ANOTHER HAIRBRAIN IDEA FROM THE NON-BUSINESS SENSE BHO ADMINISTRATION THAT GOES BELLY FLOP BUT GETS THE WASTEFUL SPENDING BECAUSE THE POTUS BELIEVES THERE’S PLENTY OF MONEY UNDER OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE RAINBOW–SO WHAT… THE BHO DOES NOT GIVE A RATZ ASS ABOUT OUR CHILDREN–THE BULLET TRAIN PROJECT IS ONE YEAR BEHIND AND OVER BUDGET COSTING CA TAX PAYERS DEARLY

A majority of voters want the California bullet train project stopped and consider it a waste of money, even as state political leaders have struggled to bolster public support and make key compromises to satisfy critics, a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll found.

Statewide, 52% of the respondents said the $68-billion project to link Los Angeles and San Francisco by trains traveling up to 220 mph should be halted. Just 43% said it should go forward.

The poll also shows that cracks in voter support are extending to some traditional allies, such as Los Angeles-area Democrats, who have embraced the concept of high-speed rail as a solution to the state's transportation problems. The survey results suggest that the current plan and its implementation are of specific concern to those voters, according to officials with the Republican and Democratic firms that jointly conducted the poll.

I don't think they are against the concept, but they are against the way it is being executed," said Drew Lieberman of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, a Democratic polling firm in Washington.

The massive project has fallen a year behind schedule and is facing lawsuits that threaten to stall the momentum of the project and a groundbreaking now likely to come early next year.

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-poll-high-speed-rail-20130928,0,5468230.story