The South Bay Labor Council has spent over $70,000 to fund negative mailers that mislead the public about my transportation record. This is yet another example of special interests trying to buy political influence in Sacramento. Â
It is a sign that they know I cannot be bought and I consider it a badge of honor.
I am an independent thinker who will not pledge to blindly pursue anyone’s agenda and that can be threatening to those trying to maintain the status quo. But this is exactly what is wrong with our system and why I am running for Assembly. In my eight years in public service I have read the budgets and done my homework. I make decisions based on real analysis, balanced listening and what is in the best interest of the voters.
As a VTA board member who actually rides trains and buses myself, I opposed the BART extension into San Jose as proposed because it would siphon off virtually all funding for all other transit improvements in the county for the next 30 years. We need an integrated regional transit system, efficient in travel time, energy and costs.
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I stand by these decisions and I will continue to vote in the best interest of the families in this district when I get to Sacramento.
Yoriko Kishimoto
Palo Alto
The letter writer is the former mayor of Palo Alto and candidate for state Assembly District 21.
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