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https://foxnews.com/politics/california-bullet-train-employees-told-to-shut-up
Employees at the lead consulting firm for the struggling California bullet train project were told to “shut up” and threatened with termination if they talked about the costly infrastructure project, according to a report this week.
“I was told to shut up and not say anything,” Mark Styles, who worked for WSP, told the Los Angeles Times. “I was told that I didn’t understand the political arena the project was in. I told them I am not going to shut up. This is my job.”
The Times spoke to a half dozen current and former senior officials, who said the culture that threatened to punish or terminate employees who didn’t promote the company line explains why the project has gone on for more than 10 years despite warnings about its risks and money issues.
“If I was to give a talk at a construction conference, I would say they were not following generally accepted project management principles,” project controls coordinator Todd Bilstein told the outlet, adding that failures included estimating costs, scheduling construction and managing change orders.
“Revealing bad news was discouraged,” he added. “I just couldn’t continue to work there. I don’t work that way. American professionals don’t work that way.”
A spokeswoman for WSP told the LA Times: “We always work carefully with our client to evaluate the demands of each project and to prepare realistic and transparent recommendations regarding schedule and budget.”
he project, which aims to establish a high-speed line between Los Angeles and San Francisco, was scaled back by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom last year in favor of a shorter line between the cities of Bakersfield and Merced. It has also been hit by repeated delays, with estimates suggesting it may not be completed until 2033.
But despite the scaling back, The California High-Speed Rail Authority last month pegged the cost of completing the project at $80.3 billion in its draft 2020 business plan – $1.3 billion more than previously expected. The project had initially been estimated to cost $33 billion. Bullet train planners had been under increasing pressure to make progress on the system that many believe had no plausible way of living up to its goal of getting riders across the state in three hours or less.
Public funds. Taxpayer dollars
And WHISTLE BLOWERS being threatened
Employees at the lead consulting firm for the struggling California bullet train project were told to “shut up” and threatened with termination if they talked about the costly infrastructure project, according to a report this week.
“I was told to shut up and not say anything,” Mark Styles, who worked for WSP, told the Los Angeles Times. “I was told that I didn’t understand the political arena the project was in. I told them I am not going to shut up. This is my job.”
The Times spoke to a half dozen current and former senior officials, who said the culture that threatened to punish or terminate employees who didn’t promote the company line explains why the project has gone on for more than 10 years despite warnings about its risks and money issues.
“If I was to give a talk at a construction conference, I would say they were not following generally accepted project management principles,” project controls coordinator Todd Bilstein told the outlet, adding that failures included estimating costs, scheduling construction and managing change orders.
“Revealing bad news was discouraged,” he added. “I just couldn’t continue to work there. I don’t work that way. American professionals don’t work that way.”
A spokeswoman for WSP told the LA Times: “We always work carefully with our client to evaluate the demands of each project and to prepare realistic and transparent recommendations regarding schedule and budget.”
he project, which aims to establish a high-speed line between Los Angeles and San Francisco, was scaled back by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom last year in favor of a shorter line between the cities of Bakersfield and Merced. It has also been hit by repeated delays, with estimates suggesting it may not be completed until 2033.
But despite the scaling back, The California High-Speed Rail Authority last month pegged the cost of completing the project at $80.3 billion in its draft 2020 business plan – $1.3 billion more than previously expected. The project had initially been estimated to cost $33 billion. Bullet train planners had been under increasing pressure to make progress on the system that many believe had no plausible way of living up to its goal of getting riders across the state in three hours or less.
Public funds. Taxpayer dollars
And WHISTLE BLOWERS being threatened
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Lifelong goal.
But the sound will never die
Seriously, this is corrupt 3rd world shit on par with your standard African kleptocracy.
All of this is taxpayer funded graft is designed to assist the single party that runs this state and their political benefactors.
Everett Dirksen
Streets of Bakersfield. Good shit.
And Tim McGraw
But, hey, we'll always have Lady Fucking Antebellum.
Add in getting to the station, stops, bullshit etc its probably faster by car
It's the stretches they took out where the car sucks