Guest Column: The Road to Perdition

Guest Column: The Road to Perdition

Remember California’s Hydrogen Highway? Odds are you probably don’t.  Announced with great fanfare in 2004, after 20 years of implementation, California currently has a modest 63 hydrogen fueling stations scattered throughout the state to service about 12,000 hydrogen cars – including three hydrogen stations operating to fuel heavy duty trucks. When was the last time you rode California’s High-Speed Rail? You haven’t. And unless you are under 40 years of age you may never have that opportunity. California’s High Speed Rail Project is an example of the current state of politics in California with elected officials avoiding making the tough…
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Op-ed: A Ship Within Troubled Waters

Op-ed: A Ship Within Troubled Waters

The vessel/hotel Queen Mary and its conjoined Russian submarine, sit abandoned and rusting in Long Beach. They are an example of civic pride gone awry and failed governmental oversight. The Queen Mary is a story of unfulfilled promises, multiple bankruptcies, city auditor reports,  unaccounted for public funds, multiple operators and a vessel/hotel that has bounced between the City of Long Beach and the Port of Long Beach, back to the city and now a proposal to give it back to the port. The Queen Mary is indeed iconic.  It is also a failure and an example of poor public policy…
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