A decade-long rail trail project in Santa Cruz has spiraled into a costly, unrealistic infrastructure fiasco. With $1 billion needed just for bridge repairs and a final price tag nearing $5 billion, it exemplifies how progressive ideals without pragmatic governance fuel public frustration — and inadvertently, MAGA’s political momentum.

Santa Cruz County will get some sort of trail on at least some of the old rail corridor. How did we get here and what will we get?

In a surprising move, Greenway and FORT decided to bury the hatchet and work together on reasonable community transportation solutions.

The question was simple: to vote or not to vote on the future of our rail corridor. Here is how our members responded to our survey.