Dear Editor:
What if we lived in a country with mad government disease;
berserk, irrational government. Well, we already do. The state
government says $100 billion is not enough from taxpayers to run
California.
Dear Editor:
What if we lived in a country with mad government disease; berserk, irrational government. Well, we already do. The state government says $100 billion is not enough from taxpayers to run California. They want to amend the State Constitution, enact Proposition 56, repeal Proposition 13, so it is easier to impose higher taxes.
And if Rod Diridon gets his way, we’ll have more than his train museum downtown feasting off taxpayers. SB 1961 now pending in Congress would fund construction of California’s Bullet Train through towns like Gilroy. Federal preemption and Rod’s agency’s eminent domain power will impose the loco federali’s socialist transit solutions, but will require small business owners and homeowners to pick-up the Bullet Train’s $900 million annual operating losses. Hell, VTA’s losses with Lite Rail will be small in comparison to the money sucked-up by Rod’s Super-Massive Black Hole.
If Rod gets his way and this is enacted, then the City Council ought to seek relief under Chapter 9 of the bankruptcy code, and break as many burdensome public-sector union contracts as we have on our necks. It’s the only way we’ll have any small businesses left in Gilroy. State mandates and federal preemption, not to mention international preemption under NAFTA, will stymie local elected leaders’ dreams of a better life for our town.
Caveat Viator!
Joe Thompson, Gilroy
Submitted Tuesday, Jan. 27 to ed****@************ch.com
