Excellent! My rabbi! Avram Finkelstein
On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM Henry Etzkowitz
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> *From:* Henry Etzkowitz
> *Date:* September 8, 2025 at 9:53:17 AM PDT
> *To:* Gennady Sheyner , Ed Lauing <
> Ed.Lauing@cityofpaloalto.org>, Vicki Veenker <
> Vicki.Veenker@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Lythcott-Haims, Julie" <
> Julie.LythcottHaims@cityofpaloalto.org>, Emily Mibach <
> emibach@padailypost.com>, George for Palo Alto <
> georgeforpaloalto@gmail.com>, Keith Reckdahl , Pat
> Burt , Greg Tanaka , Ellen
> Granovetter , WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto <
> wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Palo Alto Weekly , City Clerk <
> city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, Ed Shikada ,
> Office of the Provost , City Council <
> city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
> *Subject:* *Letter to the editor*
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> Most Caltrain Deaths Aren’t Teens
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> Publisher Price’s Opinion provides significant evidence that a problem,
> greater than assumed, necessitates a more fundamental solution than track
> watch by volunteers or municipal employees. Just as nets alongside the
> Golden Gate Bridge removed the possibility of fatal leaps, tunneling
> Caltrain would have a similar live saving result. Gated train access as in
> the Tokyo subway would preclude moving the problem underground while
> increasing above ground neighboring property values and allow creation of a
> linear park. A regional district modeled on the highly successful mid
> twentieth century “Save the bay” precedent, with bonding authority and a
> share of the increased land values, could provide a funding pathway. Let’s
> give area vice mayors remit to flesh out the concept. Silicon Valley’s
> advances in private initiative can be translated into public purpose. Let’s
> catch up to New York’s transformation of fourth into Park Avenue! If the
> above arguments do not suffice; put yourself in the place of a traumatized
> train engineer.
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> Sincerely
> Henry Etzkowitz
> Neighbors for Environmental and Social Justice
> 2024 Candidate for Palo Alto City Council
> Www.triplehelix.net
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