Opinion

Until Monday afternoon, I was sure that Measure A, the county's bid to increase our sales tax rate by one-half cent, was headed for approval. I read details of polling that gave Measure A a slim lead. And given that the majority of Santa Clara County voters live north of Bernal Road and are more likely to support a BART extension than those of us in South County, I thought that the hint of a back-room deal to fund BART that I found so objectionable wasn't likely to bother them.

Measure A proponents are really bugging me. Why? Let me count the reasons.

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I have a question, a simple question, yet one which I have a

Those voters who value the environment have some clear choices

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Well, duh. Hollister officials have decided that maybe the city