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• Commented on SF Judge Says 'No' To BART Extension Opponents
  dantsea: The vast majority of funding for the BART project isn't coming from Santa Clara, but various Federal/regional funds programmed by MTC. When you include the equally insane Muni central-subway project, there is some $10 billion in new capital funding...
• Commented on SF Judge Says 'No' To BART Extension Opponents
  "Theo" obviously isn't familiar with the Valley and the commute patterns. First of all, the transfer would be at Union City, not Fremont. Very, very, very few people commute into San Jose from points further north than that. Spending an...
• Commented on SF Judge Says 'No' To BART Extension Opponents
  A dark day for Democracy and clean elections -- a ruling ranks up there with "Gore v. Bush". Despite a minuscule margin of victory, the registrar (in defiance of State law) refuses to do a manual recount. A lawsuit is...
• Commented on Is the Sierra Club Losing Focus?
  The reason environmentalists are opposed to Pachecho alignment is not just about sprawl. The travel time for trips between the Bay Area and Sacramento through Pachecho is way too slow: around 1hr 40 minutes, vs. around just 45 minutes with...
• Commented on Ralph Nader to Make Fifth Inane Run for President
  Theo, In Ohio, Nader's state coordinator had all her signatures thrown out -- because her signature when she registered to vote at 18 did not match her signature as a 50-year old. In a Kafkaesque ruling, the state supreme court...