The President Throws EV Promoter Under The Bus; California Really Is Building The Train To Nowhere

LA Times is reporting:

Paul Scott got an invitation to a DNC fundraiser in Santa Monica and hoped to tell the president about the merits of electric cars. But the invitation was rescinded and his large donation returned.

I can't make this stuff up. $32,000 for two minutes on a subject that is (supposedly) near and dear to the president's heart. 

And as long as we're reading the LA Times, the bullet-train-to-nowhere now has a destination: $1 billion for 29 miles of rail into Fresno. California.  29 miles: think Williston, ND, to Alexander, ND.

The California bullet train agency on Thursday defended its bidding criteria for selecting the winner for its first construction contract, saying that the process held down prices and was handled properly. The California High-Speed Rail Authority has come under fire from critics who assert changes to the bidding criteria could jeopardize the quality of the project. The authority tentatively chose a team led by Sylmar-based Tutor Perini to build a 29-mile segment of track through Fresno even though it had the lowest technical score.

The state chose the lowest bidder. And one with a lot of baggage.

Fresno. They really weren't joking when they said this was the train to nowhere. LOL.