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Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) General Manager Michael Burns spoke to La Raza Roundtable at their August 29 meeting in East San Jose. SCVTARU covered the speech and attendees’ questions and comments.

Former San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales was also at the meeting, as was San Jose Vice Mayor Dave Cortese and San Jose City Councilmember Sam Liccardo. Liccardo currently sits on the VTA’s Board of Directors while Cortese serves as an alternate.

Highlights include Burns’ speech and questions regarding any additional sales taxes for BART, as well as concerns about the lack of status on when light rail was going to be built in East San Jose.

Total time of the speech is 40 minutes.  Enjoy.

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Audio of the August 7, 2008 Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Board meeting in San Jose.  Highlights of the meeting

• Reaffirming that light rail will be built in East San Jose
• Approval of the 1/8-cent sales tax proposal for the November ballot
• Rearranging on how VTA Board members from cities outside San Jose are appointed

The meeting is over 4 hours long.  Enjoy.

For future podcasts, attempts will be made to break up the audio by agenda item where possible.

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