"Now, in the middle of a high-profile race, state official business is being repackaged as campaign messaging. Calling out BART after the fact, without having done the hard work of coalition-building, regional coordination or advancing long-term transit funding solutions, looks less like leadership and more like political grandstanding. Using official letters and legislative stature to generate headlines may score short-term attention, but it does not move projects forward."
"I encourage anyone who hasn't listened to the Feb. 3 congressional hearing on ICE and Border Patrol tactics to please do so. Three American citizens, Marimar Martinez, Aliya Rahman and Daniel Rascon, testified before this joint session and spoke about abuses ICE and Border Patrol used on them. It was chilling. Martinez and Rascon were immediately castigated as being "domestic terrorists." Sound familiar? Yes, the same lies spread by this administration."
Aisha Wahab expressed sudden outrage over delays to the Irvington BART station after previously lacking public leadership on regional transportation issues. BART has long faced structural funding shortfalls, service cuts, and capital delays. The recent criticisms are framed as campaign messaging amid a high-profile congressional race, with official letters used to generate headlines rather than to build coalitions or advance long-term funding solutions. A Feb. 3 congressional hearing featured three American citizens who testified about abuses by ICE and Border Patrol. One witness, Marimar Martinez, was shot five times and reported seven holes in her body, and an agent later texted colleagues boasting about the shooting.
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