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Public bailout of
BART is smart

Concerning the editorial, “BART refuses to make cuts, accelerates towards ‘fiscal cliff’” on Could 26 (Web page A6), Daniel Borenstein is satisfied the one method BART can proceed is additional cuts to service. By some means, the thought of a Sacramento bailout of BART smacks of “monetary irresponsibility and political vanity.”

We in america have sponsored car use in so some ways, it boggles the thoughts: from federal freeway subsidies to native authorities street packages, we’ve got successfully granted untold billions in “bailout” cash to our car-based industries: automakers, the oil business, and so forth. The online is that the price of proudly owning and driving a automotive in america is artificially low.

Many Western European nations have vibrant and wholesome transit methods, and authorities funding is a part of their success. But Borenstein would relatively minimize service and shut stations, relatively than get any authorities bailout? I’m not shopping for it.

Barry Schamach
Oakland

Ethnic research could make
well-rounded college students

Re: “Put highschool concentrate on sensible lessons” (Web page A6, Could 31).

Concerning the letter written by Mike DeMontoya suggesting it was an inappropriate use of public funds to coach college students relating to “ethnic research,” after my first six years in Texas public colleges, and later graduating from highschool in San Jose, I knew nearly nothing concerning the African American expertise apart from the fundamentals: civil conflict and slavery. The unhappy historical past of the Jim Crow South, in addition to redlining, the realities of employment and financial discrimination had been by no means defined or mentioned besides in essentially the most superficial methods potential.

I imagine it’s crucial that each one Individuals be educated relating to the problems confronted by African Individuals, in addition to all of the ethnicities which might be a part of the American historic expertise. We are going to all change into higher residents of this nice nation.

Steven Rhodes
Martinez

Put a ceiling on age
of presidential hopefuls

I’ve been studying Mr. Roadshow’s segments regarding getting a DMV driving license renewal after age 70. We now have simply skilled it. You need to soar by means of all types of hoops beginning with on-line pre-registration for the renewal. Subsequent, a compulsory look at a crowded DMV, a imaginative and prescient check, a written check and lengthy traces.

We enable folks to run for president who’re a decade previous 70 for a extra crucial, complicated job than driving a automotive. When is America going to demand a change? The Structure requires a president to be at the least 35 years outdated. We have to amend that to state nobody over age 70 can run for the workplace, as nicely.

Clearly, California discovered way back that these previous 70 are now not on the prime of their recreation. We have to put stress on our representatives to repair this.

James Roesler
San Ramon

Take authorized path to
halting migrant flights

Re: “Second flight of migrants arrives” (Web page A1, June 6).

Gov. Gavin Newsom,  Legal professional Normal Rob Bonta want to repair the arrival immigrant drawback economically: discover the authorized means to detain the car used for the “illegal transportation” of migrants to California. Seize the aircraft topic to discovering the service not liable. A service, shedding the usage of their planes (or buses) for 2 or three weeks at a time, will cease carrying migrants.

This can repair the issue shortly. A service who loses their livelihood for weeks at a time will refuse to just accept such cargo after a few situations. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others received’t have the ability to discover authorized means to move migrants to different states.

That is additionally a simple technique to attempt an answer. You’ll know if it really works in a month to 2 months, and it ought to work for any mode of transportation.

Dev Mahadevan
Castro Valley