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BART is missing
in accountability

Re: “BART’s want for cash fuels bridge toll hike” (Web page A6, June 28).

I completely agree with the editorial that BART’s plea for more cash amidst plummeting ridership has remodeled it from a transit system into an employment company. It’s unconscionable.

There may be little accountability with authorities employees due to highly effective employee unions that compensate and hearth employees on the premise of seniority fairly than efficiency. Slightly than do extra with much less, it’s simply simpler to ask for extra taxpayer cash. It definitely doesn’t damage to even have politically highly effective associates within the Legislature.

Possibly it’s time to rethink methods to attain extra accountability in our public businesses.

Jerry Mungai
San Jose

Nextdoor undercuts
licensed contractors

The web site Nextdoor.com modified its guidelines permitting companies to straight submit promoting posts within the normal platform.

Many firms that publicize, promote and are beneficial by neighbors that do residential development work are unlicensed.

State legal guidelines require any development firm that performs a undertaking costing over $500 together with supplies and labor have a sound state contractors license. The legal guidelines require any enterprise to listing their license quantity in any promoting and listings. These firms that don’t have a license are required to state that reality.

Nextdoor gives a free and open discussion board for unlicensed firms. They punish neighbors asking firms if they’re licensed, what their license quantity is, or warning the general public {that a} license is required for the work they’re proposing to do.

Nextdoor has a bias towards the development business as you’re allowed to ask different industries about their {qualifications}.

Timothy Gordon
San Carlos

Nation’s greatness rests
on greater than Christianity

Re: “Removing denies cultural significance of the cross” (Web page A6, June 30).

I used to be shocked by G. J. Hugger’s feedback within the June 30 Letters to the Editor:
“There would doubtless be no such factor as freedom and nationwide, state or metropolis authorities as we all know it with out the cross and Christ.”

Our perception in democracy and private freedom got here from the Enlightenment, which was a response towards the non secular wars in Europe. It was a time that made wholesome non secular skepticism acceptable and introduced divine rights into query.

To say Christianity and its symbols are mandatory for democracy is incorrect. We’ve change into a multicultural nation. We love freedom and democracy, and we be taught and borrow from one another.

Alex Havasy
Sunnyvale

U.S. should do extra
to feed out kids

Re: “Silicon Valley college websites function handy locations to assist feed households” (June 30).

Though I’m blissful that faculties are serving to households within the Bay Space, I can’t keep away from desirous about how meals insecurity is a solvable drawback being ignored by our legislators.

Simply final month, Home leaders launched a trio of tax payments giving tax cuts to the rich whereas ignoring folks within the lowest revenue brackets. Underneath this plan, the wealthiest 1% would obtain a mean lower of $16,560. People within the backside 20% would obtain $40. That is unconscionable and worst of all, we have now a examined tax credit score confirmed to cut back little one poverty in California and the USA. The expanded little one tax credit score helped 3.9 million Californian households keep out of poverty. This credit score gave my household and plenty of others an opportunity to purchase meals and never must depend on meals pantries.

Congress must act now and feed the kids of this nation.

Sarah Izabel
Stanford

Readers deserve extra
wholesome meals protection

I’m disenchanted that week after week, there are few if any plant-based, low-sugar, low-fat meals and eating places shared within the Eat Drink Play part, even after admonishing readers to eat this fashion again in January.

I’m a plant-based, whole-food eater, and I eat what I put together for myself. I’d like to find out about eating places serving these meals and wish straightforward recipes for these meals.

Sufficient of the bakeries, pizza and burger locations, and high-sugar, beef and cream-laden meals. Sure, all of us love these and wish them on particular events, however you aren’t serving to our inhabitants to be wholesome.

Ellen Petrill
Los Altos

Change to chapter
legal guidelines may assist college students

Re: “Scholar mortgage debt reduction rejected” (Web page A1, July 1).