ATHERTON Supervisor Mark Church refuses to resign. Supervisor Mark Churh refuses to resign and save San Mateo County $1.6 M the cost of a special election.
“To step down now would mean the loss of valuable experience and kn... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Michael G. Stogner, a resident of another community, on Jul 6, 2010 at 8:24 pm
ATHERTON Atherton Promotes Police Lieutenant from Within In a little heralded press release dated July 1, Atherton announced that Sergeant Joe Wade had been promoted to be Police Lieutenant, the second in command position in the sma... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Inspector Erskine, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood, on Jul 4, 2010 at 3:26 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 11, 2010 at 12:20 am.
ATHERTON Law firm ends contract with Atherton The law firm that employs Atherton City Attorney Wynne Furth has sent the town a 60-day notice that it is canceling its contract to provide legal services to Atherton.
Read t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jul 2, 2010 at 8:29 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 6, 2010 at 1:12 pm.
ATHERTON Report: High-speed rail ridership data flawed California high-speed rail ridership studies are flawed and are "unreliable for policy analysis," according to an independent review released Wednesday by the Institute of Tra... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jul 2, 2010 at 4:35 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 3, 2010 at 12:19 pm.
ATHERTON A Challenge to the Atherton City Attorney The following is an e-mail to the Atherton City Attorney calling attention to what appears to be a fraudulent misrepresentation to the Almanac News.
I urge readers of this ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by John P. Johns, a resident of another community, on Jul 2, 2010 at 8:59 am
ATHERTON Does our City Council Deserve a Passing Grade? In 2000, Jerry Carlson wrote a short essay on why he intended to vote no on Measure C.
As reasons for voting against Measure C, a proposed renewal of the Parcel Tax, Mr. Ca... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by smarter voter, a resident of the Atherton: Lloyden Park neighborhood, on Jul 1, 2010 at 5:10 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jul 1, 2010 at 5:32 pm.
ATHERTON Now is the time to put the City Attorney contract out to bid As was reported in the Daily Journal and on Atherton's website, the law firm that employs City Attorney Wynn Furth will cease to exist at the end of the summer.
As such, th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by John P Johns, a resident of another community, on Jun 30, 2010 at 10:39 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 1, 2010 at 3:33 pm.
ATHERTON Join the Atherton Library Building Steering Committee Would you like to help oversee the planning and design process for a new Atherton Library? We are in the process of creating an inclusive and representative Atherton Library B... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Atherton Library, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood, on Jun 30, 2010 at 12:46 pm
ATHERTON 4-star hotels for Atherton employees? A very interesting post by John Johns that I saw last night now has somehow been deleted. In that post, Mr. Johns detailed (presumably by perusing the publicly available Athe... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jon Buckheit, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood, on Jun 30, 2010 at 11:42 am There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 1, 2010 at 6:24 pm.
ATHERTON Guest opinion: Volunteers welcome to help out in Atherton If a reader's only impression of Atherton came from local newspaper headlines and blogs, what would that person conclude? Probably, that the town is sinking financially, the c... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jun 30, 2010 at 11:18 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 1, 2010 at 3:02 am.
ATHERTON Living it up at taxpayer expense While Atherton's financial condition was deteriorting, Atherton City Jerry Gruber appears to have been living it up at taxpayers expense.
In February, 2010, Mr. Gruber, alo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by john p johns, a resident of another community, on Jun 29, 2010 at 6:12 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jun 29, 2010 at 7:51 pm.
ATHERTON Conflict of Interest Charges Cloud Councilman\'s Candidacy Councilman Jerry Carlson is expected to announce his candidacy within the next few weeks. However just as it is being launched it is threatened with derailment as a result of ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by A Mendelson, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood, on Jun 27, 2010 at 12:38 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 27, 2010 at 11:16 am.
