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High speed rail consultants took mystery late-night trips from CEO’s home on taxpayer’s dime: report

California High Speed Rail bigwigs reportedly billed taxpayers for unexplained late-night trips to and from CEO Ian Choudri’s Folsom home, along with rides to local bars and restaurants — as reps face tough questions about nearly $600,000 in blown expenses revealed in a recent audit. Two rail consultants, Denver-based Nossaman LLP attorney Brent Butzin…

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California Republicans dubbed it the high-speed rail "anti-transparency bill." A new watchdog report reveals why it isn't.A watchdog report on wasteful consultant travel became a real-world test of the so-called high-speed rail "anti-transparency" law.

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California’s high-speed rail authority wasted money on first-class flights, trips to nightclub, report findsThe train has come under immense scrutiny in recent years from the federal government.

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