February 14, 2017
In CA, billions for high-speed rail and illegal aliens, nothing for Oroville Dam
By Rick Moran
The massive evacuation of the area surrounding California's Oroville Dam would not have been necessary if state officials had heeded the warnings of experts a decade ago.
But defenders of Governor Brown claim that fixing the emergency spillway now threatening to collapse and cause catastrophic flooding was never a priority and that the massive rainfall that has led to the crisis could not have been foreseen.
That may be true. But it is also a fact that the state spent billions for the $100-billion high-speed rail system, and billions more were spent on caring for illegal aliens. A tiny fraction of that spending – $200 million – could have been used to shore up the dam and avoid what could be the most serious flooding in modern California history.
Washington Times:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/02/in_ca_billions_for_high_speed_rail_and_illegal_aliens_nothing_for_oroville_dam.html
