Morning News Round-Up -- 3.28.09: Stimulus (hehehe)

The County's financial picture gets more and more bleak. They are looking at another (possible) loss of $46 million. Thank you Sacramento (and the economy)...

Two things to watch out for in one story:

1. Local Governments: You need to watch out for the State trying to reach deep into every revenue stream, including money collected from parking tickets. The State budget "fix" allows the State to grab more of your money from local parking tickets...therefore
2. Local Illegal Parkers: You need to watch out because the cost of parking tickets are going to be more expensive to compensate for the State's money grab...

Again, thank you Sacramento...

A local bride wanted to get married so bad that she stole (or tried to steal) $20K to make it happen. Unfortunately, instead of a white wedding dress, she may be dressed in County-blues...

The silly-ly named Burlingame Green Ribbon Task Force is seeking your input about how Burlingame can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. As long as cutting greenhouse gas emissions doesn't stop Finance Director Jesus Nava from colorful, Texas-based quotes we'll be ok.

Federal stimulus (admit it, that phrase still makes you giggle...) can be used for increase the transit benefits employers pay to employees...

Thanks the the San Mateo Downtown Association (with a grant from the City), you'll start hearing that Downtown San Mateo has "All the ingredients"...and hopefully you'll want to go spend money on those ingredients...

Wisnom's in San Mateo has been a family business for more than 100 years. It will stay in business, just not with any Wisnoms at the helm.

A Daily Journal Editorial yells loud and clear: "Developer should clean up its mess" at Bay Meadows (a.k.a. San Mateo's newest scrap metal yard)

Councilmember Peter Drekmeier promised a green Palo Alto future. Part of the green Palo Alto future is banning plastic bags at grocery stores (over the objections of anti-enviro/former Assemblymember Manny Diaz). They are also bringing in local farmers to provide fresh, organic produce through a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.

Speaking of green…Palo Alto along with San Mateo and San Mateo County) are getting green-bucks from the Feds to implement green job growth projects. Vice President Joe Biden said the dollars are meant to put people to work and cut energy use.

The City Clerk's Association of California sent a letter to the Daly City City Council. Guess what, they don't think that Pay-Cut Gate is fair...they are a pissed, and they aren't going to take it anymore. Read the letter here.