Garbage Saga Alert: The San Carlos City Council did its best to punt making a decision on who should be the recycling contractor for the South Bayside Waste Management Authority starting in 2011. Seemingly, they are leaving it up to their City Staff to decide...that is some kind of leadership in San Carlos...Why make a decision for yourself when you can blame City Staff when everything goes haywire? At least the Board of Supervisors made a decision for Hudson Baylor over South Bay Recycling...
And as one (Garbage) Saga heats up (again) -- another one seems to be winding down. It looks like (after 10 years) the Highlands Park fields will become artificial turf...
The Daily Journal breaks down State Proposition 1A and what it means for San Mateo County (aside from higher taxes, of course)...
Speaking of taxes:
San Bruno is seeking to raise the hotel tax there by 2 percent in order to raise an additional $270K per year. Of course, they will need to win a 2/3 election to get that done and they are eyeing the November 2009 ballot.
and more taxes...
Tonight, Millbrae will look at ways to renew a fire assessment to fill in a budget gap of $1.7 million.
Pro-Bridge and Anti-Bridge folks are lining up in Menlo Park. The issue is whether or not to rebuild the pedestrian bridge between Belle Haven and Flood Triangle neighborhoods...this issue is (obviously) not about a bridge, but about a lot of other stuff. (Hint: It is the same stuff that makes Everest Charter School folks upset that the Sequoia Union High School District wants to put them in East Palo Alto.)
A dude got arrested for having a pot farm in his San Bruno home. Now he'll have another home for a year...the San Mateo County jail. Bringing up the obvious question: Who will take care of his plants when he's gone?
The well-researched Bohannon project in Menlo Park will begin with a series of public meetings over the next 10 months. That should be fun...
The previously announced field hearing with Congressman Barney Frank (and the Dynamic Duo of Eshoo and Speier) has been canceled/postponed for this week. The idea was to have Frank visit San Mateo County and hear testimony about how Lehman Brother screwed over local governments.
Finally, Pacifica Riptide reports that Sharp Park Golf Course makes money -- which will be a poke in the eye to the Imperial Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi. Yesterday, Watch Dog asked Sue Lempert to make this her cause. But we are now thinking that this is an issue for Assemblymember Jerry Hill. Please Jerry...pretty please. Stand up for Pacifica...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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