Opinion

You may have noticed some new bylines in the Register-Pajaronian recently. This summer, we have brought on three editorial interns who are learning the ropes of news writing.

For the last 18 years, I taught a special education class in the Pajaro Valley. Many of my students were farmworker children with learning disabilities: problems paying attention, reading difficulties, hyperactivity, autism, lower IQ and struggles with self-control. I was shocked to discover that one of the most widely used pesticides in the world — chlorpyrifos — has, after over 20 years of solid research at UC Davis, Berkeley, Columbia University and elsewhere, been linked to these difficulties in learning and behavior.

Greenway’s Measure D is harmful to our community, especially seniors and workers. Measure D is not green and it is not the way. Voters shouldn’t be fooled by Greenway’s expensive campaign. It’s important to understand that Measure D does two things—it rips out the railroad...