Agenda Item # 3.1 - Joseph Thompson | Received 01/02/2024Fax (408) 842-2206
Editor
The Dispatch
6400 Monterey Road
Gilroy, CA 95020
JOSEPH P. THOMPSON
Attorney at Law
8339 Church Street, Suite 112, Gilroy, CA 95020
Post Office Box 154, Gilroy, CA 95021-0154
Telephone (408) 848-550 ax (40,) 848-4246
E-Mail: :Plet
Re: Downtown Gilroy and Soviet -Style Transportation Policy
Dear Editor,
di-tAf
Could it be that our government intends to oust UP from its right-of-way through downtown
Gilroy, supplanting it with Soviet -style Bullet Train and Son -of -Amtrak Caltrain? With VTA's
Ministry of Truth touting Gilroy as its newest land -use planning (i.e., Sovietized) poster child, will
we see an end to the history of private -sector railroads here? How many jobs will that kill -off? How
much commerce will we lose if the VTA-led socialist -communist scheme is crammed down on us?
The malignant tumor of socialism -communism is being stimulated by Politico -Transit Alliance
advocates in our local government, our County government, and our State government, so will small
business owners be able to stop this socialistic train wreck? We've seen the canneries go bankrupt
and close their gates. The Black Hole Frankenstein "transit hub," where empty buses stop so public -
sector union drivers can rest from the tedium of transporting empty seats around town, is
growing —who knows where the socialist policy will stop? If we don't stop runaway government now,
how will our children or grandchildren ever stop it? Where is an elected leader with the guts to fight
back for us? I believe that it is time for us to retake our government away from the socialist small
business killers. Caveat victor!
Very truly yours,
JOSEPH P. THOMPSON
Member, Executive Committee, Debtor -Creditor -Bankruptcy Section San
Member, Legislation Committee, Transportation Lawyers Assn.
Member, Association for Transportation Law, Logistics & Policy
Member, SBC Citizens Rail Advisory Committee
Candidate, American Society of Transportation & Logistics
Winner, AST&L's Best Research Paper Award 1997
Past -President, Gilroy -Morgan Hill Bar Assn.
to Clara County Bar Assn.
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JAN - 2 2024
GILROY CITY CLERK'S OFFICE