Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
Published: Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 3A

Gov. Jerry Brown is scaling back the state’s highly controversial bullet train project to keep it alive.

Just three months ago, his administration unveiled – with great fanfare – a revised “business plan” for building the north-south bullet train system to answer the embryonic project’s many critics.

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Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Created: 01/28/2012 10:20:35 PM PST

As an option to deal with increasing congestion and construction costs, toll lanes may be added to San Bernardino County freeways but not before 2017, transportation planners say.

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Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/27/2012 08:39:26 PM PST

SAN BERNARDINO – An official with San Bernardino International Airport’s most upscale business paid part of the fees to renew its business license Thursday, but it still wasn’t enough to get a valid license, city officials said Friday.

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Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/26/2012 12:53:12 PM PST

SAN BERNARDINO – Million Air, the upscale jet refueling facility at San Bernardino International Airport, has been operating without a business license since April, city officials said Thursday.

The facility, which caters to private and corporate aircraft, has been the most high profile business drawn to the airport and has been touted by airport officials as an example of the airport’s potential prosperity. It began operations in 2010.

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Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren delivers her state of the city address on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at the Jessie Turner Community Center in Fontana.

Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Created: 01/26/2012 11:35:17 AM PST

FONTANA – Mayor Acquanetta Warren on Thursday vowed to join forces with Ontario city leaders in the quest to wrestle ownership of L.A./Ontario International Airport from Los Angeles’ control.

That pledge was part of broad strategy focused on regional cooperation as Fontana moves forward with 2012 and in the succeeding years.

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BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 24 January 2012 09:02 PM

The last time a Los Angeles councilman proposed taking a serious look at what it would take to transfer control of Ontario International Airport back to the city of Ontario, the Inland city didn’t have a serious proposal.

Now it does.

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By Art Marroquin and Liset Márquez, Staff Writers
Created: 01/23/2012 04:05:25 PM PST

The president of the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners on Monday called for a resolution stating that LA/Ontario International Airport will not be available for a transfer or sale for at least two years.

The move comes less than one week after Ontario embarked on a new public relations campaign known as “Set Ontario Free” to wrest control of the midsize airport from Los Angeles.

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Regional transportation planners focus funding, planning on local connections, not bullet train to Nevada

BY DUG BEGLEY
STAFF WRITER
dbegley@pe.com

Published: 21 January 2012 05:24 PM

Transportation planners once dreamed that super-fast trains would whisk Southern Californians at more than 300 mph across the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas.

But the idea of a magnetic levitation train didn’t stick around for long in regional transportation plans developed by the Southern California Association of Governments. Local planners instead are concentrating on connections within Southern California, so that when — and if — bullet trains ever come, conventional trains have a steady and direct route to get to them.

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By David Siders
dsiders@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 – 9:59 am

“My father built the water plan. I want to complete it. So, whether it’s high-speed rail or water or education or public safety, I’m going to invest and build for the future, not steal from it.” GOV. JERRY BROWN, son of former Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown

Before leaving Southern California last week, after urging greater infrastructure spending in a “land of dreams,” Gov. Jerry Brown recalled how long he has made that case and how wary of his ideas people can be.

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By Wendy Leung, Staff Writer
Created: 01/20/2012 03:29:05 PM PST

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – As Ontario steps up efforts to gain autonomy of L.A./Ontario International Airport, leaders from neighboring Rancho Cucamonga are joining a growing number of agencies calling for local control.

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LA/Ontario International Airport has has suffered a 32 percent decline in airline passengers since 2007. The airport had once been projected to server 30 million passengers by 2030. (Bulletin file photo)

Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 01/19/2012 09:15:13 AM PST

ONTARIO – The battle has begun in earnest.

Officials on both sides of the LA/Ontario International Airport dispute this week lashed out at each other for information they say is misleading and a misrepresentation.

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U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer

BY DUG BEGLEY
STAFF WRITER
dbegley@pe.com

Published: 18 January 2012 06:35 PM

Riverside’s Magnolia Avenue underpass served as the backdrop Wednesday for a push by Sen. Barbara Boxer to encourage more federal investment in local projects that create jobs, ease traffic and get trucks and trains to their destinations quicker.

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By Michael J. Mishak and Anthony York, Los Angeles Times
January 19, 2012

Reporting from Sacramento — After years of economic pain and deep budget cuts, Gov. Jerry Brown declared California to be “on the mend,” saying the state is emerging from financial turmoil and proclaiming his dedication to a string of ambitious public projects.

