Morning News Round-Up -- 4.15.10: The Post Office closes when?

Watch Dog thought a week could go by without a new scandal popping up in Atherton. The Marsala Home/Loan (non)Gate went away. The John John John Johns lawsuit was settled. These were supposed to be quiet times with the new blogorific Town.. but...

The Police Chief has asked the District Attorney's office to look into whether a someone in the Police Department altered the domestic violence police reoprt relative to Jon Buckheit. You remember Buckheit, he is the one that Marsala asked for money from, but more importantly to this story, he is the one that was taken from his home on suspiscion of domestic violence only to be later found factually innocent. Never a dull moment in Atherton... We do have to give props to the Town of Atherton blog - - they are on top of their game and do actually mention this story.

It is now Belmont's move in the Belmont - San Carlos inter-County civil war over fire services... and they aren't saying much... yet. They are also dealing with their own budget mess ($1.3 million)...

In a nod to NIMBYs, some folks on the Peninsula are considering whether or not to join the (Tea Party?) effort to repeal the High-Speed Rail bond... have fun with that..

That's all for today...

Morning News Round-Up -- 4.7.10: An Atherton Blog... Yippee!

Oh no. Earlier in the week we learned about a man who raped a woman in the County's psych unit... it turns out it wasn't the first time such an insident occurred. We said the story had lawsuit written all over it, now it seems to have scandal written all over it...

Jon Mays at the Daily Journal writes about the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in San Mateo is up for sale... again. Perhaps it would be a great Daily Journal Headquarters building...

The irony of this story is rich: the Town of Atherton has launched a blog to keep residents informed... informed of all the lawsuits they settle? Or informed about the latest political backstabbing on the Town Council? Or perhaps informed about the next anti-High-Speed Rail actions the Town is taking... At least they didn't spend any money to create the free blog... on the other hand, they didn't do much design work either. Watch Dog loves the fact that the "Comments" are turned off on the blog -- probably because the Town of Atherton knows that it would quickly get out of control... (Watch Dog predicts a 3 month time frame before this becomes a political issue in Atherton...)

Here's a non-shocking story: Residents crowd Menlo Park meeting on Bohannon project... Wait, Menlo Park residents have something to say?

Also not shocking, Burlingame (and everyone else) has massive budget problems... $3.1 million in Burlingame.

Also, also not shocking: "Peninsulans plan to bombard high-speed rail authority with letters, emails." Yes, Peninsulans, because what everyone government agency loves is to get bombarded with complaints...

Also, also, also not shocking, Half Moon Bay has budget problems and may seek a sales-tax hike...