Morning News Round-Up -- 11.06.08: The Day After the Day After Edition...

Watch Dog isn't saying they are doing the wrong thing, but the County Board of Supervisors is going to pay (or guarantee payment) for a liver transplant for a patient. The patient may not qualify for Medi-Cal and doesn't qualify for the County's indigent health plan -- but the Sups are going to cover the cost of a million bucks. Are they going to make decisions like this all the time now?

A public hearing about the denial of a Charter School application at the Sequoia Union High School District took center stage last night. The District has turned down the application, and teachers, parents, and community members say it will cost the District money and won't serve students well. Proponents of the Everest Charter (the same folks that run Summit Prep) say that their school is necessary because they have excess applications.

San Mateo County's election officials are mad at the East Coast for announcing their results while the polls are still open here. "I raise my fist at those eastern states..." said David Tom, the County's elections manager.

San Mateo city officials are going to review their ban on ground-floor offices, specifically in the B Street Billiards building.

The Daily Journal's Michelle Durand sounds off on Prop 8 as she goes "Off the Beat"...

Oops. The La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District built two temporary buildings, but the contractor (now fired) didn't get the appropriate State permits. Now it gets really messy...

A burglar woke up someone he was trying to steal from in Palo Alto. Now, it is important to handle these things carefully in Palo Alto these days, which the Palo Alto Weekly reporter does:

"The surprised burglar was described as 17 to 20 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall and about 180 pounds and African-American. He was wearing a cloth cap and dark clothing. He was wearing a cloth cap and dark clothing."

Perhaps Chief Johnson could learn a thing or two from a careful reporter...

In a story that was seemingly missed by the papers on the this side of the hill, the Half Moon Bay Review gets County Clerk-Recorder Warren Slocum to admit that he will no longer issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The incumbents (John Moseley and Charles Gardner) won reelection in the Cabrillo Unified School District.

The Santa Clara County BART measure is still too close to call...meaning the Palo Alto sales tax may go up -- but won't know for some time apparently.