Wrong, wrong, wrong on the insane Central Subway project (“Central Subway will move city in right direction,” Editorial, Monday).
I’m disappointed The San Francisco Examiner missed the chance to lead on this. Your editorial claims that opponents didn’t make the case for a better solution to an acknowledged problem. I’ve sat in on SaveMuni meetings where this was discussed in great detail, and their website is replete with documentation.
Maybe for some reason you didn’t bother to ask them?
Barry S. EisenbergSan Francisco
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The characterizations in your article regarding the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s proposed lease of 2650 Bayshore Blvd. (“S.F. revisits its fumbled land deal,” Friday) were unfortunately both inaccurate and misleading.
For years, the SFMTA has been looking for alternative sites to replace the 13 acres at Pier 70 that will no longer be available due to the Port of San Francisco’s long-term plans to redevelop that property and that provide inadequate conditions for employees and the public that we serve.
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The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department claims that passing a third — and largest yet — bond to renovate more parks is an “investment.” What the heck do they think decades and decades of taxes and nearly $350 million in bonds in recent memory have been going toward?
Parks benefit from yearly subsidies, but Rec and Park has not spent our money wisely and has allowed them to fall into disrepair. A newly renovated park looks good for a few years, but decay sets in quickly without ongoing maintenance.
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When police officers shoot and kill an unarmed person, they are suspended with pay for the duration of the investigation. What the people of San Francisco have witnessed for 10 months now has been aninquisition-like persecution of our elected sheriff.
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I am writing to encourage voters to vote for Proposition 34, which will remove the death penalty from the state Constitution and substitute a penalty of life without the possibility of parole, for several reasons.
First, eliminating the death penalty will make it impossible to make a mistake and execute an innocent person, a grisly prospect that a humane society cannot allow to happen.
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I take exception to The San Francisco Examiner article describing the small opposition to Proposition B as “powerful foes” (“Parks bond faces powerful foes,” Sunday).
Aaron Peskin and Quentin Kopp are two former supervisors who carry no constituency behind them, but in fact are upset over individual decisions made by the Recreation and Park Department in its effort to serve diverse communities.
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San Francisco was named the top place to live in the U.S. by Businessweek.com (Newsmakers, Thursday), but only entertainment and the strong economy were factors in the ranking.
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At the Navy information session on Treasure Island earlier this month, several residents complained Shaw and subcontractors had not followed proper toxic waste and RadSafe protocols in the cleanup of sites that were recently disclosed by the press as impacted by radiological contamination (“City digs into pollution threat,” Sept. 12).
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This coming November, San Franciscans will have the opportunity to vote on a measure that may ultimately lead to the draining and restoration of the Hetch Hetchy Valley and force The City to look elsewhere for most of its water.
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Not all middle-class Republicans endorse arrogant and condescending Republican leadership rhetoric that stereotypes modest-income citizens as “freeloaders.”
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My family and I are among Vietnamese-Americans and Asian-Americans across California and the U.S. who support the re-election of President Barack Obama. We are active in America for Obama and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Obama.
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In response to your article (“CPUC, S.F. waging street fight,” Friday), I want to make it clear that the Department of Public Works has never denied or prohibited PG&E from performing urgently needed work. Safety is a top DPW priority and we collaborate with PG&E and other agencies to ensure the well- being of San Francisco’s residents.
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I believe it should be clarified that while there may only be a dozen Warriors basketball games scheduled simultaneously with Giants baseball games each year, the arena will be used year-round for concerts and other entertainment purposes (“Warriors site might double-team traffic,” Monday). If we can resolve existing weekday commuter congestion issues on our surface streets and create a more robust ferry service able to move daytime workers and evening event spectators around Piers 30-32, I believe a 19,000-seat arena would work just fine.
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Nobody was surprised to see this pro-high-rise Board of Supervisors affirm its earlier support for a huge waterfront height-limit break for the 8 Washington St. luxury condo project, which now goes to the voters to decide (“Board upholds support for 8 Washington plan,” Wednesday).
But it was mind-boggling to hear Supervisor Christina Olague attempt to defend her vote for 8 Washington as morally superior by saying she “felt like a schoolgirl being bullied on the playground” after hearing from many of her constituents who urged her to vote differently.
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Funding for air transportation security (about $6 billion) amounts to about 10 percent of appropriations for all homeland security (about $60 billion).
In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy, Americans have never flinched at the cost. Indeed, we tend to assume that money, technology and efficient business practices will solve almost any problem. Having provided the above, we can afford to relax.
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