Politics & Government

Letter to the Editor: Resident Says 'Elect David Miller for City Council'

A Pleasanton resident explains why she is voting for David Miller for the Pleasanton City Council.

Submitted by: Julie Testa of Pleasanton

Pleasanton residents need to be aware of a threat to our quality of life. One-Bay-Area, is forcing development on local communities. The plan involves transportation and housing trends; it is tied to transportation funding to force compliance. The goal is to change transportation and housing habits, away from expectations of single-family homes.

High-density housing will bring a high concentration of people, without generating adequate mitigation fees to offset the strain it will cause to our roads, parks, schools, and library. Bonds will be forced on residents to pay for these impacts. I support affordable housing when done in a way that properly mitigates its impacts, but this will damage our existing community.

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Any housing that is not fully mitigated will further overcrowd our schools. I often think of the rats in a cage experiment. The rats lived harmoniously, caring for one another when the cage was spacious. They multiplied, space and food became scarce; they turned aggressive and began eating their young. In over-crowded public schools, students often get lost in the crowd and demonstrate aggressive survival behavior. Pleasanton must oppose forced housing that will damage our community.

Pleasanton leaders are not standing up to this assault on our community. Legal fees to protect our community will seem insignificant when we are faced with hundreds of millions of dollars, in needed bonds and parcel taxes, to lessen the damage from high-density housing.

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Pleasanton needs leaders with courage; join me in voting for David Miller for City Council.

Julie Testa of PleasantonΒ 

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