Jerry Brown defends high speed rail, wants education reform

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Gov. Jerry Brown laid out his vision of California as a state on the financial mend as well as a "land of dreams" that can become the epicenter of renewable energy development while supporting the building of major projects, such as high-speed rail.

In his second State of the State speech, which lasted 20 minutes, Brown derided critics and naysayers of the state and said California can do big things.

"Contrary to those critics who fantasize that California is a failed state, I see unspent potential and incredible opportunity," Brown said.

The governor strongly defended the high-speed rail project, which has come under fire recently for ballooning costs and a shaky business model.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/18/BAOP1MR40G.DTL

[Fearless]

1. If he wants better education...

Hire back the teachers he fired.

[msongs]

3. actually he didnt fire any teachers. republican obstruction required cuts nt

[Fearless]

4. He signed a budget that fired teachers.

[YvonneCa]

2. Actually, the part about Education...

...Reform is not exactly what he said. Here is a link to the speech:

http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewVideo/3248