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A’s stadium should
meet prerequisites
Thank you for the editorial reminder that the Raiders deal cost taxpayers $189 million in unpaid loan reimbursements from that football corporation (“Investigate the Raiders’ escape of $189M loan,” Page 12, Feb. 27). There is no better way to characterize it than “theft.”
How can we prevent a similar theft of taxpayer money with the proposed A’s stadium deal? First, a thorough investigation must determine how and why that scam was executed.
Second, new legal restraints must be put in place to prevent similar scams with the A’s deal.
Third, those who were responsible for the Raiders’ loan theft must be prosecuted and punished. Without this, current deal-makers will have no deterrent from finding another way to rob taxpayers.
The A’s deal should be suspended until these three prerequisites are fulfilled. If the A’s team-schemers move to Las Vegas, well, then those naive taxpayers will suffer their own $189 million theft.
Bruce Joffe
Piedmont
Editorial left gaps
in evaluating pay
Your editorial “Let’s properly pay crucial community college instructors” (Page A6, Feb. 25) asserts that the community college part-time instructors “deserve a living wage and benefits” and “grossed an average of less than $20,000 in each district they worked”.
The editorial does not tell the reader what range of compensation the instructors are…
