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Saturday, September 28, 1985 A-4 TIMES TRIBUNE Transportation panel to kick around Kopps merger ide4! ByGteve Taylor tlmte Tribune Btaff day to help establish a new transit agency; It allocated $656,750 to help establish the Livermore-Amador Valley Transit Authority in Alameda County. Robert Schroder, a Contra Costa County supervisor who heads the MTC, ordered the commission's work program commit tee to look at Kopp's Idea and any other district-merging ideas deemed to make sense. Kopp, who also Is an MTC member, proposed Thursday that the Bay Area's seven transit districts, including the ones In Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, and 17 other smaller transit agencies be merged to cut costs. According to Kopp, such a merger Is needed because federal aid likely will diminish In coming years, so costs must be cut by ending duplicative bus service and other needless Kopp called Individual transit districts historical transit flefdoms which are probably anachronistic and. promote Inefficient operation from a regional standpoint Doris Kahn, San Francisco Mayor Dianne Felnsteln's representative on the MTC, said Kopp's Idea Is really very silly." She warned that a Bay Area-wide transit agency may not be cost efficient because big transit districts In many cities are notorious for wasting money.

But Kahn said that Just for the fun of It" she was willing to support the study Kopp sought Kopp unamused by Kahn's comments, said he didnt want her support "with that attitude." Former Los Altos Councilman Roy Lave, another MTC member, also voiced support for a study, but he was upset that Kopp already has prescribed a cure fore ascertaining the ailments. Lave joined Santa Clara County Supervh sor Rod Dlrldon, also an MTC member, In. suggesting the MTC also look at smaller merger plans and other solutions. Kopp agreed that all Ideas should be studied. He said the big, single transit agency simply was his preference.

1 OAKLAND San Francisco Supervisor buentin Kopp's proposal to merge all Bay Area transit districts Into one agency was fleemed worthy of study Friday by the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. However, several members of the regional transportation panel noted that there is little chance Kopps so-called Bay Area Transit Agency ever will be created. And, Ironically, the MTC acted the same i RC port painted in glowing terms A most colorful sendoff Selby Lane School third-graders (left to right) Nathan Dieckmann, Natalie Johnson, Nina Nicolopoulus and Kevin Scott beam proudly Friday while holding up a rainbow-like mural bearing a farewell message Times Tribune photo by Ted Fink for Marine WorldAfrlca U.S.A. The work of the Atherton school's youngsters was presented Friday night at a going-away party at the park. Marine World Is, of course, Vallejo-bound.

By Janet McGovern Times Tribune sUff ,1 Redwood City port officials this week presented the City Council with an upbeat view of a port with millions of dollars Invested in upgrading wharves and dodo, Is in position to aggressively compete freight. Meeting Thursday with the council In an annually--required joint session, the five port commissioners and port staff predicted a bright future for the port They presented a $100,000 check to thd city, repre-, seating a commitment to pass on at least 10 percent of net Income, and vowed that the citys share of port' earnings will get larger and larger. I can see a day when it would be 70, 80 and 90 percent, said Port Commission President Richafd' Dodge. "Were seriously moving In that direction as quickly as possible- Dodge added that, with all five wharves and the remaining infrastructure at the port in good shape; now we have something thats a salable entity Job Is to go out and sell 1L Dodge then introduced the port's newly hired mftr-' ketlng specialist, David Zaugg, who has Spent 18 years with Sealand a shipping company. The commissioners optimistic presentation brought' varying reactions from council members.

Vice Mayor! Priscilla Marquez-Mosher said residents she talks are extemely pleased by the activities at the port; particularly the hoped-for automobile import term-nal and the jobs it would bring. But Mayor Brent Britschgl and Councilman Richard Claire said they need more evidence that the port am thrive as a maritime business before wholeheartedly endorsing plans such as the auto terminal. i Task force jracks up heroin bust Bey City News Service The San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force reported Friday that three men have been arrested on suspicion of being major heroin suppliers following the sale of $20,000 worth of the drug to an undercover agent in Redwood City Thursday night arrests followed months of undercover investigations, according to Lt Alan Johnson, head of the tdsk force that includes sheriffs deputies and officers from all 19 San Mateo County cities. 'Johnson said a task force agent gained the confidence of the three nlen, who are suspected of dealing heroin at the Tortilla Flat tavern In Redwood City and Dannys Bar in East Palo Alto. The agent arranged the purchase of the heroin and met with the three In a San Carlos motel to discuss the transaction, which took place In the parking lot of a Redwood City restaurant As other agents moved in to make the arrests, one of the three men, 25-year-old Joel Gonzales reportedly tried to flee wjth the money, turned toward the agents chasing him and attempted to pull a loaded revolver from his waistband.

