RED IN TOOTH

 I lived there for almost 30 years and even I cannot comprehend how legislators in a state can seriously propose releasing the largest apex predator on its own constituents but then, we are talking about California. This is their next trick.

I would have no problem with this if there was a mandatory requirement that all bears be released and left undisturbed in Sacramento. It's close enough to the mountains that the bears interested in returning to the wild could make it on their own and there's plenty of stupid animals  to eat in the valley of the American River.

Another fine proposal that has not left the legislature calls for all of them to be paid in gold but contains an ironclad provision that mandates that every ounce of gold has to travel from Los Angeles main train station in downtown Los Angeles on the High Speed Rail Line and disembarked only after its arrival at San Francisco Station at 4th and King. They only get the money if the train sustains an average speed from LA to San Francisco of 140 mph.

Can you imagine the uproar? The station in LA is another beautiful remnant of a better time and the idea of blasting a high speed train up the San Francisco peninsula to downtown San Francisco is just ludicrous. The Caltrain from San Jose to the City averages about 60 mph on a good day.

So I don't know about you but I'd be happy to see impoverished California legislators hiding from famished grizzly bears while waiting for their train to come in.