TRANSDEF Opposed
Proposition 1A, the California High-Speed Rail Bond Measure
The TRANSDEF Board adopted a position of opposition to the
Proposition: TRANSDEF strongly supports High-Speed Rail,
but feels the current California High-Speed Rail Authority
Board and its staff cannot be trusted. Therefore, TRANSDEF
opposes Proposition 1A. The President of TRANSDEF, David
Schonbrunn, debated Quentin Kopp, the Chairman of the
California High-Speed Rail Authority, on October 22, 2008
on KALW-FM. A podcast is available here. (A broadband
connection is needed to download this 27 Mb mp3 file.)
High-Speed Rail expert Joseph Vranich testified in 2008 before the California Senate
Transportation and Housing Committee on the flaws of the
High-Speed Rail Authority's proposal, and concluded
"It's time to dissolve the California High-Speed Rail
Authority." Nearly a decade later, that recommendation
is even more appropriate.
Here's a podcast of a KGO-AM show about Prop. 1A. David
Schonbrunn appears about 15 minutes in. (Note that there
are several minutes of banter before the 1A segment
starts).
An opinion piece by TRANSDEF’s President that ran in the
Marin Independent Journal September 8, 2015: