Hmm, you mean the fleecing of the taxpayers, that is what High Speed Rail is all about.

It's a loss loss idea from the 18th century. If it had merit, then business tycoons such as Buffet would have been all over the idea. But railroads have seen there days where customers are concerned, they would rather be independent and use their own mode of transportation.

A correct to the paper the costs has not double, not tripled, but went from 10 to 14 billion project to well over 90 billion.

This is terrible news, the last thing we want is to have someone associated with a dishonest project like High Speed Rail to be involved with Caltrain. No good can come of this appointment.

We need to work harder to cancel (sort of) High Speed Rail.

"veteran Redwood City politician".... When the words 'veteran politician' appear, bad smells are sure to follow.

What the Hell?!
"This consists of a base salary of $263,000 and additional compensation of $75,000 for managing Caltrain; $25,000 for managing the Transit Authority and $71,661 as an "additional cost of the benefits associated with the position."

How about some reporting on the elephant in the room! This is how the Board plays politics - by rewarding an insider with fat pay (e.g., Board Member Roseanne Foust is a Council Member from Redwood City and Caltrain Board member and also coincidentally Jim's Husband! Please do some investigative reporting on this subject.