Letters: What private investor would put money into high-speed rail?

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Who would invest in money-losing HSR Re Train agency looks at Gilroy Page A Aug It s delusional in the extreme to think that investors even in magical-thinking Silicon Valley would be willing to put money into a project with absolutely no possibility of being profitable Related Articles Letters Battle over Prop is a fight that s worth having Letters If thriving Prop will check Texas redistricting Letters Doing nothing about guns is no longer an option Letters Bay s robustness is critical to the region s wellness Letters State can lead the nation away from political trickery Masses projects are for general benefit not profits The central question respecting the high-speed rail now is whether short of making all the money in the world available to build it it can be built at all in the current century Carolyn Schuk Santa Clara Republicans were silent on Texas redistricting State Republicans are railing against Gov Newsom and Proposition including asking the California Supreme Court to remove the redistricting initiative from the November ballot arguing Democrats violated the law when they rushed the measure through to redraw congressional districts ahead of the midterm balloting Yet can anybody name me two Republican lawmakers who have condemned Donald Trump for initiating this fiasco in Texas How about one lawmaker I will wait Harvey Tran San Jose Munger is selective on protecting democracy Re Political ads over map fight heating up Page A Aug Republican donor Charles Munger Jr is using his money to say We cannot save democracy by burning it down in California Just one question Mr Munger What did you do to extinguish the Republican bonfire in Texas Sandi Spires Sunnyvale Stakes are too high not to pass Prop Re Gerrymandering issue to be decided by voters Page A Aug Gerrymandering is a cruel reality of our electoral contest system While most of of us agree that we should play by the rules and follow the law there are times when we must make exceptions Would you break the speed limit or push through a red light to rush your critically ill child to the emergency room How about giving up a little democracy to save the rest of it While there could likely be unforeseen consequences from doing this the consequences of not doing it are pretty clear Barry Bronson Saratoga California could learn from low-crime states Instead of a focus on those states with the highest crime statistics why don t we learn something from those states with the lowest crime rates Maine New Hampshire Idaho Utah Connecticut Wyoming and Rhode Island are doing something right I suspect that these states have more fathers at home more high school graduates more decent jobs and less poverty per capita than the high-crime states Good educational and mental medical care systems offer countless opportunities for future healthy productive citizens and lessen the attraction to crime Patricia Marquez Rutt Redwood City When will Republicans wake up to Trump Due to the curriculum of latest events I am left to wonder what and how much it will take for Americans specifically my Republican friends to conclude that they may have been led astray by the current occupant of the Oval Office It appears that there is an amnesia of morality and common decency in this administration Where are those Christian values that are so heavily touted The oxygen is being sucked right out of our democracy while the robber barons prosper and the rest of the citizenry scrambles for what is left It is time for all Americans to rise up and fight for the return of our democracy Angela Boles King Los Gatos Trump s judiciary attacks threaten US justice With Grandparents Day approaching on Sept Grandparents For Grandkids calls on President Trump to stop attacking judges law firms and our system of justice These institutions are the backbone of the rule of law the very system that safeguards habeas corpus freedom of speech and the right to peacefully protest for example It doesn t matter if you are a retired veteran or a member of the Raging Grannies whether you live locally or in another state Grandparents For Grandkids welcomes grandmothers and grandfathers from all walks of life Our only request is that you agree with the group s guiding principle which is Grandpa Trump must step back and consider the long-term consequences his attacks on the judiciary will have on his own grandchildren and ours long after we are all gone Gratia Rankin San Jose Trump s justification for flag rule is hypocrisy Re Trump seeks to jail people who burn flag Page A Aug So let me get this straight President Trump signed a new executive order that instructs the DOJ to prosecute and jail for one year people who burn the flag a Constitutionally-protected act if it is likely to incite imminent lawless action or amounts to fighting words Apparently the irony of his responsibility for fomenting thousands of his supporters in the violent and deadly Jan siege of the Capitol in order to subvert the results of a presidential polling and then pardoning all of them is entirely lost on him Bob Young San Jose