How many high speed rails have Calif labor constructed? None. We need construction workers experienced in building high speed rails for maximum safety, and that's not local union workers. We need to bring in workers from China and Japan that has the experience. Arnold traveled to China and Japan to award the construction contracts for the engines and passenger cars to the best company with the experience, with no consideration for any local union companies because there are none with experience.

We also have a great work force right here at home only the local unions has forced everyone to look else where to get the job done under budget! It is crazy not to pay out locals a fair wage to do the jobs the depend on to feed their families and I do not mean this over priced prevailing wages, instead they set at home on unemployment while someone from out of town or out of state gets the work, this is wrong!Yes fair wage for fair days work I agree. Prevailing wages is not fair wages for us tax payers to get a job done!

My biggest fear with this is that we will be using our taxpayer dollars to fund workers from out of state- California is expensive to live in and $12 or even $20 doesn't cut it. Mr. Tandy says he doubts that companies will have the money to import workers on these small projects- it doesn't cost anything to ask someone to come to california temporarily and work, they are responsible for their own housing/meals - the company doesn't pay for this. The prevailing wage has it's place, just like the minimum wage. The labor costs on these projects is a small % of the total so the city doesn't really stand to save a whole lot. It's important for our community to have fair wages for fair work, we have a shortage of quality jobs as it is.

Agree, why should an employee that make $16 an hour make $36 an hour just because they are doing an job for the tax payers!