Paradise Lost?: High-Speed Trains Get Waylaid, Shady Politicians Get Billions and Taxpayers Get the Shaft!
Richard Trainoris the author ofSacramento: The Heart of California: AContemporary Portrait. He has contributed toElle, theLos Angeles Times,TheSacramento Bee,TheSaturday Review,Sight & Sound, andThe Vancouver Sun. He is a former capitol bureau correspondent forCaliforniamagazine and a former managing editor ofFrance Todaymagazine. He lives in Healdsburg, California.