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The rail trail can’t advance transit at the expense of equity in Watsonville

The vision of better transit is worth pursuing, but not if it deepens inequities in South County, writes Tony Nuñez, a longtime Watsonville activist, journalist and board president of the Pajaro Valley Health Care District. True progress means tapping into Watsonville’s potential so our city can finally shape its own future, he writes. He supports the rail trail, but says the tax should be lower for those with fewer means.

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