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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - November 2, 1992 Page - 9 - CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS (continued) G. Council Member Polvorosa said Channel 7 News reported on a problem with drugs and prostitution in what they said was San Leandro. He said, in fact, the problem was in unincorporated San Leandro, and Channel 7 should correct this. Mayor Karp said a letter would be sent to Channel 7. H. Council Member Perry commended the Library and Recreation Departments for the October 24th Halloween Haunt. She said more than 600 children attended, and this shows the need for this kind of program for youth in San Leandro. I . Council Member Faria thanked the Chamber of Commerce for the retreat. He said it was excellent, and the public should see what happens and how hard the Chamber works. J. Mayor Karp said he attended five openings of train stations, from Suisun to Santa Clara. He said he has been working on the program to use the Southern Pacific corridor for passenger trains for the last five years and, thanks to Tom Hannigan and others, the Capitol Corridor has come into being. He said Propositions 111 and 116 convinced Southern Pacific, Caltrans, and Amtrack the system would work, and it has exceeded everyone's expectations. He encouraged people to vote for Proposition 156, the bond act to continue rail service throughout California. K. Mayor Karp thanked the Chamber of Commerce for their good work on the retreat. He said important issues were discussed with business and said it is important to keep current businesses in San Leandro. He discussed an article in the Daily Review which keyed in on the Reynolds and Brown shopping center. He said Rich Riggs wrote an article, and an editorial was also written, which said that the City Council was going to be talking about and making decisions about the 20-acre sports complex at the Chamber retreat. He said the article also said four Council Members would be attending the retreat and would be breaking the Brown Act. Mayor Karp said he talked to the Chamber, to Reynolds and Brown, and others, and none of them had talked to Rich Riggs. He said he called Mr. Riggs, who said he made an assumption that that's what would be talked about. Mayor Karp said this is not good journalism. He said he had demanded a retraction and showed a copy of the retraction which was printed. He said he talked to the editorial staff about the erroneous reporting, and they said they did not care. Mayor Karp said there also was a report in the paper saying that Mayor Karp kept track of businesses that leave San Leandro. He said he did not have such figures. He said he keeps an inventory of all businesses in San Leandro and said he had opened the retreat with the comment that San Leandro has been fortunate enough to gain a lot of new businesses.