Well all know what the High Desert doesn't have — Metrolink service into San Bernardino, Rancho Cucamonga and Los Angeles. I talked about that in last week's column, and also a bit in my Sunday Editor's Notebook.
http://www.hesperias...697/2321/RSS777
The opinion piece is a bit hard to read as the author uses Jack Kerouac style of no-paragraph breaks. 
Sloan