ATHERTON Guest opinion: Time for residents to step up in Atherton I am writing to extend the public dialogue on getting to a balanced budget in Atherton.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wed... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jun 22, 2010 at 4:48 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jun 22, 2010 at 4:48 pm.
ATHERTON Atherton City Attorney's Law Firm Implodes When Atherton selected Wynn Furth as the City Attorney to replace Marc Hynes, Jerry Carlson said that a deciding factor was that Furth was with a large firm which had the reso... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by John P Johns, a resident of another community, on Jun 22, 2010 at 12:04 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 2, 2010 at 11:11 am.
ATHERTON A house divided Word around town hall is that a chasm as wide and as deep as the Grand Canyon has emerged between the Town administration and the Police Department.
This is yet another unf... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by james m, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood, on Jun 21, 2010 at 12:10 am There have been 51 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 29, 2010 at 11:58 am.
ATHERTON Atherton: Decision on management salaries delayed The Atherton City Council has delayed a decision to adjust salaries for middle management staff under a proposal that would have fixed the salaries at the 70th percentile in r... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jun 18, 2010 at 1:12 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 20, 2010 at 8:10 pm.
ATHERTON Atherton attorney: Lewis house not legally compliant, but no action needed The word is in from Atherton's town attorney: The size of Councilwoman Elizabeth Lewis' house exceeds the town's zoning ordinance by about 129 square feet; she should not have... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jun 16, 2010 at 6:36 pm There have been 29 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 20, 2010 at 7:42 pm.
ATHERTON Atherton pays $619,000 in John Johns case The town of Atherton paid a total of about $393,200 in attorney fees to investigate former finance director John Johns, and to fight the lawsuit he subsequently filed against ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jun 15, 2010 at 10:15 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 16, 2010 at 12:00 am.
ATHERTON An Open Letter to Mayor McKeithen Dear Kathy
I regret to advise you that I will be unable to attend next week's city council session as I have been called away on business in Alaska.
I had hoped to be ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by John P. Johns, a resident of another community, on Jun 12, 2010 at 9:27 am There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 16, 2010 at 12:45 pm.
ATHERTON Two Atherton Police Officers Under Investigation I am in receipt of a letter dated May 26, 2010 from from Chief Guerra advising me that administrative investigations into the conduct of two Atherton Police Department officer... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by John P. Johns, a resident of another community, on Jun 10, 2010 at 9:39 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 17, 2010 at 4:02 pm.
ATHERTON Don Horsley, April Vargas in November runoff for county supervisor seat Former San Mateo County sheriff Don Horsley and Coastside resident and businesswoman April Vargas will be on the November ballot in a runoff election for the District 3 Board ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jun 9, 2010 at 9:59 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 10, 2010 at 1:10 pm.
ATHERTON Stogner's Victory Michael Stogner did not win the San Mateo 3rd District Supervisor race today, yet a clear victory for Stogner emerged.
Stogner achievement? After gaining considerable mome... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Victim\'s Advocacy, a resident of another community, on Jun 9, 2010 at 1:56 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 1, 2010 at 12:31 pm.
ATHERTON Editorial: Time to clear the air on Lewis' house City Council member Elizabeth Lewis becomes defensive about claims that she did not following legal procedures when she built a new home in 2006, which apparently went beyond ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jun 8, 2010 at 3:25 pm There have been 45 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 12, 2010 at 9:32 pm.
ATHERTON Atherton's legal costs in Johns case, including settlement, total $619,500 The town of Atherton paid a total of about $393,200 in attorney fees to investigate former finance director John Johns, and to fight the lawsuit he subsequently filed against ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jun 8, 2010 at 1:29 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 9, 2010 at 11:24 pm.
ATHERTON Another Falsified Police Report by the Atherton PD I have filed a criminal complaint with Chief Guerra and with John Warren of the District Attorney over Police Report Number O4-484.
I received this report via a public reco... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by John P Johns, CPA, a resident of another community, on Jun 8, 2010 at 10:08 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jun 9, 2010 at 2:18 am.
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