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Raiders provide lesson
on A’s stadium quest
Because the Raiders made $189 million in taxpayer cash vanish (“How the Raiders made $189 million in taxpayer cash vanish,” Web page A1, Feb. 13), simply watch for the A’s to make a whole bunch of thousands and thousands of dollars in taxpayer cash vanish with the Howard Terminal ballpark rip-off they're pulling on town of Oakland and Alameda County taxpayers.
Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Alameda County supervisors ought to simply say no to this con job the A’s try to tug off. It’s a loser for Oakland and the county.
Rocky Fort
San Lorenzo
Maintain shining mild
on SJSU scandal
You might be to be counseled to your exhaustive protection of San Jose State’s scandal and efforts to cowl up a coach’s sexual abuse of feminine college students (“Key intercourse abuse memo emerges,” Web page A1, Feb. 6).
As a graduate of the college, I additionally want to congratulate Julia Prodis Sulek’s glorious reporting on the topic. Sustain the great work
Robert Coffman
Moraga
Paint a clearer image
of photo voltaic guidelines’ injury
Your latest piece on the rooftop photo voltaic controversy (“California’s rooftop photo voltaic warfare intensifies as regulators pull reform proposal,” Jan. 24) ought to have highlighted the devastating impact NEM 3.0 would have on our state’s purpose of reaching 100% renewable vitality sources by 2045.
As an alternative, it painted opponents of the CPUC proposal as rabid partisans who hate to see corporations generate income. And it introduced with a straight face supporters’ claims to be motivated by fairness issues. NEM 3.0 would imply solely rich folks may afford to go photo voltaic. It’s a wonderful instance of the “divide and conquer” tactic utilized by monetary elites since our nation started – pitting those that have little towards those that have even much less. True vitality fairness means extra entry to rooftop photo voltaic, not much less.
Additionally, in quoting a spokesperson from the deceptively-named Reasonably priced Clear Vitality for all, you need to have recognized this group as funded by for-profit utilities.
Emily Wheeler
Walnut Creek
Clear-eyed on risk,
column misplaces blame
Marc Thiessen makes a sound level in his piece “If Putin can invade Ukraine, Taiwan could also be subsequent goal” (Web page A7). Undoubtedly, China is watching the West’s response if Russia invades its neighbor, because it appears poised to do. Nonetheless, the subtext of his piece seems designed to arrange the Biden administration for the blame if Russia invades, a form of “who misplaced Ukraine?” fairly than inserting the true onus on Vladimir Putin. He factors a number of occasions to penalties if the USA or NATO “fails to discourage” Russia as if the Biden administration is doing nothing within the escalating disaster.
Not like our former president, who took a wrecking ball to the NATO alliance, President Joe Biden seems to be working to carry NATO collectively and clarify to Putin that there might be extreme penalties to an invasion. Biden’s directness with Putin stands in stark distinction with President Donald Trump’s strategy.
Jim Cervantes
Lafayette
Ranked-choice voting
greatest for metropolis of Alameda
I want to share with the neighborhood that the Alameda League of Girls Voters has launched efforts to deliver ranked-choice voting to Alameda for seats below town constitution. This consists of metropolis council, mayoral, auditor and treasurer elections.
I agree with the League’s place that the voting methodology “is a extra democratic system than Alameda’s ‘winner-take-all’ plurality voting as a result of it requires candidates to win with a majority in single-seat elections or with a successful threshold in multi-seat elections. The end result of ranked-choice voting extra precisely displays a consensus amongst voters as to which candidate will greatest characterize the pursuits of the most individuals, not only a small base of supporters.”
Many people concern for our democracy. Ranked-choice voting is one optimistic step we are able to take to strengthen it.
I invite residents who're desirous about studying extra to go to the League’s web site.
Paula Rainey
Alameda
No extra delays
on charging Trump
There are clear-cut latest legal guidelines on the criminality of mutilating or eradicating presidential data. Former President Donald Trump’s violation of those legal guidelines is well-documented.
So the place are the indictments by the Division of Justice? The legal professional normal must act or President Joe Biden ought to change him.
Ronald Greene
Los Altos