Boondoggle Projects Threaten California with Third World Status

    -By Martha Montelongo Gov. Jerry Brown has an interesting definition of “third world.” In an interview with a San Francisco radio station last week, Brown said California would become “a Third World country” unless the state builds a ghastly $100 billion high-speed rail line that’s been fraught with mismanagement, cost overruns and shaky ridership projections. It’s an odd claim, considering many third-world nations are characterized | Read More »