Morning News Round-Up -- 1.29.10: AG Speier...

Today's Daily Journal "reports" that Congresswoman Jackie Speier is considering a run for Attorney General... which was reported earlier in the week by the Chronicle and stolen by Watch Dog immediately thereafter. Thank you for reading Watch Dog... The Journal also talks to folks who might seek to replace her...

Here are three things you almost never, ever see:

1. The Daily Journal Editorial Board is NOT supporting a parcel tax in the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District... (If it helps, Watch Dog will endorse the measure...)

2. South San Francisco approved a two-tier system for public employees. Could it spread like wildfire?

3. Wild boar... so delicious, so big, so ugly, so scary. There was one in Half Moon Bay that was shot and killed (and eaten?)...

High-Speed Rail is getting a jump-start with $2.25 billion (with a "b") more money from the Feds... NIMBYs (with an "n") better jump-start their efforts too...

Menlo Park is facing a little citizens' revolt led by Lee Duboc... the pension reform issue could go before voters if all works out. And we thought all the political intrigue (and in-fighting) happened in Atherton...

Speaking of Atherton, the Town officially apologize for keeping a $230,000 sexual harassment settlement under wraps... they did it by fax, to the newspaper, and didn't include anyone's contact information for follow-up calls. Very Atherton...