MENLO PARK Diagonal vs. 90-degree parking in city's lot I frequently use the downtown city-owned parking lot behind JZ Cool and Paper Chase, and am curious what other users think about the change last year from diagonal parking to ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac, on Mar 5, 2007 at 4:32 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 15, 2007 at 10:23 am.
MENLO PARK Menlo Park Child Care Woes The City of Menlo Park is described as a calm, yet vibrant city, of beautiful tree-lined neighborhoods and friendly people, overflowing with resources and brilliance. M... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Menlo Park Child Care Woes, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Feb 28, 2007 at 4:58 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 18, 2007 at 8:00 pm.
MENLO PARK Menlo Park Mini Scandal There are certainly serious concerns about the financial reporting by the City over the last year. This is really a mini scandal, and whether this council wants to investiga... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by LetTheTruthBeKnown, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood, on Feb 25, 2007 at 10:31 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 4, 2007 at 10:41 am.
MENLO PARK Serious concerns about timing of budget surplus disclosure The following letter by Susan Carnahan was published in the Almanac's Feb. 21 print edition:
Editor:
The action by the new 4-1 majority on the Menlo Party City Council (B... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac, on Feb 21, 2007 at 5:44 pm
MENLO PARK Menlo Park utility tax: What's wrong with this picture? The following Guest Opinion by Menlo Park resident Mark Gilles was published in the Almanac's Feb. 21 print edition:
By Mark Gilles
Last Tuesday, the Menlo Park City Coun... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac, on Feb 21, 2007 at 5:39 pm
MENLO PARK Council members Cline and Cohen call for "Open Government Initiative" Menlo Park City Council members Richard Cline and Andy Cohen sent a letter to the rest of the council calling for more transparency in how the city does its business. They've ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Rory Brown, Almanac staff writer, on Feb 21, 2007 at 5:13 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 5, 2007 at 6:17 am.
MENLO PARK City Council e-mail log is back up and running Almanac staff writer Rory Brown reports that the Menlo Park City Council e-mail log is back up and running.
City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden blames several technical problems ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac, on Feb 21, 2007 at 7:41 am
MENLO PARK MP City Council Email Log Still Not Working What's going on at city hall? - all of a sudden, the email log disappears without explanation and now the link that's been put back up isn't working.
I hate to be a conspir... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Observer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Feb 19, 2007 at 5:02 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 20, 2007 at 3:29 pm.
MENLO PARK Priorities Menlo Park is discussing whether or not to proceed with a Utility User Tax (UUT) that on a $200 utility bill would generate about $14 in taxes. According to the National Prior... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Elizabeth Lasensky, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Feb 15, 2007 at 12:59 pm
MENLO PARK A vote against new commissioner This letter by Pat White was published in the Almanac's Feb. 14 print edition:
Editor:
I missed the recent appointment of Charles Bourne to the Menlo Park Transportation ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac, on Feb 14, 2007 at 4:08 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 13, 2007 at 11:31 am.
MENLO PARK Mayor wants to go her own way on Cool Cities Tonight Mayor Fergusson made it clear that Menlo Park's environmental strategy was not something that is open for public discussion. Rejecting councilmember Boyle, Cohen, a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Serious about Global Warming, a member of the Oak Knoll School community, on Feb 14, 2007 at 1:18 am There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 19, 2007 at 1:58 pm.
MENLO PARK Council member receives donation from project As reported in tomorrow's newspaper: http://www.almanacnews.com/story.php?story_id=3619
John Boyle received a $750 donation from 75 Willow Road, a property owned by develop... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Suspicious, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood, on Feb 13, 2007 at 7:37 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 28, 2007 at 9:57 pm.
MENLO PARK Council Decision Endangers Children Putting a childcare center in the middle of an industrial park is a bad idea and unnecessarily endangers our children. Heavy truck traffic, hazardous materials, and lack of s... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Outraged, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Feb 10, 2007 at 12:44 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 19, 2007 at 7:33 am.
MENLO PARK An Architectural Review Board in MP? What are your thoughts? It seems to me that some of the debate in MP about housing/building/density really comes down to issues of good vs. bad design. When folks mention "hig... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Marianne Q. Dean, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Feb 9, 2007 at 5:39 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 19, 2007 at 4:30 pm.
MENLO PARK City to spend most of utility user tax revenue on new employee retirement benefits Today the city issued several staff reports recommending that the UUT tax rate be kept at the maximum rate and that the majority of the funds go to new benefits for city emplo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Finance Wonk, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Feb 8, 2007 at 11:43 pm There have been 33 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 14, 2007 at 1:17 pm.
MENLO PARK Little House Celebrates Valentine's Day Enjoy dinner and dancing to Mike Johnson and the Sound Wizards on Thursday, Feb. 15 at Little House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Dinner at 5:30 PM, $12 members, $17 others. D... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Renee, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2007 at 1:50 pm
MENLO PARK Council questioned on litigant's appointment to Housing Commission The following letter by Pat White was published in the Almanac's Feb. 7 print edition:
Editor:
The city of Menlo Park named Don Brawner "housing commissioner." The same D... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac, on Feb 7, 2007 at 1:22 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 9, 2007 at 4:54 am.
MENLO PARK Park fund shouldn't pay for Measure J The following letter by Brielle Johnck was published in the Almanac's Feb. 7 print edition:
Editor:
The $8,000 cost of putting Measure J on the ballot last November will ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac, on Feb 7, 2007 at 12:46 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 9, 2007 at 9:35 am.
MENLO PARK Does MP need a buzzer -- or gong -- to limit the length of remarks by council members? Menlo Park council members think their meetings are running too long, and many in the public would agree. But the council has decided that a solution is to use a buzzer that w... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by News Guy, a resident of another community, on Feb 5, 2007 at 12:09 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 7, 2007 at 11:20 am.
MENLO PARK East Menlo Park Im so tired of hearing about how Vanessa Johnson needs to be saved. Ya shes been around a long time. So what. I have seen the way parents that arent "in" with the program are ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Just me, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood, on Feb 1, 2007 at 6:34 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 13, 2007 at 9:12 pm.
MENLO PARK What do people want in a new city manager? The Menlo Park City Council is scheduled to meet on Thursday, Feb. 8, so members of the public can tell the council what they want in a new city manager.
The meeting is sch... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Rory Brown, Almanac staff writer, on Feb 1, 2007 at 3:59 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 11, 2007 at 11:18 am.
MENLO PARK Adding a stop sign on Coleman Ave. and Ringwood I wonder if anyone has had a similar experience: driving down Ringwood (the street that intersects Middlefield and Menlo Atherton High School) ... driving down Ringwood on a ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ann, a resident of the Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks neighborhood, on Jan 30, 2007 at 1:43 pm
MENLO PARK Blueprint for change in Menlo Park? The following was published as a guest opinion by Martin Engel in the Almanac's Jan. 31 print edition:
By Martin Engel
A central theme drove last fall's City Council ele... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac, on Jan 30, 2007 at 11:07 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 2, 2007 at 9:44 am.
MENLO PARK Global Warming- What's a person to do? While our leaders are deciding what government can do to stem global warming, there are things we, the people, can do. The big question is, what are we willing to sacrifice so... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Elizabeth Lasensky, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Jan 25, 2007 at 2:10 pm There have been 32 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 14, 2007 at 11:33 am.
MENLO PARK Congrats to the new Housing Commissioner ... Dear Don Brawner,
I am writing to congratulate you on being the newest member of the Housing Commission. I applaud you for your many years of service to the city and your com... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Marianne Quarre Dean, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Jan 24, 2007 at 2:57 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 28, 2007 at 8:04 am.
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