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Vote no on new sales tax and BART board
Re: “Rail future on shaky ground” (Page A1, Feb. 23).
Regarding the scare tactics that BART is using against voters if we do not approve another bailout for this mismanaged transit agency, my reply is that my family cannot afford another outrageous sales tax increase.
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Considering the history of BART’s managers, year after year, crying for more money from taxpayers, and that they still can’t manage BART without demanding more and more money, it has reached the point where I do not believe a word they say. Vote no to the scare tactics and fire the whole BART board.
Rocky Fort San Lorenzo
State of the Union full of lies and distortions
Re: “Trump seeks to calm country’s economic jitters” (Page A1, Feb. 25).
I am once again appalled by both the headline and content of the article the East Bay Times chose on Donald Trump’s State of the Union.
Instead of the obvious “Trump repeatedly lies in State of Union” as a headline or anything indicating he said nothing whatsoever to assure the country he would end his immoral, illegal, unconstitutional, murderous and immensely harmful polices, the article treats this pathological liar as a normal presidential address.
Here are but a very few of the lies and exaggerations in his speech:
• He claimed to end eight wars. Not true.
• He claimed inflation was plummeting: Food, electricity, natural gas and housing are all up.
• He claimed tariffs raised money from other countries: 96% is paid by Americans.
• He claimed $18 trillion in investments in the United States from other countries. No one knows where he got this figure.
Why wouldn’t the East Bay Times mention any of this?
David Weintraub Oakland
In reality, Trump took food stamps away
Re: “Trump seeks to calm country’s economic jitters” (Page A1, Feb. 25).
Among Donald Trump’s stream of distortions in his State of the Union address about how great the economy is doing was the claim, “We have lifted 2.4 million Americans, a record, off of food stamps.” Lifted? Nice try. How about “cut” or “thrown off”?
There was nothing given in replacement to these Americans. No services. No other programs. He is proud to make the poor poorer and claim another “record” so there is more money for the rich, ICE, private prisons, ballrooms, Kristi Noem’s plush jets, Kash Patel to party with the U.S. hockey team, and thousands of other things that do not benefit the majority of Americans.
No wonder his approval rating is at a low of 36% (26% among Independents).
Barry Brynjulson Pleasanton
Hold Trump accountable for kids still separated
While we are mired in Trump 2.0, trying to balance costs of food, rent and daily living, let us not forget the heinous family separation policy of Trump 1.0 between 2017 and 2021.
More than 1,300 children still have not been reunited with their families. Nine years of uncertainty, pain and trauma. Where are they now? When will this heartless administration live up to its vocal “Christian family values” vow and make amends?
Do not let these children and their families be forgotten. Demand answers and responsibility now.
Joanie Shicoff Martinez
What are odds Trump puts bite on high court
Re: “Justices strike down Trump’s tariffs” (Page A1, Feb. 21).
In 2014, the gambling site Betsson in Malta offered 175-1 odds that Uruguay’s star Luis Suarez would bite someone during the World Cup. Suarez did have a history of biting opponents and had previously been suspended from professional soccer matches over biting incidents in 2011 and 2013. After Suarez bit Italy’s Giorgio Chellini during a 2014 game, 167 bettors collected on those 175-1 odds, led by a Norwegian who collected about $3,300.
Betting on sports and other events is now widespread in the United States, with heavy advertising for betting sites on television and the internet. Given Donald Trump’s extreme thin-skinned and belligerent personality, I wonder when Betsson or some other gambling site will offer odds that Trump will bite a Supreme Court justice.
Bob Benson Lafayette
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