Central Middle School is (nearly) complete

New Central Middle School Marks Grand Opening with Ribbon Cutting

This was contentious process, but at least it was built: that’s more than can be said about the skating rink, where the decade-long fight continues. Speaking of delays, however, the national picture is far more dismal, and if you think this is accidental and not the result of a deliberate attempt to deindustrialize America, well, you’re wrong:

Seen on InstaPundit: IT’S NOT TOO FEW RESOURCES. IT’S TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT:

America has no shortage of copper, what America has is federal and state governments who’ve thrown up so many regulatory and permitting barriers to exploiting our proven domestic resources that, according to the Pacific Legal Foundation, the time between beginning the process of opening a new mine and actually opening the mine is as much as 29 years or more… the longest permitting process of any nation on earth other than Zambia

And see,

JUST IN: California Transportation Sec. reveals the money to complete high-speed rail is “not there today,” with the project now estimated to cost about $126 billion — nearly 4x the original budget.
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