2,300 words but none for high-speed rail

Photo: Michael Macor, the Chronicle

In today's edition of the Chronicle, a front-page story on Gavin Newsom by Heather Knight of more than 2,300 words without a single mention or question about high-speed rail, the largest, most expensive public project in the country. 

Yes, a Governor Newsom will be judged in part on how he deals with homelessness in the state. He did well on that issue as Mayor of San Francisco. 

But if as governor he allows the high-speed rail project to continue, it could bankrupt the state, or, more likely, crowd out money for more important priorities, like housing and education. 

And of course there won't be any money for the project coming from the Trump administration. High-speed rail is the only important issue that Republicans are right about.

Newsom has waffled on the high-speed rail issue, but he won't be able to do that when he's governor. He'll have to pee or get off the pot.

Later: see also in the LA Times: The bullet train is California's biggest infrastructure project — but it's seldom discussed in governor's race.

The Chronicle's editorials have always been dumb on the issue.

The most thorough analysis of the dumb high-speed rail project is found on the Community Coalition on High-Speed Rail's site.

See also Newsom lectures Obama on political timing! and "Greatest thing" Newsom did was on homelessness, not gay marriage.