Matteo Columbo
The Great Disconnect
What happens when the government chooses to preserve “return on capital” over the plight of working people? Major stock market averages have been advancing, u... … more »
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Sustainable TamAlmonte's Letter to California State Senators re: OPPOSE Senate Bill 1120
May 30, 2020 FROM: Sustainable TamAlmonte, 215 Julia Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 TO: California State Senate, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: OPPOSE Senate Bill 1120 (Atkins & Wiener): Subdivisions: tentative maps Dear Senators, We stro... more »
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John Burgess.The Press Democrat
The NCRA Boondoggle: From Bankruptcy to Bankruptcy in 30 years
What do you call a State agency with a lopsided 105-year lease of a California railroad right-of-way, consummated by way of a series of Brown Act violations and ... … more »
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COSTMarin
COST Raises Concerns re SMART’s Fiber Optic Contract
Since September 2019, CO$T has been researching an 80-year “fiber-optic” agreement signed in April 2015 between SMART and Sonoma based internet service provider Sonic Communications. The project involved a thorough evaluation of public records on SMART’s website as well as documents obtained from SMART through public records requests. … more »
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Costa Group
Correcting misconceptions about Measure D
A blog post has a certain validity for voicing a personal opinion, but to spin opinion as fact does a disservice to the community. Regarding the post by M. David M... … more »
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Marin Conservation League
The Marin Conservation League challenges SMART's "green" claims and votes "No" on Measure I
The proponents of the 30 year extension of the sales tax to fund the SMART train, have made bold claims in their marketing mailers that its diesel, fossil fuel bur... … more »
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SMART
Part II - A Primer on What SMART is Not Telling the Public
The following is Part II about what the SMART Board is not telling the public. For Part I of the series, please click here. What SMART is not telling the public: ... … more »
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SMART
What SMART is not telling the public
The following comments were submitted to the Marin Chapter of the Sierra Club in anticipation of their Executive Committee meeting, held on November 20, 2019. Her... … more »
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CVP
Just one tech billionaire could save our democracy
To say that the institutions of our democracy are in crisis is an understatement. I know some will laugh at that or write it off as partisan politics. But in spi... … more »
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Irish Times
Facebook money and California housing
How Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are funding a shadow government that’s shaping California and Bay Area housing policy On January 24, 2019, the Chan Zuc... … more »