
 
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Talk about pessimistic... giving up is the easy way out. I wish some people would take the easy way out and stop trying to get in the way of meaningful progress. Some projects take longer than others, but where there's a will there's a way. What the naysayers lack is patience and long-term vision. Getting the central valley section built now doesn't give us any immediate reward, but it puts greater pressure on future leaders to continue the project of connecting San Francisco to L.A., instead of just connecting LA to Anaheim and giving up on the rest.

Let's be realistic... even in the wort case scenario where the Central Valley portion is built and the rest of the project is put on hold indefinitely for financial reasons, a long stretch of HSR track like that will not be ignored by the public. It will keep getting brought up in conversation. There might be documentaries about it on PBS. People will ask what went wrong? And then the next generation will pick up where your generation failed, and complete it. I have faith in that.
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