Letters

Dear Editor:

By Dave Cannon

I recently received a letter from DMB introducing me to their

At the recommendation of Supervisor Pat Loe, the SBCBOS (11/27/07) unanimously included "truck-only" lanes in its approval of VTA's northern most alternative for strategic improvements for regional highways, i.e., "East-West Connector." While the Southern California Association of Governments had previously endorsed the same concept, the nation's commerce and industry have been using a better form of freight transport – i.e., intermodal service. The 75 percent fuel savings, lower freight rates, and highway congestion and maintenance reductions, at truck-competitive service on trans-Mississippi loads induced U.S. industry to switch from trucks to intermodal even before fuel prices reached their current levels. Even the nation's largest truckers have been tendering truckloads to railroads for longhaul moves, improving their bottom line.

This is a request that Gavilan sports and, in particular,

I love Hollister. It’s a great place to live. We have open space, a historic downtown, not far from beaches, wonderful wine trails, caring community organizations, wonderful churches, schools with hardworking teachers, a great police department. I could go on and on.

Thank you for allowing members of the public to voice their position on transportation.