NEW: CA High-Speed Rail's cash crisis could mean the first, planned segment through the Central Valley ends up being shorter than expected, according to Inspector General Ben Belnap. Instead of Bakersfield to Merced, it would be Madera to... an orchard in rural Kern County:

This is an SNL gag, right?

Ashley, this was never about bringing "high speed rail" between SF to LA. This was about the largest theft of taxpayer dollars in recorded modern history and if on accident regular speed rail was brought to and from Madera to Gilroy, cool. Nothing here was designed to be efficient or beneficial to the taxpayer. This was waste, fraud and abuse at the highest of levels. But, we get the government we deserve right? Right?

why aren't you asking where the $18 billion that has already been spent went??? There's no way that small slab of cement that was built with no tracks or anything cost $18B

Make it privately funded and it’s built in 3 years

The first segment, really half segment since Phase 1 was originally planned from SF to LA, is shorter than Amtrak currently is from Bakersfield to Sacramento. California High Speed Rail only exists to distract and cover for the Greenhouse Gas Slush Fund. While everyone is looking at the 25% line item, they aren’t looking at the smaller contracts. Obvious kickbacks to donors and no show services that can be activated for political campaigning.

@RealWillONeill It’s past time to pull the plug 🔌 on the ‘Monuments of Failure.’

No one voted for that and no one would have voted for that. This fiasco must end.

LoL that's where I live and I'm telling you no one wants to come here. It's time to ditch the project and investigate where all the money really went.

My full interview with Belnap here:

@CAGOP They destroyed fertile farmland for a train to nowhere. Rat bastards!!

It'd a complete scam and failure

If it weren’t for all of our tax money going up in flames I would be laughing hysterically right now. I’m laughing it’s just not funny anymore.

So, the HSR is essentially kaput.

😂😂😂😂😂😂 WHY are we even talking about the train to nowhere??? Everyone knows it will NEVER be built! 😆😆😆😆😆🤡

I’ll drive my own damned car thank you. I would like my 15,000 per taxpayer returned. I don’t ever remember voting or discussing a 230+ billion dollar low speed choo-choo train.

Uhh there is no train, they stole the money. Ask them where the money went.

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The Cannonball run from Hooterville to the Shady Rest was longer than that.

@CAGOP Pixley🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

There is no high-speed rail. None. Money laundering. The end.

How about it circles Disneyland

@CAGOP STOP THE MADNESS

It will never even get that far.

@RealWillONeill 🤣🤣🤣. Hey CA democrats let’s keep this thing funded! 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

Probably the spot with the highest potential ridership so thats good

Gavin Newsom’s penis appears smaller in real life

I can’t wait to take the monorail to Ogdenville

WTF… how many BILLIONS on this shit so far. They’re already building houses on land meant for the rail.

Always was a solution solving no problem.

@CAGOP For all that is good and holy!!! What will it take before @CA_Dem and their insane voter base admits their money laundering HSR boondoggle is a failure!

This boondoggle needs to be scrapped.

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@CAGOP Eventually the grift is exposed and responsible parties step in and take corrective action. Shameful it took this long.

No way! Shocked…need to done more $$