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A survey from the city of Ontario asked LA voters what they knew about Ontario International Airport’s control. Los Angeles officials accuse the city of wanting to buy the airport at a “foreclosure” price

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 17 January 2012 09:27 PM

The Los Angeles agency that owns and operates Ontario International Airport fired back Tuesday evening at leaders of the city of Ontario for offering to buy the airport back, “at a foreclosure price,” according to a statement from Los Angeles World Airports.

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Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Created: 01/14/2012 06:12:34 AM PST

Truckers may not even get to use the proposed High Desert Corridor for eight – or more – years, but the transportation officials are proposing the Victorville-to-Palmdale roadway as a solution to the traffic congestion problems of the High Desert and Antelope Valley regions.

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With the $100-billion project at a critical juncture, the governor puts his people in key positions.

By Ralph Vartabedian and Dan Weikel, Los Angeles Times
January 14, 2012

A surprise shake-up of senior leaders at California’s bullet-train agency this week was partly Gov. Jerry Brown’s response to a growing crisis of confidence and credibility in recent months that has threatened the political viability of the project.

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Gas prices are starting the year at the highest point ever because of high oil prices and brisk fuel exports.

By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times
January 14, 2012

Get ready to pay $4 a gallon or more for gasoline this spring, with possible records close to $5 over the Memorial Day weekend, analysts said.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/12/2012 04:49:18 PM PST

An attorney for Norton Property Management Services LLC, one of 16 companies under federal investigation in connection with an alleged corruption at San Bernardino International Airport, says aggressive actions by the airport forced the company to file bankruptcy.

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By Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/09/2012 08:08:49 PM PST

Representatives of Norton Property Management Services, LLC., which rents and operates portions of a hangar at the embattled San Bernardino International Airport, met with creditors on Monday as the company’s bankruptcy proceedings moved forward.

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Analysts cite two reasons for the rise in gasoline prices: exports draining U.S. fuel supplies and an increase in global tensions.

By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times
January 10, 2012

Retail gasoline prices jumped higher over the last week in California and most of the nation, adding to what was already a record start for a new year.

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California High Speed Rail Authority shows an artist’s rendering of a high-speed train speeding along the California coast. (California High Speed Rail Authority / Associated Press / February 20, 2009)

By Ralph Vartabedian and Dan Weikel,
Los Angeles Times
January 4, 2012

In a scathing critique that could further jeopardize political support for California’s proposed $98.5-billion bullet train, a key independent review panel is recommending that state officials postpone borrowing billions of dollars to start building the first section of track this year.

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BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 30 December 2011 07:21 PM

Leaders with three Inland groups overhauling former military bases say legislation that would dissolve the state’s redevelopment agencies doesn’t apply to them.

The legislation was upheld by the state’s Supreme Court on Thursday.

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Liset Márquez, Staff Writer
Created: 12/30/2011 03:05:45 PM PST

ONTARIO – It’s been a tumultuous year for city officials in their quest to take over and operate LA/Ontario International Airport.

For several years, Ontario officials have lobbied for local control, claiming they would be able to convert the medium-hub facility into a competitive regional airport. Los Angeles World Airports operates ONT and Los Angeles International Airport.

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Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Created: 12/23/2011 01:55:45 PM PST

ONTARIO – The light traffic at L.A./Ontario International Airport Friday was a boon for trucker Barry Culley, who was awaiting a stand-by flight to Reno and a chance to visit his daughter.

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The aircraft pictured above, now valued as worthless, was used as collateral for a $500,000 public loan to contractor Scot Spencer.

Monday, December 19, 2011 – 10:15 a.m.

Nice try. But it’s too late!

Too late, for those involved, to runaway from the mess at the San Bernardino International Airport Authority (SBIAA) and Inland Valley Development Agency (IVDA) that is.

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BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 16 December 2011 03:49 PM

The Department of Transportation is taking back $10 million it promised the city of Highland to fund road improvements affecting San Bernardino International Airport, according to a Dec. 8 letter from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to Highland’s public works director.

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Liset Marquez, Staff Writer
Created: 12/16/2011 07:19:41 PM PST

ONTARIO – City officials have rejected Los Angeles World Airports’ recommendations aimed to increase air service at LA/Ontario International Airport, calling the suggestions as impractical and unhelpful.

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PolitiCal
On politics in the Golden State
December 16, 2011 | 4:07 pm

Two influential Republican lawmakers called Friday for California to slow down the high-speed rail project.

The vice chairs of the Assembly Budget Committee and Appropriations Committee asked the head of a budget panel to reject a request to allocate an additional $18 million for work to buy land for the $98.5-billion project.

