Dozens of Shafter residents filled Veterans Hall Monday night to voice their opposition to a new proposal from the California High Speed Rail Authority that would route the rail line through the city center, potentially displacing businesses and costing the city millions in tax revenue.
The packed meeting required city staff to bring out additional chairs to accommodate the crowd as High Speed Rail Authority members presented their revised plan to the Shafter City Council.
“There should have been a better ethical way to get you guys from point A to point B, because if there was, this meeting would have never happened,” one resident said, capturing the general sentiment in the room…