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'Caltrain passengers in great peril': San Mateo County supervisors criticize tax plan from SF supervisors

Original post made on Aug 2, 2020

A sales tax proposed on Tuesday by San Francisco's Board of Supervisors to support Caltrain, which would be assessed in all three counties the commuter rail serves, drew immediate criticism from San Mateo County supervisors.

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Posted by Gary
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Aug 2, 2020 at 11:55 am

No such measure would likely receive voter approval this November - not even majority approval. Two-thirds approval in each of the 3 counties would be required. Caltrain is not needed during the pandemic and will never be worth keeping if there is no good way to avoid the spread of viruses and diseases on board. Plus, the related train - high speed rail - would only burden the Peninsula - wasting hundreds of billions of dollars.


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