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Friday, December 16, 2011 – 10:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, December 17, 2011 – 10:39 a.m.

A $10 million Federal Highway Administration grant to the city of Highland is no more.

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Virgin America begins service to Palm Springs starting today.(KIMBERLY PIERCEALL/STAFF PHOTO)

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 15 December 2011 01:43 PM

The mayor of Palm Springs looked worried. As Virgin America’s first flight from San Francisco descended into his normally sunny resort city Thursday afternoon, Steve Pougnet saw clouds outside the aircraft’s window.

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Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 12/15/2011 04:30:05 PM PST

Los Angeles World Airports officials once again may consider closing a terminal at LA/Ontario International Airport as a way to save money in the face of rapidly declining passenger traffic.

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Cassie MacDuff

BY CASSIE MACDUFF
cmacduff@pe.com

Published: 14 December 2011 06:30 PM

The sloppiness in fiscal matters at San Bernardino International Airport extended to the highest levels, a review of billing records revealed.

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The man who had been put in control of nearly every facet of San Bernardino International Airport’s development and management could have a diminished role as of Christmas /FILE PHOTO

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 14 December 2011 04:33 PM

The man who had been put in control of nearly every facet of San Bernardino International Airport’s development and management could have a diminished role by Christmas.

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Josh Dulaney and Joe Nelson, Staff Writers
Posted: 12/14/2011 04:33:17 PM PST

Officials overseeing San Bernardino International Airport approved a process Wednesday by which controversial airport developer Scot Spencer faces removal from most operations.

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LA/Ontario International Airport has has suffered a 32 percent decline in airline passengers since 2007. The airport had once been projected to serve 30 million passengers by 2030. (File Photo)

Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 12/14/2011 02:26:45 PM PST

RIVERSIDE – Mayor Ron Loveridge is the latest Inland Empire politician to show his support to Ontario in its efforts to regain control of LA/Ontario International Airport.

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Scot Spencer

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 13 December 2011 07:41 PM

The longtime landlord of one of San Bernardino International Airport’s largest hangars has filed for bankruptcy.

The public agency overseeing the airport is owed more than $400,000 in unpaid rent and has filed a suit to formally evict Norton Property Management Services LLC.

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Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 3A

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has an obvious financial problem as it seeks to build a statewide bullet train system.

Its latest “business plan” says that it would cost nearly $100 billion to build the backbone of the system, but so far it has only $9 billion in state bonds and a little more than $3 billion in federal money.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/09/2011 02:02:49 PM PST

SAN BERNARDINO – Boeing Aircraft once again is using San Bernardino International Airport to test aircraft.

According to a spokesman, Boeing is in the midst of conducting flight tests on 787 jets.

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Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/07/2011 06:27:17 PM PST

The leader of the board that controls San Bernardino International Airport announced on Wednesday an aggressive effort to respond to concerns about the airport’s operation.

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By David Siders
dsiders@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 – 9:05 am

For all the questions about its management and cost, this much is clear about high-speed rail: Californians who authorized the project three years ago want a do-over, according to a new Field Poll, and by a wide margin they want to vote “no.”

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Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 3A

Has California’s bullet train project – or pipe dream – finally run off the track? Voters think so.

When the California High-Speed Rail Authority released a much-revised “business plan” for the project that doubled its cost, it won praise in many quarters, including this one, for moving from abject fantasy into at least semi-reality.

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BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 03 December 2011 10:37 AM

There are a third fewer travelers using Ontario International Airport since 2007 and there’s bound to be even fewer passengers using the airport in the coming months based on schedules that show how many flights and seats the airport’s airlines are offering through July.

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By David Siders
dsiders@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 – 10:25 am

On his way off the California High-Speed Rail Authority board this year, former state Sen. Quentin Kopp ripped into the authority’s controversial $9 million public relations contract with Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, urging its cancellation.

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Scot Spencer

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 01 December 2011 04:11 PM

The developer of San Bernardino International Airport will no longer be overseeing the airport’s development after $4 million worth of construction work stacked up without being paid.

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U.S. Rep. Joe Baca

By Art Marroquin, Staff Writer
Created: 12/01/2011 02:57:14 PM PST

A reported shortage of U.S. Customs and Border Protection staffers at Los Angeles International Airport has led a couple of regional lawmakers to push for more customs agents at airports, including L.A./Ontario International Airport.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/30/2011 08:28:25 PM PST

Subcontractors who are owed roughly $4 million for renovation work at San Bernardino International Airport soon could be getting checks in the mail.

