It was disturbing to read that Caltrain staff are anxious to move forward with the electrification project (SMDJ May 12).
Ridership has dropped by 90% and every city and county are facing massive deficits.
Our school funding is projected to be only 10% of what was expected. Many services and projects will be eliminated and layoffs are likely. Meanwhile Caltrain is worried that they can’t spend money fast enough.
To continue spending on a “nice to have” project, while difficult cuts are made to vital service, is unconscionable. If you lose your job, you don’t buy a new car.
Look to your own city that is building a rec center to the tune of 50M plus interest and unknown operating expenses, all without proof that such an extravagance is needed or wanted by the residents.
So many in CA were comfortable kicking back and collecting handouts and extended/enhanced unemployment from the Feds, UNTIL they realized that their were real costs to shutting down the economy to try to protect against an illness little worse than a bad flu for MOST people. In this case, the supposed cure was worse than the disease.
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Look to your own city that is building a rec center to the tune of 50M plus interest and unknown operating expenses, all without proof that such an extravagance is needed or wanted by the residents.
So many in CA were comfortable kicking back and collecting handouts and extended/enhanced unemployment from the Feds, UNTIL they realized that their were real costs to shutting down the economy to try to protect against an illness little worse than a bad flu for MOST people. In this case, the supposed cure was worse than the disease.
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