Comments on: Liccardo: Bills Too Damn High

By: Dennis Kyne

Dennis Kyne — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:22:00 +0000

I ran against Liccardo in 2006. Penned an article on homeless issues that is still in this site. He ignored homeless for 16 years. Now we have a liccardo made disaster. I told you all 30 years ago what we would get. Guaranteed I could fix it. Bellarmine mafia clowns like Sammy…. I’m sure everyone knows by now he’s Bellarmine mafia. He acts like it could be possible…. His grandfather showed us the way. Sal was a crook and his father took all the Silicon Valley breast transplant victims money. That’s Bellarmine 59. Seriously, a dam wise guy as a congressman . This is laughable. He got by with 18,000 votes… millions of dollars and ads saying he took on the NRA making laws. That’s an idiot, mayors don’t make laws they make policy. God save us if we get this clown initiated into the Jim Crow racist tribe of congress.

By: SJtired

SJtired — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:40:36 +0000

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

Liccardo was a DISASTER as mayor for the city. He raised taxes, then this ridiculous SJCE debacle was created which save absolutley NOTHING from our energy bills. He decimated our police department, and property crime went through the roof….which also raised insurance premiums.

Please feel free to voice your concerns to him on Twitter/X under his account: @sliccardo. But be forewarned, he’ll BLOCK you if you say anything he doesn’t like. So much for first amendment, right?

By: Robert Means

Robert Means — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 05:45:31 +0000

Hey, Sam, here are some alternative solutions that may be more effective.
.
Let’s reduce inflation by breaking up the monopolies whose over-pricing and record-breaking profits are responsible for a full half of our inflation rate. https://www.kansascityfed.org/research/economic-review/how-much-have-record-corporate-profits-contributed-to-recent-inflation/
.
Let’s reduce housing and rental prices by taxing out-of-state investors that are sucking money out of the local economy and driving up prices. https://hartmannreport.com/p/wall-streets-barrons-are-causing
.
Let’s reduce CO2 emissions from the transportation sector (where the majority of local emissions originate) by re-directing some of the $12B planned for the 4-station BART Burrow to an 800-station Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) network serving 100 square-miles with 24/7 on-demand service. https://milpitasprt.com/wp-content/uploads/BART-PRT-flyer.pdf
Learn more about PRT at https://milpitasprt.com/

By: George

George — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 01:07:57 +0000

I’ve never seen so much BS in one article. Liccardo left San Jose a disaster.

SJCE was created as an alternative to PGE. Charging 1% less than PGE for basic service (more than PGE if you want to feel good about going green). So saving folks .01 for every dollar really isn’t much to brag about. Especially when you are being compared to corporation that generates billions in profit, so how come you can only be 1% lower (or more the PGE). It’s really just a huge slush fund for the city of San Jose, and did little to save anything significant. Wonder how they get all their grants to give away for green-energy? Pulled right from SJCE’s surplus.

I invested in solar panels for my retirement house (not in California). For the cost, it will take 18 – 20 years to recover the expense based on the annual bill savings. Now that might be much quicker in San Jose, since the cost of electricity is about 4 times higher than in the neighboring state. I financed around 2%, can’t even dream about doing that now. Most people cannot afford the cost for the incredibly slow return.

How does bio fuel explain the high-cost of everything at the grocery store? You think because some corn got turned into ethanol, the price of meats, fruits and dairy all skyrocketed? No, it’s bad economic policy and out of control inflation, driven by out of control spending at the federal, state and city level.

Please come back and post about homeless and crime in San Jose. Would love to hear how you spin those.

By: Liana Bekakos

Liana Bekakos — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:18:08 +0000

In the past 10 years, State government has done nothing substantial to rein in PG&E, and the CPUC has forgotten that they should be looking out for The Public, allowing the utilities to gouge hostage customers. Between 2014-2023 there has been an increase of 90% (!!) in PG&E. In Jan.2024 gas and electric went up 13% with an additional 7.2% proposed increase in April for electric. All while PG&E now reports a $2 BILLION profit and their CEO makes $50 million, while leaving households in the cold too afraid to turn on their heat! And also while the State mandates full conversion to everything electric, with no consideration for grandfathering in seniors and lower income households who simply cannot afford to change out their gas appliances. Is the State willing to give a cash payout of $15,000 per household to allow seniors in 100-yr old houses to upgrade their panels to accommodate all this new electric?? I didn’t think so! I support programs that protect our environment but these all-or-nothing approaches will leave too many vulnerable people holding the bag once again.

And when is government going to stop using homeowners as their cash cows for all their budget shortcomings? All these additional add-on property taxes (fees, assessments, bonds, or any other name) are making homes incredibly expensive.

By: A. V. Sorrentino

A. V. Sorrentino — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:25:10 +0000

This is a typical case of a politician using a lot of words without saying anything. “Plans” sound good, but as a mayor, Liccardo made plenty of claims about what he was doing about homelessness, crime, and rising costs, while there are more people living in vans on my street, crime is rampant, and many of us are looking to leave the area. Liccardo has a proven track record of failure and a lack of intelligence. As an environmentalist, I can say he knows nothing about how to address climate (food isn’t the main problem). He’s trying to pull at your purse strings here. Don’t buy into the nonsense. Don’t vote for Liccardo.

By: Brenda Dohmen

Brenda Dohmen — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 05:56:50 +0000

The only thing Sam Liccardo did was make it more expensive to live in San Jose by raising taxes, including real estate transfer taxes. SJCE doesn’t save anyone on their energy bills and it automatically mandated everyone into the program without our permission. He didn’t lift a finger to help reduce or at least restrain our water rates and mandating more housing will only serve to increase utility bills with additional surcharges to buy more water from outside resources and increase taxes. We pay the highest utility bills in the nation. Why? Your book needs a rewrite.