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The Legislative Analyst’s Office says the financing plan does not fulfill key requirements of the ballot measure voters approved to authorize the project.

By Dan Weikel, Los Angeles Times
November 30, 2011

The funding plan for the California bullet train does not comply with key provisions of a ballot measure that voters approved to authorize the project and $9 billion in state bonds to help finance it, according to a report released Tuesday.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 – 01:55 p.m.

AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday.

The airlines stock is trading at just 26 cents per share this evening.

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BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 25 November 2011 01:01 PM

The board members overseeing San Bernardino International Airport will consider at their next meeting paying subcontractors owed about $4 million for work done on the airport’s main passenger terminal, a three-story U.S. Customs building and a fix made to a bay inside one of the hangars to fit Boeing’s 747-8 freighter while it was undergoing tests there.

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Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Created: 11/23/2011 06:46:05 PM PST

ONTARIO – New traffic figures released for LA/Ontario International Airport have officials bracing for a dismal 2012.

October traffic at the airport dropped 12 percent from the number of passengers traveling through the facility in October 2010.

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Customers are few at ticket counters inside Terminal 4 at Ontario International Airport.

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 21 November 2011 09:44 PM

Two Inland congressmen, fed up with the increasingly empty terminals at Ontario International Airport, on Monday asked U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for help.

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The federal government has approved right-of-way for a high-speed train route from Victorville to Las Vegas. The route parallels Interstate 15, then cuts north along the Clark Mountains, pictured above, west of Primm, Nev.

BY DUG BEGLEY
STAFF WRITER
dbegley@pe.com

Published: 18 November 2011 06:47 PM

A high-speed train between Victorville and Las Vegas has the blessing of U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials to traverse federal land, including a valley environmentalists say is habitat for desert tortoises, a protected species.

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November 17, 2011 | 7:34 pm

The U.S. Senate approved a package of legislation Thursday night that eliminates future funding for high-speed rail projects, including the California bullet train.

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Josh Dulaney Staff Writer
Posted: 11/16/2011 12:46:27 PM PST

SAN BERNARDINO – In a move that has caused the City Council to draft a resolution in opposition, Caltrans has decided to move its South Region Transportation Permits Office to Sacramento, taking around 20 jobs out of the city.

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By Ralph Vartabedian and Dan Weikel, Los Angeles Times
November 11, 2011

Gov. Jerry Brown said Thursday that he will formally request that the Legislature approve billions of dollars to start construction of the California bullet train next year and will work hard to persuade skeptical lawmakers that the project is critical to the state’s future.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/09/2011 04:21:14 PM PST

San Bernardino International Airport has a new interim executive director.

The airport board on Wednesday appointed A.J. Wilson – a former Pomona city manager and veteran of local government – to the position.

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Joe Nelson, The (San Bernardino County) Sun
Posted: 11/08/2011 12:48:26 PM PST

In what is being called an unusual move, the San Bernardino County Grand Jury is refuting claims by San Bernardino International Airport officials that its audit on airport operations was riddled with errors.

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Runner

By George Runner
Created: 11/08/2011 09:27:05 AM PST

Imagine you found the house of your dreams. The price is $450,000. You sign papers only to later learn the sellers made a mistake. The price for the house is actually $1 million. Fortunately, under California real estate law, you can back out of the deal. But if you were a California voter buying a train instead of a house, you might be out of luck.

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Huff and Dutton

By Neil Nisperos Staff Writer
Created: 11/04/2011 10:13:19 PM PDT

From boondoggle to significant?

The man who many believe will be the next Republican leader in the state Senate has a completely different viewpoint on the state’s proposed high-speed rail plan than the current holder of that position.

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Supervisor Neil Derry

“…We need to foreclose on his leases and inform him that his services are no longer needed at San Bernardino International Airport or any of the airport’s affiliates.” NEIL DERRY, San Bernardino County supervisor, 3rd District

Josh Dulaney, The (San Bernardino County) Sun
Posted: 11/02/2011 11:52:32 AM PDT

Third District Supervisor Neil Derry is calling for controversial airport developer Scot Spencer to be removed from operations at San Bernardino International Airport.

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A freight train rolls past the Buena Park Metrolink station. Initially, bullet train service would be blended with the existing Metrolink network in Southern California. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times / February 18, 2010)

By Ralph Vartabedian, Dan Weikel and Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times
November 2, 2011

The ambitious plan to connect Anaheim and San Francisco with high-speed trains has encountered plenty of obstacles, including intensifying resistance from wealthy and poor communities lying in the track’s path.

