Wednesday, February 04, 2026

TALKING OUT BOTH SIDES OF HIS FACE

By Bob Walsh

 

 

 

Gavin Newsom was out and about yesterday crowing about how wonderful the California High-Speed Rail Authority was and how CA was going to fund it because that big meanie Donald Trump was pulling federal money out.

He was, at the same time, acting to HIDE as much information as possible from the general public about the project.

California AB 1608 would allow the Inspector General for the project (it has it's own IG) to withhold records from the public "that could reveal weaknesses that could be exploited by individuals attempting to harm the interests of the state or inappropriately benefit from the project."  In order to do this the bill would allow the IG to keep confidential "personal papers and correspondence of any person providing assistance to the Inspector General when that person has requested in writing that their papers and correspondence be kept private and confidential."

The governor's office has denied any knowledge of this proposal.  Nobody believes it.  The mean reason nobody believes it, besides that fact that Gavin Newsom is a lying sack of shit in general, is that his office has filed a virtually identical legislative proposal for consideration.

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