Editor,
Mr. Goldstein’s June 15 letter is on point, the destruction of the Peninsula and the quality of life we worked so hard to be part of. We moved to the Peninsula looking for, and finding, a quality of life by working hard and buying homes here.
You realize your elected representatives don’t represent you. They are nothing but elected “politicians” who care about the big money boys who keep them in power, from the governor’s seat to the city councils in every community.
Gavin Newsom and Scott Weiner, with their insane Senate bills 9 and 10, have laid the foundation for the destruction of our quality of life on the Peninsula and California as a whole. Not only your local “representatives,” but your city attorneys should be the ones putting on the brakes to this insane legislation. The city attorney represents the city, and the city is its residents. The city attorneys of every community should be filing lawsuits against SB 9 and 10, yet we haven’t heard a word from them standing up for those they are supposed to represent. It’s what the people want, not what the state’s corporate long-arm money is pushing, bypassing the will of the residents.
The sad fact is that the two candidates running for Jackie Speier’s seat have already sold out the Peninsula and its residents to the highest bidders, the real estate and building trades, by supporting SB 9 and 10.
That’s not much of a democracy when one choice is worse than the other.
Cynthia Marcopulos
South San Francisco
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(3) comments
Yet again the tired old insult that people who work here and can't afford to buy a home just don't work hard enough ... that homeowners are more deserving to live in the Bay Area because they somehow worked harder.
"It’s what the people want" ... but what if I disagree with you?
Wow! All I can say is that I feel our elected officials do listen to us, do care about what we think, and although I would agree that money plays too big a role in elections, we still have a system that works most of the time. Add to that the thousands of people who serve on boards and commissions throughout the state (like I do), who are there at the grassroots advising our elected representatives, and we the people have a very strong voice in policy. So, get involved, get to know the people in the councils, boards, statewide and national offices, do some work to help them succeed, and let your voice be heard.
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