But the bullet train’s biggest threat could be its ballooning price tag, which this week doubled to an estimated $98 billion.

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Black Hole!

L.A. NOW
Southern California — this just in
October 31, 2011 | 10:06 pm

California’s bullet train will cost an estimated $98.5 billion to build over the next 20 years, an amount far higher than any previous projection, according to a business plan scheduled to be unveiled Tuesday.

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By David Siders
dsiders@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 – 6:28 am

For California’s high-speed rail project, it’s been an inauspicious autumn.

Disparaged for its lack of public outreach, the California High-Speed Rail Authority hired a new deputy director for communications and public policy, Lance Simmens, who introduced himself to Kings County residents – and YouTube viewers everywhere – by falling asleep at a public meeting.

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Occidental Petroleum’s earnings rose 50% and its revenue was up 26%, Exxon Mobil saw increases of 41% in profit and 32% in revenue, and Royal Dutch Shell says its earnings doubled and revenue rose 36%.

By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times
October 28, 2011

With energy prices high, most oil companies are once again seeing profits rise like an old-style gusher.

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday reported healthy gains in earnings and revenue despite production problems in Libya and other oil-rich areas.

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Spencer

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 26 October 2011 07:00 PM

San Bernardino County tax collectors have seized $31,618 from the developer of San Bernardino International Airport and his related businesses, a fraction of the $544,876 he owes in property taxes, according to the county agency.

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Two candidates interview for post
Josh Dulaney,Staff Writer
Posted: 10/26/2011 09:57:38 PM PDT

Members of the San Bernardino International Airport Authority Board spent nearly two hours Wednesday in a closed-session meeting, where they interviewed two candidates for the interim executive director post.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 – 06:00 a.m.

Boy, you really gotta hand it to those Redlands Unified School District trustees.

Earlier this year the group voted to quit funding secondary school bus service due to a financial shortfall.

A move most school districts resisted.

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BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 25 October 2011 03:54 PM

Traffic at Ontario International Airport dropped 5.15 percent in September compared to a year ago, according to statistics from Los Angeles World Airports. The airport had a total of 360,307 passengers use the airport last month.

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From left to right, San Bernardino Mayor Pat Morris and County Supervisor Josie Gonzales

Saturday, October 22, 2011 – 05:00 p.m.
Last modified: Saturday, October 22, 2011 – 10:40 p.m.

It’s too late!

The clock struck midnight at San Bernardino International Airport (SBIA) last month when federal agents walked through the doors with search warrants.

Now San Bernardino County Supervisor Josie Gonzales, who is also vice-chair of the San Bernardino International Airport Authority, is trying her best to re-write history and un-ring the bell as to her role in the lackadaisical oversight that went on.

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Scot Spencer (KURT MILLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
STAFF WRITER
kpierceall@pe.com

Published: 21 October 2011 04:56 PM

Scot Spencer, whose companies have developed, managed and leased space at San Bernardino International Airport and owed about $673,820 in rent as of early October, was evicted from at least one space he rents there on Thursday.

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Thursday, October 20, 2011 – 09:30 a.m.

Former San Bernardino County Supervisor Dennis Hansberger dodging newspaper reporters?

Yes indeed.

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Dan Walters

Published: Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 3A

When the Obama administration gave California several billion dollars for its proposed high-speed rail project last year, it attached an odd string.

The money had to be spent, the feds said, on a relatively short stretch in the San Joaquin Valley.

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Sunday, October 16, 2011 – 07:35 p.m.

The negative news coming out of San Bernardino International Airport (SBIA) continues to worsen this weekend.

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Traffic moves along on Interstate 10 freeway approaching Interstate 405 freeway in Los Angeles, California. The measure, approved in 1978, was the inspiration for an antitax movement that has taken hold of the public discourse. Photographer: Jonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg

By Christopher Palmeri – Oct 16, 2011 9:01 PM PT

California voters approved Proposition 13 to rein in property taxes that had doubled in 10 years. More than three decades later, that rebellion has mortgaged the state’s future, saddling it with the nation’s highest debt and lowest credit rating.

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There’s plenty of work to do in California, and infrastructure bonds have been sold to cover it. But the money just sits there.

By George Skelton Capitol Journal
October 16, 2011, 9:37 p.m.

From Sacramento– Gov. Jerry Brown says President Obama should embark on an FDR-type public works program to stimulate the economy. Excellent idea. And Brown should follow his own advice in Sacramento.

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