MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Over-doing the campaign signs Successful incumbents don’t need to over-advertise themselves.
I have worked for the city of Menlo Park and lived here for years. I’m embarrassed by the last four to... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Glenn Raggio, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Oct 24, 2006 at 3:38 pm
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Disguising issues: trick or treat? The backers of the Lee Duboc, Mickie Winkler and John Boyle slate are cooking up a cynical brew this Halloween: lump together city employees, union endorsements, the l... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Catherine McMillan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Oct 24, 2006 at 3:31 pm
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Is it concessions or extortion? Recently, the slate of Menlo Park City Council candidates opposed to incumbents Lee Duboc and Mickie Winkler and newcomer John Boyle (Heyward Robinson, Rich Cline, and... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Reg Rice, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood, on Oct 24, 2006 at 3:27 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 26, 2006 at 9:58 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Fields and tax propositions at odds Measure J, if approved by voters and implemented by the next Menlo Park City Council, approves spending millions to develop sports fields on Bayfront Park, perhaps as ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Chris MacIntosh, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Oct 24, 2006 at 3:25 pm
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Uncivil Civic Race- MP City Council Did anyone see this in the Mercury News online for Sunday Oct 22? How sad that incumbent Menlo Park city council members are reduced to shouting insults at those who have a di... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by interested political observer, a member of the Hillview Middle School community, on Oct 23, 2006 at 8:12 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 23, 2006 at 11:11 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Measure J (sports fields at Bayfront Park) is a political wedge The city council may evaluate the feasibility of playing fields at Bayfront Park without putting something like Measure J on the ballot.
Measure J is on the ballot for only... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by MJ, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood, on Oct 23, 2006 at 6:53 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 27, 2006 at 4:11 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Burgess pool savings are unknown In their literature, the Winkler, Duboc, Boyle campaign claims that
privatizing Burgess pool is saving the city over $400,000 annually.
At the September Parks and Recreation... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Heyward Robinson, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Oct 22, 2006 at 9:09 am There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 9, 2006 at 5:17 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Council Candidate Robinson Supports City’s Aquatics Programs For immediate release
October 22, 2006
For more information contact Heyward Robinson at Heyward@VoteForHeyward.org
MENLO PARK, CA — Heyward Robinson, candidate for Me... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Heyward Robinson, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Oct 22, 2006 at 8:58 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 22, 2006 at 5:18 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Would the council be less predictable, please I am really, really tired of lock-step decisions of the council majority on so many issues over the past four years.
If there is one thing that characterizes a healthy dem... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Politics on my mind, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Oct 21, 2006 at 11:51 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 22, 2006 at 4:56 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Pool political rally turns into shouting match: POST YOUR COMMENTS HERE A political rally Thursday in support of a private company's operation of Menlo Park's Burgess Aquatics Center quickly turned into a shouting match.
Organized by supporter... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac, on Oct 21, 2006 at 8:27 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 30, 2006 at 6:42 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Save Our Pool? More like Save Our City... Note: Rich Cline is one of six candidates for three seats on the Menlo Park City Council.
I attended the Save the Pool Rally yesterday. I wanted to listen to what fo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Rich Cline, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Oct 20, 2006 at 3:12 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 30, 2006 at 9:25 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Should Menlo Park look into building sports fields in Bayfront Park? Should Menlo Park look into building sports fields in Bayfront Park? This is the question posed as Measure J on the Menlo Park ballot Nov. 7. To read the Almanac's Voter Guide... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac, on Oct 20, 2006 at 10:24 am There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 28, 2006 at 4:08 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Menlo Park election: A Bad "Sign"... Not a good “sign" . . .
Successful incumbents don’t need to over-advertise themselves. I have worked for the city of Menlo Park and lived here for years. I’m embarrassed... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Glenn Raggio, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Oct 18, 2006 at 8:24 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 20, 2006 at 12:53 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Referendum is direct democracy at work
Last week, for the second time in two years, thousands of Menlo Park voters added their signatures to petitions calling for a vote to overturn actions of the City Co... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Peter Hart, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood, on Oct 18, 2006 at 6:05 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 24, 2006 at 12:45 am.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Playing fields measure only advisory The very vocal opponents of the Menlo Park playing field Measure J either have not read the measure or they are being unprincipled.
Take two examples. The opponents ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Dave Gildea, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Oct 18, 2006 at 6:02 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 21, 2006 at 9:34 am.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Maintain momentum in Menlo Park Voters in this fall's City Council election can choose between two slates of candidates, representing two very different visions of the future.
One slate, Vince Bres... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Frank Tucker, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Oct 18, 2006 at 6:00 pm
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Stirring it up in election season It's election season and that means politics 24-7. Admit it, we love it.
Promises are made. Blame is spread around in large quantities. The Almanac archives are sear... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Brielle Johnck, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood, on Oct 18, 2006 at 5:56 pm
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Hazards of reopening closed landfill Blithe assertions regarding the feasibility of playing fields at Bayfront Park fail to recognize the costly realities of reopening the closed landfill.
The Marsh Roa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Lennie Roberts, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood, on Oct 18, 2006 at 5:46 pm
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Sports field measure a reasonable idea I think it's very reasonable to ask the Menlo Park City Council to "further investigate" building sports fields on only 10 percent of Bayfront Park, which is what Meas... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Sheri Simmons, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Oct 18, 2006 at 11:51 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 23, 2006 at 12:35 am.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Keep sports leagues out of politics I was astonished to receive an e-mail from Alpine Little League containing both a questionable description of Menlo Park's sports fields issue and a patent endorsement... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Catherine McMillan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Oct 18, 2006 at 11:48 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 2, 2006 at 11:24 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Trust MP council to decide on playing fields NOTE: This letter to the editor from Andy Kirkpatrick was printed in the Oct. 11 issue of the Almanac.
Editor:
As a Menlo Park resident who thinks youth spo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Gibboney, editor and publisher of The Almanac, on Oct 11, 2006 at 11:40 am
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Likes opinion on Bayfront playing fields NOTE: This letter from Christine Pixie Couch of Menlo Park was printed in the Oct. 11 issue of the Almanac.
Editor:
A huge thank you to James R. Madison for his ex... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tom Gibboney, editor and publisher of The Almanac, on Oct 10, 2006 at 2:10 pm
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Home of Hono... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Virginia Chang Kiraly, a resident of the Atherton: West of Alameda neighborhood, on Oct 9, 2006 at 8:33 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 10, 2006 at 1:59 pm.
MENLO PARK ELECTIONS Post Menlo Park election events here As the Nov. 7 election nears, Town Square is a great place to post information about upcoming Menlo Park City Council campaign events. Give the who, what, where and when for e... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Rory Brown, Almanac staff writer, on Oct 3, 2006 at 2:52 pm
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