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Inside the small town being torn apart by Newsom’s high speed rail dream: ‘Nowhere for us to go’

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Fews App Post Time 20h ago

In the small town of Shafter just northwest of Bakersfield, Gavin Newsom’s dream of high-speed rail service has become a nightmare. Residents and business owners in the Central Valley burg are outraged over a state proposal to run the train line smack through the middle of their quaint downtown — overtaking local businesses while costing state taxpayers about $215 million per mile. Cameron Hunter, 31, the general manager of a local Chevy dealership run by his wife’s family since 1947, said that a recently revised proposal would mean the loss of an entire car lot to construction.

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