Commentary Governor Gavin Newsom’s bullet train project from Merced to Bakersfield makes so little sense that members of his own party are trying to put the brakes on it. Thus far about $9 billion has been spent with virtually nothing to show for it. In his recently proposed state budget, Newsom seeks another $4.2 billion, but approval is far from certain. It has been over 13 years since California voters approved the construction of a high-speed train “linking Southern California counties, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area.” They approved $9 billion in public funds for a project they were told would cost about $33 billion. The rest was to be privately funded. It was to travel at 200 miles per hour, delivering passengers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in under three hours. The project was dubious from the start. It was sold as a “green” …