MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Ted Schlein, what are you thinking? Why on earth would Ted Schlein of the Menlo Park school foundation sign his name to blatant lies on an election mailer for the Boyle/Duboc/Winkler slate?
I got a mailer tha... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Aghast and agape, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood, on Nov 2, 2006 at 12:19 pm There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 8, 2006 at 9:54 am.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Should council candidates accept donations from developers with projects before the city? All of the candidates in the Menlo Park City Council election have accepted monetary contributions from developers that have projects before the city or who plan to. Here are ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac, on Nov 1, 2006 at 9:38 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 4, 2006 at 12:34 am.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Treasure of a site -- www.takebackmenlopark.com I just discovered this site
http://www.takebackmenlopark.com.
Anyone who really wants to see the recent history of the Menlo
Park City council should consult this site.... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by MENLODOWNTOWN, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Oct 31, 2006 at 8:12 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 7, 2006 at 12:45 am.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Mickie Winkler e-mail: Update on Unions and the Campaign Below is an Oct. 19 e-mail from Councilwoman Mickie Winkler to Menlo Park residents. Ms. Winkler is a candidate in the Nov. 7 Menlo Park City Council election.
Dear ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac, on Oct 31, 2006 at 12:33 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 1, 2006 at 3:39 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Mickie Winkler e-mail: It is really tough to run against a team (us) Below is an Oct. 31 e-mail from Councilwoman Mickie Winkler to Menlo Park residents. Ms. Winkler is a candidate in the Nov. 7 Menlo Park City Council election.
Fello... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac, on Oct 31, 2006 at 12:17 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 5, 2006 at 1:41 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Should council candidates seek support from city employee unions? City council members negotiate with city employee unions and act on labor contracts. Many people argue that council members must maintain an arms-length relationship with the ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac, on Oct 30, 2006 at 11:03 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 1, 2006 at 3:38 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Clear Conflict of Interest With Developers Donations As I sent to the City Council:
Dear Council Members,
It certainly appears to me that a clear conflict of interest exists with council members Duboc and Winkler, who wit... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Mary Ellen, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood, on Oct 30, 2006 at 1:16 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 30, 2006 at 3:06 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Menlo Park Needs New Management (PDF) and text version The .pdf version of this, text, including graphics can be found here:
http://www.bresslerformenlopark.org/NewManagement.pdf
Here’s the text:
Menlo Park Needs New Manag... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by OpposesIncumbents, a resident of the Menlo Park: Felton Gables neighborhood, on Oct 30, 2006 at 11:58 am
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Time For A Fundamental Change In Menlo Park
Time For A Fundamental Change In Menlo Park
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is time for a fundamental change in Menlo Park. To that end, Take Back Menlo Park! (www.TakeBackMe... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Take Back Menlo Park, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Oct 30, 2006 at 10:11 am
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS The "new" Ace Hardware is really a church meeting room What no-one is saying about the Ace hardware, is that it occupies only a small portion of the front of the building and that a church meeting room occupies the larger back por... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Collacchi, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood, on Oct 29, 2006 at 11:19 pm
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Winkler Unaware of Stanford Hotel Plan; Now takes credit
The March6, 2005 San Jose Mercury makes clear that neither Mickie Winkler, development manager David Johnson, or any other official knew of Stanford's plans for an I-280 hot... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by WatchDog, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Oct 29, 2006 at 3:16 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 30, 2006 at 12:02 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Mickie Winkler: Update on plan to restore revenues and end blight Below is an Oct. 4 e-mail by Councilwoman Mickie Winkler to Menlo Park residents. Winkler is a candidate in the Nov. 7 Menlo Park City Council election.
Fellow Residents,
... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Note This, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Oct 29, 2006 at 9:19 am There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 30, 2006 at 8:37 am.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS MENLO PARK FY2006 SALES TAX REVENUES DOWN by 3.86% FROM FY2005. MENLO PARK FY2006 SALES TAX REVENUES DOWN by 3.86% FROM FY2005.
According to the same reports released by finance director, Carol Augustine, to city council members, (I got... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Collacchi, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood, on Oct 27, 2006 at 9:57 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 29, 2006 at 4:14 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Duplicitous endorsements on fake Democratic flier Menlo Park households with registered Democrats have received a mailer, proclaiming itself a “Voter Information Guide for Democrats.” Just like two (unsuccessful) slate-spons... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Catherine McMillan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Oct 26, 2006 at 11:16 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 3, 2006 at 4:49 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Reality Check on Election Propaganda How ironic that the hit piece put out on October 24th by Duboc and Winkler’s group was titled “Sneak Attack”—that’s exactly what it was. And it’s not the first time these Cou... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Cheryl Zaslawsky, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Oct 26, 2006 at 10:14 pm
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Rich Cline - Why is his business based in Palo Alto? Rich Cline states that he wants to recruit more business to Menlo Park, however, it's quite striking that he keeps his business in Palo Alto.
Rich Cline should start by pu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Lisa Giuliano, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood, on Oct 26, 2006 at 8:43 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 15, 2011 at 8:13 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Fields of Dreams Has anyone seen the claim on Heyward Robinson's website that says he got Stanford to build fields along Sand Hill Road. Is this just a dream or is there more to the story? READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Curious, a resident of the Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle neighborhood, on Oct 26, 2006 at 7:26 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 27, 2006 at 11:35 am.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Virginia Chang Kiraly Earns Endorsement from The Stanford Review Virginia Chang Kiraly
State Assembly Candidate, District 21
Common Sense Leadership – for a Change!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jerome Encinas
October 26, 2... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jerome Encinas, a resident of another community, on Oct 26, 2006 at 5:27 pm
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Latest Twist Post Makes "Strawman" Claims 'Latest Twist ...' claims " ... some of the challengers changing their positions from "who says we need more playfields" to "I can build playfields faster than they can."
A... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by FactChecker, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood, on Oct 25, 2006 at 9:48 am
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Menlo Park Sales Taxes are Not Recovering MENLO PARK SALES TAX RATES ARE FLAT AND HAVE NOT RECOVERED: When sales revenues bottomed at pre-boom (1995) levels they remained flat despite 1.) Duboc & Winkler's "streamlini... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Worried, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood, on Oct 25, 2006 at 9:22 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 10, 2006 at 11:50 am.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Latest Twists on Sports Fields It seems that the surge of public support for building more playfields has some of the challengers changing their positions from "who says we need more playfields" to "I can b... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Soccer Dad, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Oct 25, 2006 at 12:55 am There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 29, 2006 at 6:18 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Council majority forgot to negotiate for public Monies paid by the developer to the city, schools, fire district, etc in the forms of “impact fees” and “mitigation” costs are called "exactions". These are nothing more than ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by HorseTrader, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood, on Oct 24, 2006 at 7:25 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 6, 2006 at 6:29 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS A superior slate at candidates' forum I have never been involved in city politics until now, and I will be voting for the first time in a City Council election. I attended last month's candidates' forum an... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Spencer Little, a resident of the Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle neighborhood, on Oct 24, 2006 at 3:57 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 25, 2006 at 4:48 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Cal Jones corrects the record This is in response to Dee Tolles Oct. 11 guest opinion in the Almanac.
I take exception to the reference to me as a part of a slow-growth majority -- or to any othe... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Cal Jones, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood, on Oct 24, 2006 at 3:46 pm
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Council's outsourcing a hot campaign issue Recent efforts by the Menlo Park City Council to explore alternative options to running city services have met acrimonious resistance.
Council candidates Heyward Rob... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Kathleen Liston, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood, on Oct 24, 2006 at 3:42 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 31, 2006 at 8:52 am.
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