Dear Editor,
Kudos to Santa Clara county voters for defeating Measure A, a
sales tax initiative that would have funded the expansion of BART
into Santa Clara.
Dear Editor,
Kudos to Santa Clara county voters for defeating Measure A, a sales tax initiative that would have funded the expansion of BART into Santa Clara.
Proponents who support expanding BART into Santa Clara County would have committed Santa Clara County taxpayers to the same mistake as San Mateo County taxpayers who were compelled to divert scarce transit dollars from our local sales tax measure to subsidize the floundering BART-to-San Francisco-Airport extension.
If Santa Clara is determined to build a BART extension they should vote to join the BART district so that when they pay for its operation they will have voting representation on the BART board unlike their naive neighbors to the north.
Bruce Balshone, Former Executive Director,
Coalition for a One-Stop Terminal
