{"id":8715206,"date":"2023-01-12T16:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T00:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/?p=8715206&preview=true&preview_id=8715206"},"modified":"2023-01-13T03:56:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T11:56:52","slug":"letters-1115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/12\/letters-1115\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Scenic road | Fix Prop. 13 | Gas stove ban | Nuclear weapons treaty | GOP monolith? | Internet privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Quarry project woulddestroy scenic road<\/h4>\n

EBMUD has applied for a conditional use permit from Alameda County to allow the deposit of trench soil extracted from pipeline replacement into the quarry site located at 13575 Lake Chabot Road.<\/p>\n

EBMUD estimates<\/a>\u00a0that there will be 60\u2013100 dump trucks five days a week on Lake Chabot Road for the next 40\u201380 years (this is not a typo), with trucks entering Lake Chabot Road in San Leandro and exiting on Foothill in Castro Valley every four or five minutes.<\/p>\n

Lake Chabot Road, is very narrow with no shoulders, already heavy with 3,500 cars a day, bicycle traffic, wildlife and hikers. It is currently closed due to storm damage. This fragile but needed scenic road can\u2019t support dump trucks which will make it unsafe for those of us who use it now.<\/p>\n\n

Teri Schlesinger<\/strong>San Leandro<\/em><\/p>\n

Prop. 13 proves costlyto government programs<\/h4>\n

\u201cProp. 13 is vital to senior community<\/a>\u201d in the Jan. 10 East Bay Times (Page A6) misleads readers.<\/p>\n

Yes, Proposition 13 is vital to the senior community of homeowners, but Proposition 13 is also unfair to them and others, as well. In fact, Proposition 13 has been exploited by the community of big businesses while also harming the senior community and others.<\/p>\n

Proposition 13 was passed in 1978 \u2014 thanks to the deceptive slogans of Howard Jarvis and Paul Gann \u2014 as \u201ca way to keep Grandma in her home.\u201d But it was also a way to keep the property taxes of businesses low \u2014 especially big businesses like Chevron and Disneyland.<\/p>\n

Because the low property taxes of Proposition 13 drastically reduced funding of local and state governments, seniors and others have suffered \u2014 impoverished schools, government offices understaffed with shorter hours, streets and other infrastructure in poor repair.<\/p>\n

Prop. 13 needs fixing to fairly serve all.<\/p>\n

Ruby MacDonald<\/strong>El Cerrito<\/em><\/p>\n

Feds overreach withtalk of gas stove ban<\/h4>\n

The federal government wants to ban gas stoves<\/a>. I have a stove with an electric oven and gas burners.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like cooking with electric burners. It\u2019s difficult to regulate the heat; with gas burners it\u2019s so much easier. Gov. Gavin Newsom also wanted to do that but not for restaurants. The government always wants to come after the little guy and make our lives more difficult.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s bad enough already with inflation and high gas, food and energy prices.\u00a0They blame everything on climate change. Enough is enough.<\/p>\n

Cathy Ledbetter<\/strong>Newark<\/em><\/p>\n

The U.S. should joinnuclear weapons treaty<\/h4>\n

Jan. 22 is a historic day. It’s the day the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force in 2021, aka the \u201cBan-aversary.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, over 100 events across the country (including in Livermore) will celebrate the treaty with banner hangings, bell-ringings, visits and letters to elected officials, public readings of the treaty, and more.<\/p>\n\n

U.S. leaders have long said we will lead the way to nuclear abolition. It\u2019s time to make that promise real \u2014 join the treaty and lift the nuclear shadow that looms over the world.<\/p>\n

Scott Yundt<\/strong>Livermore<\/em><\/p>\n

Letter is wrong to paintthe GOP as a monolith<\/h4>\n

Re. “Let\u2019s celebrate heroes of the Jan. 6 breach<\/a>,” Page A6, Jan. 11:<\/p>\n

Thanks to Sandy White, I know who I am.<\/p>\n

I bicycle everywhere (to save lives and the planet) and maxed out my solar. I\u2019m not \u201crich\u201d but donate 15% of my gross income to charities, regardless of whether they lean \u201cleft\u201d or \u201cright.\u201d They all help people.<\/p>\n

She proclaims \u201cLet\u2019s remind everyone which party (Republicans) tried to destroy our democracy and which party (Democrats) saved it.\u201d She implies the five deaths of Jan. 6 (three by natural causes) are comparable to the 2,403 who died at Pearl Harbor \u2014 a true \u201cday of infamy.\u201d This veteran disagrees.<\/p>\n

Who am I? A Republican. Therefore I am also a “Destroyer of Democracy.\u201d She mentions no exceptions.<\/p>\n

We are individuals, not a mindless collective. I consider ridiculous generalizations and uncompromising narratives (like hers) to be the true “Destroyers.” Obi-Wan Kenobi observed, \u201cOnly a Sith deals in absolutes.\u201d Sandy, welcome to the Dark Side.<\/p>\n

Stacy Spink<\/strong>Castro Valley<\/em><\/p>\n

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