To the editor: I’m completely a Democrat. Nonetheless, I’ve all the time thought of the high-speed rail challenge to be a catastrophe that simply retains getting worse. Now I discover myself in settlement with the president (what a bitter capsule to swallow) in his choice to tug federal funds from the challenge (“Trump administration pulls billions in funding for high-speed rail project; state leaders call decision ‘illegal,’ ” July 16).
Gov. Gavin Newsom ought to finish his cussed help of this debacle, the one function of which appears to be to gin up media protection for his inevitable presidential run. As a substitute, convert the buildings for use solely by the vehicles transferring agriculture merchandise across the state. The Central Valley is an agriculture mecca, not the journey hall envisioned by the misguided proponents of the practice to nowhere.
Jerrold Coleman, Santa Clarita
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To the editor: President Trump repeatedly complained that the U.S. doesn’t have lovely airports the best way many different nations do whereas his administration has raised concerns about New York Metropolis’s subway system. And but, slightly than choosing up the California high-speed rail challenge and constructing it out throughout the nation to extend the general high quality of our transportation, he’s pulled the state’s funding. China constructed a high-speed rail system that connects nearly all of its main cities. Trump would slightly hold the funding that could possibly be used for such a challenge right here within the wealthy’s pockets with tax cuts.
He might’ve used his presidency to construct fantastic issues that everybody valued and admired, like President Theodore Roosevelt’s nationwide parks. As a substitute, he’s utilizing his energy extra like a schoolyard bully would.
Elle Kranen, Carlsbad
