It isn't just Belmont that is concerned about the Cargill Saltworks development in Redwood City, it seems another government agency (the EPA) sent a strongly-worded letter to the Army Corps of Engineers talking about how the Corps needs to account for sea level rises when talking about the restoration of wetlands. In regular-people terms, it sounds like the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers don't see eye-to-eye on this -- sort of like Belmont and Redwood City... oh, and Menlo Park is jumping into the fray as well, and not on the pro-development side.
Speaking of Belmont, the opposition to the Cargill project will come with a (sort of) new Mayor -- Dave Warden...
And Belmont's Mayor Dave Warden will have to deal with a challenge on the Fire Board front as well. You see, Belmont shares that cost with San Carlos, and San Carlos has been unhappy with the way that Belmont is sharing (or not sharing) the cost. San Carlos' Mayor Randy Royce has taken an interesting step by replacing Councilmembers Matt Grocott and Bob Grassilli on the Fire Board with Councilmembers Omar Ahmad and Andy Klein. In San Carlos, this passes for political intrigue. Expect fireworks (that's a pun) at the Fire Board as San Carlos tries to lower its cost...
Safeway + Burlingame = Fun, Fun, Fun... and 19 more trees than originally planned. It passed the Planning Commission yesterday with flying colors.
Local leaders are mad as hell and they aren't going to take it anymore... so they held a press conference. Oh, and they joined with the California League of Cities to support an initiative (awkwardly) titled the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety, and Transportation Protection Act of 2010 to try to stop the State from taking more money. We just like the idea of someone standing a post and protecting transportation...
2,000 tons of riprap are in place near the 330 Esplanade Avenue apartments in Pacifica. That's the good news. The bad news? Well, it probably won't be enough as another storm approaches...
And even though the big waves may take out 330 Esplanade, there will be no Mavericks Wednesday.
Not actual waves, but political waves in this coastside story. The San Mateo County League for Coastside Protection (a political action committee) will be fined $3,500 for violations in the 2005 election cycle. It is good to know that the Fair Political Practices Commission works quickly...
Coastsider has a breakdown of the story too...
You have got to love the ever-vocal Lee Duboc. And finally, she is taking action by pushing a pension reform initiative in her Menlo Park. If you want to email Lee, her email is menlofuture@gmail.com.
Bruce at the PP Examiner has been busy typing... he provides us all a Top Ten Political Stories of 2009... number 1 is Pay-Gate... number 10 is Lee Buffington "retiring"... click through to the see the rest.
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