A new chapter in the Garbage Saga may soon unfold... the South Bayside Waste Management Authority, along with San Carlos and San Mateo, are exploring mandatory recycling ordinances in the County for commercial businesses. Begging the question: businesses aren't required to recycle but residents are?
The Governor promised some stuff (like not cutting education) during his State of the State while acknowledging the obvious (the State has major problems...) Thank you Governor Out-the-Door... We'll see what the impacts are to the County -- and schools -- and roads -- and everything else.
Michelle Durand's Off the Beat is pretty serious in today's Daily Journal. She chronicles a San Carlos family's effort to keep their home and includes a mention of a growing trend, online begging. (It is real. Check out begslist...)
Deep in the Reporters' Notebook in the Daily Journal we cull this nugget: David Lim and Robert Ross, the two new Councilmembers in San Mateo, voted against a recommendation made by San Mateo Public Works Director Larry Patterson about sewer contracts... too bad Lim and Ross weren't their during the garbage sage. No doubt Mr. Patterson is longing for the pre-Lim/Ross days...
Here's a strange story: On New Year's night, SSF police chased Cecilio Zaparolli from his car into his house because the police knew the guy had some outstanding warrants for his arrest (drug and knife possession). Zaparolli hid in his attic from the police, so the police called down to San Bruno's "Artie" the police dog to get Zaparolli from the attic. One problem, Zaparolli apparently isn't afraid of dogs and choked Artie and then surrendered... Zaparolli and Artie are both fine, although there is a pretty good chance that Zaparolli will spend as much time a cage in the coming weeks and months as Artie.
Can someone in Atherton Town government please wake up? Recently they settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with a former police officer for $230,000 but never informed the public about the settlement. Turning up the political heat on the issue is the Atherton Civic Interest League (whatever that is) President Peter Carpenter saying: "Frankly, I think the town was morally derelict in the way that they have handled this..." Mr. Carpenter, please tell us what you really think.
No Mavericks this week... perhaps next week? The tension builds.
In case you are looking for Styrofoam food containers, you'll need to look somewhere other than Pacifica these days. Their ban went into affect on January 1...
Barry Bonds' son, who allegedly assaulted his mother, will face five misdemeanor charges. He sounds like a swell kid: he threw a door knob at his mother, he spit in her face, and he destroyed $400 worth of property. Perhaps he wasn't able to get his own cushy chair by his locker and got enraged...
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