Fixed Wing Aircraft from flying had lifted so they were finally able to make critical drops of Fire Retardant on the ridgelines of the Palisades Fire which has been burning since friday. It creates a great boundary and a Stopping Point for that Flame Front for us to box this fire in so it is one of the critical tools in our toolbox. Reporter along with water dropping helicopters and boots on the ground, firefighters are doing what they can to stop the spread. Right now fire authorities they about 500 homes in the Topanga Area are under mandatory evacuation. Another 100 and pacific palisades are under evacuation warnings. We are packed and ready to go. Shgot the warning and is prepared to leave her home. Today we are vigilant and we are here to not only help ourselves but should our neighbors need help we want to be here. Reporter the fire is burning in steep rugged terrain with thick brush, in an area that is very dry and does not burned and more than 75 years. The firefight continues,
Infrastructure plan hosted by the cato institute. We joined it in progress. Which is a good thing. Randall otoole specializing in transportation, land use, and environmental issues. He has written six books, why the passenger trains we love are not the transportation we need. He finds compelling evidence that government subsidies for rail, whether it is amtrak or subways is unproductive and not efficient. With that, im going to hand it over to bob to take away. Bob thank you, chris. Get my powerpoint. Ok. There we go. Ok. There we go. Thanks very much. Sorry for the delay in getting started. I think the overall philosophy that underlies the Biden Plan is troubling. It ignores the User Pay, User Benefit principal. Our very wise principal, and it ignores the role of potential private capital to leverage whatever Money Government would invest. It ignores sound principles of federalism, in terms of which level of government should do which function. On highways, the 115 billion over eight
The Portland International Jetport has reduced its proposal by 100 spaces, but that might not satisfy residents of a Stroudwater neighborhood concerned about the $8 million project.