However, Sandoval, a resident of Mexico, was captured and handcuffed after a short struggle. arrested were Uriel Cabrera Munigula, 21, and Ignacio LQis Santos-Lara, 19, both of Redwood City. All three have been booked into San Mateo County Jail oh suspicion of selling heroin and for immigration holds. Sandoval was also booked on possession of a concealed weapon. Ravenswood school board to interview candidates for superintendent By Phyllis Brown Times Tribune stall Three finalists vying to become the tenth person to sit In the su- perintendents office in 10 years are to be interviewed today by Ravenswood City School District trustees.

Out of that group we will choose the person to lead the district, Trustee R.B. Jones said Friday. The top competitors are Charles nounce its choice for superintendent either during its Oct 10 or Oct. 17 meeting, Knox said. The new superintendent will make at least $55,000 a year to head the school district, Knox said.

The district has been without a permanent superintendent since August 1983. The current search, which began in June, is the districts third attempt to fill the va- Mitchell of Compton, Charlie Mae Knight of Lynwood, and Martina Olivia of San Francisco, according to Jones. However, the final decision probably will not be made today, board President Mavis Knox said. The board probably will decide to visit the top contender's "home district" before making its selection, Knox said. The board probably will an- cancy since then.

However, Mitchell, deputy superintendent of the Compton School District, was one of three finalists for the Job in a hunt for a superintendent last falL The last permanent superintendent was Samuel Davis, who left the district under fire In 1979. Othene Thomas, a former principal, now is acting superintendent The top three candidates were chosen by two separate citizens committees that weeded through 44 applications, Jones said. The trustees were told of. the committees' decisions only ly, Jones said. Trustees still have-; not seen the candidates employ-' ment applications.

Because of that Jones said he doesn't know the candidates grounds and qualifications, or even what districts they work for. HALL After that faltering start, Hall I A AY went on to become one of the 111 1 I founding members of the United Steelworkers of America and to serve on the Communist Party's national committee for more than 50 Continued from of the freeway through that city. A-3 right-of-way along the corridor. He said the original right-of-way estimate was $13 million and that figure has now risen to between $110 and $120 million. The highway construction costs would come from money raised through Measure the half-cent sales tax increase approved by county voters last November.

Lemmon pointed out thai none of the options poses any particular environmental problems aside from the loss of some park land and open space. The report indicated that most of the Saratoga variation expense would Involve flood plain work at Saratoga Creek, Calabazas Creek and Rodeo Creek. Lemmon said that the figures are slightly higher than what Cal-trans expected, primarily because of the rising cost of purchasing STRIKE SENATE Continued from A-3 tlons and society, he said. So does Reagan. "Hitler used anti-Semitism and fanatical anti-communism to mislead the people, he said.

Reagan uses racism and anti-communism to the same purpose." Hall maintains that the ruling class in the U.S. did not participate enthusiastically in the worldwide commemoration of the defeat of the Nazis. Thats because Hitler was one of their own, Hall said. "Bitburg marks the start of the decline of Reaganism." Very few speakers In the world have had more practice at inciting the populace than the 75-ycar-old Hall. He tried to organize his first union while he was still a teenager working in the logging camps of northern Minnesota.

That's where he became convinced that what he had heard at home from his parents, both charter party members, was true. The wages were $1 a day, the hours were from sunup to sundown and the workers slept In tarpaper shacks, two to a bunk. The other lumberjacks were older," Hall said. "I could organize them all right. I just couldnt get them to strike.

years. Five of those years were spent behind bars at the federal prison in Leavenworth, for conspiring to teach and advocate the violent overthrow of the government During the campus unrest of the 1960s, which Hall claims he helped foment he was in heavy demand as a speaker. Gus Hall was the final test of whether a college had free speech or not he said. "The students used me for that purpose. In 1980 and 1984, he ran for president on the Communist Party ticket with running mate Angela Davis.

He defended the controversial choice, saying Davis draws the largest crowds at universities around the world. And there's nothing wrong with sending the world the message that our party is feminist and non-racist, he said. Hall anticipates a successful stay in Berkeley. There are a lot of economic problems and industrial workers here, he said. San Francisco and Berkeley have long histories of struggle and rebellion.

The Bay Area is one of the better areas for recruiting Communists. Continued from A-3 other food processing plants, depending on the outcome of the negotiations, could follow suit since there would be a competitive disadvantage to plants paying lower wages. Meanwhile, perhaps the hardest hit of all have been brussels sprouts growers In San Mateo County. Continued from A-3 needs to be served, she said. But Cranston brushed aside the criticism in a brief Interview before his San Jose dinner.

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