Thursday, December 17, 2009

Morning News Round-Up -- 12.17.09: Raises, Benefits, and Overcrowding... oh my!

Dave Burow, the Mayor of Woodside, was involved in a small-plane crash last weekend outside of Truckee. He's ok. (By small-plane, we mean that the plane was small, not the crash. Actually, the crash seemed pretty big and the police up in Truckee are saying that the Burow and the pilot are very lucky.) Burow isn't commenting and we await the COWs commentary on the subject...

But for now, the Citizens of Woodside are providing a run-down of holiday stuff around town...

Raises, benefits, and overcrowding... oh my!

Raises: Nothing says, "we know times are tough" like giving administrators of school districts raises... which is exactly what the Sequoia Union High School District Board. Of course, that comes after severe cuts earlier in the year...

Benefits: In a school district down the street (San Mateo Union HIgh School District) retirees and the District are still battling about health benefits for retirees...

Overcrowding: And in yet another school district (Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District) is talking about how they are overcrowding...

Oh my: DMB Redwood City Saltworks has a new plan to get water to the Redwood City development. Big ships with water? Well, we don't know, because the details aren't clear yet, but I'm sure we'll learn.

Michael Salazar was appointed to the San Bruno City Councilmember yesterday. He takes the seat that was vacated when Jim Ruane took the Mayor's chair. Perhaps Unelected Supervisor Carole Groom can give some advice about what its like to be in office without voter approval...

Michelle Durand's Off the Beat wants to know what Belmont re-Councilmember Dave Warden's gift is/was/will be to San Carlos.

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