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Measure L is out of
scale for Berkeley
Measure L will make Berkeley housing and small-business prices even much less reasonably priced.
Measure L’s poll query satirically begins: “Shall the measure to create reasonably priced housing…,” and its monetary implications paragraph touts a teaser tax price. Each are then nullified by wide-ranging disclaimers.
Lifetime Measure L value to Berkeley taxpayers will seemingly exceed the $1.125 billion estimate, as rates of interest have already risen. Its 12% cap on rates of interest may permit us to incur harmful ranges of debt and ensuing taxes.
Berkeley should stay inclusive of all, together with our youngsters — not simply prosperous residents and enormous companies. Measure L is closely supported by particular pursuits, has no safety for seniors, is inefficiently financed and is solely out of scale for our metropolis of simply 124,000.
Joel Libove
Berkeley
Lengthy will deliver fiscal
accountability to Pinole
The selection candidate for Pinole Metropolis Council is Debbie Lengthy. Right here’s why: Candidates Anthony Tave, Cameron Sasai and Justin Martinez have been no-shows at our public debates. However Debbie was there each time.
Not showing at public boards, the place folks have an opportunity to listen to platforms, query coverage and evaluate qualifications, reveals flagrant disrespect for the democratic course of. Flooding the roadsides with political indicators on the eleventh hour is a dishonest solution to get “recognized” with out doing the work.
Right here’s what I find out about Debbie Lengthy: She’s about fiscal accountability and security for Pinole’s residents. Her expertise — board membership, previous metropolis treasurer of Pinole, cleanup participation, volunteer work for youngsters’s sports activities packages and animal rescue teams — makes her a transparent selection on Nov. 8. She is going to greatest serve the folks of Pinole.
P.Ok. Casentini
Pinole
Measure Y will maintain
Oakland Zoo prime notch
As somebody born and raised in Oakland, I've personally skilled the affect of our lovely zoo and seen its unimaginable affect on our youth, group and the encircling wildlife.
Because the son of Oakland science educators, I do know the affect the zoo has on our youth as an essential group studying heart for college kids throughout Oakland.
Voting sure on Measure Y ensures that the Oakland Zoo will have the ability to proceed and develop its science education schemes for Oakland college students.
I additionally carefully comply with the inspirational work of the zoo to deal with and take care of our surrounding wildlife by means of their restoration efforts. The Oakland Zoo accepts, rehabilitates and rehomes wildlife rescued from wildfires. This is the reason the Oakland Zoo is one in all solely three zoos endorsed by PETA.
Voting sure on Measure Y ensures that help will proceed to be offered to our surrounding wildlife for generations to come back.
Thomas Hodul
Oakland
Dunning will unite
Richmond as mayor
At a current assembly, Richmond mayoral candidate Shawn Dunning was requested a couple of tense native problem: tickets on road cleansing days. He described the areas of settlement and disagreement on each side. His information of this very native problem was fairly spectacular.
Much more spectacular, nevertheless, was the affect of his rephrasing the questions. After listening to his evaluation, individuals who had been arguing with one another just a few minutes earlier than have been sticking their fingers up and proposing options that might doubtlessly work for each side.
There are a whole lot of candidates who speak about transcending polarization. Shawn really has the abilities to do it. He has labored as a negotiator all around the world, even creating dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. He's simply what Richmond must get democracy working once more.
Teed Rockwell
Richmond
Thao’s fiscal ignorance
improper match for Oakland
I'm appalled by the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee’s endorsement of Sheng Thao for mayor of Oakland. She has carried out a 180-degree activate her place of funding for the Oakland Police Division, and she or he hasn’t even a primary understanding of tax measures and funding of bond measures, together with some that she has voted on.
I've been registered as a Democrat for over 50 years and a union member for a lot of my profession. I help good wages for all workers. A mayor together with her lack of awareness of municipal funds can not guarantee unions or taxpayers that she's going to handle funds to anybody’s profit.
Susan Schroeder
Oakland
Livermore ought to vote
sure on Measure P
Almost 30 years in the past the residents of Livermore rallied behind the South Livermore Valley Space Plan. Its mission was easy: to ascertain city progress boundaries that might protect and defend the fertile soils of our historic wine nation from suburban sprawl.
The realm plan had a stability of incentives to plant new vineyards and restrict residential density to 1 dwelling per 20 acres. We skilled success within the early years, however now two-thirds of our vineyards must be replanted and there's not adequate demand for native grapes.
Measure P will permit town to increase a sanitary sewer down Tesla Highway to draw the very companies, reminiscent of a resort resort and spa, that the world plan envisioned and are important to a vibrant wine nation. To guard our groundwater and high quality of life, I urge you to vote sure on Measure P.
David Kent
Livermore