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Sequoia Healthcare District $1.35 Million subsidy of Children's Health Initiative revisited
Below is a link to the minutes of the Sequoia Healthcare District at which they first approved the Children's Health Initiative subsidy.
I invite reader comments about the... |
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on Feb 19, 2013 at 10:45 am by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Protesters call on Zuckerberg to 'unfriend ' Christie
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is catching flack for his blossoming friendship with New Jersey's Republican Gov. Chris Christie from abortion-rights activists, who staged a ... |
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on Feb 18, 2013 at 3:13 pm by Thank-ster, a member of the Laurel School community |
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Woodside joins ban on plastic bags at checkout counters
To encourage the use of reusable shopping bags, Woodside will join other local towns and follow the lead of San Mateo County government in banning single-use plastic bags at r... |
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on Feb 18, 2013 at 1:23 am by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Real estate: The rebirth of the Eichler
Realtor Monique Lombardelli isn't content just to sell iconic, 1950s-era Joseph Eichler homes. She wants to build them, too -- capturing the midcentury-modern aesthetic by usi... |
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on Feb 15, 2013 at 4:11 pm by Earle Jones, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
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Feature story: Beating the flu bug
It was a terrifying way to start the new year. Feeling wiped out and congested, Menlo Park resident Candace Peterson took to her bed, wondering if she had a cold or the flu. A... |
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on Feb 14, 2013 at 1:50 pm by Susan Horstmeyer, a resident of another community |
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Sequoia Healthcare District MSR due from LAFCo
The last Municipal Service Review for Healthcare Districts was adopted by The San Mateo County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) in April of 2007. See: Web Link.... |
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on Feb 12, 2013 at 2:47 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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$10,000,000 Sequoia Healthcare District Nursing Education Program
With 8 years into the program and 2 years remaining, the Sequoia Healthcare District Board of Directors will be meeting at 4:30 P.M. on October 30, 2012 to discuss the program... |
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on Feb 12, 2013 at 12:48 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Sequoia Healthcare District brochure coming
The Sequoia Healthcare District 2012 Annual Report to the Community, scheduled to be mailed by the end of October, is clearly driven by a desire to protect the District from a... |
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on Feb 1, 2013 at 3:01 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Firefighters duck gunfire in East Palo Alto
Firefighters returning to their East Palo Alto station ran for cover after two rival gangs engaged in a gun battle in front of their quarters about two weeks ago, Menlo Park F... |
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on Jan 29, 2013 at 3:16 pm by tired of it, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Gun buyback in San Mateo
People can receive up to $100 in cash for a handgun, shotgun or rifle, and up to $200 for an assault rifle at a gun buyback event in San Mateo.
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on Jan 27, 2013 at 12:37 pm by Hmmm, a resident of another community |
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Zuckerberg to raise funds for Chris Christie
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, will host a campaign fundraiser at his Palo Alto home for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Feb. 13, according to the Wal... |
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on Jan 25, 2013 at 6:01 pm by SteveC, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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SamTrans buying 25 hybrid buses
The San Mateo County Transit District is adding 25 new hybrid buses manufactured by a Hayward company to its fleet by the end of the year.
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on Jan 22, 2013 at 4:08 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Sequoia Healthcare District dissolution survey
I have created a survey regarding dissolution of Sequoia Healthcare District. Web Link
Please feel free to e-mail this to your friends and associ... |
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on Jan 22, 2013 at 2:12 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Sequoia Healthcare District spends $25,000 for Membership in RWC 2020. Why?
Sequoia Healthcare District used to include Membership in RWC 2020 as an Administrative expenditure in their budget. Last year it was moved to the Healthy Schools Initiative P... |
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on Jan 21, 2013 at 10:59 am by community support up in Emerald, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Sequoia HCD subsidy of Sequoia Hospital
I have questioned my board about the Sequoia Healthcare District's continued subsidy of Sequoia Hospital, which it no longer owns. This is done through the Sequoia Hospital F... |
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on Jan 18, 2013 at 8:41 am by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Horsley reverses, will
forgo supes salary
Supervisor Don Horsley has announced that he has changed his mind and would resume his two-year practice of not taking a salary for the remaining two years of his four-year te... |
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 6:58 pm by Hmmm, a resident of another community |
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Pilot lands safely without landing gear
A pilot of a small aircraft was unhurt after he landed without landing gear at the San Carlos Airport on Saturday morning (Jan. 12) , a San Mateo County sheriff's deputy s... |
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on Jan 14, 2013 at 1:56 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Horsley says rising economy led him to end his $1 salary
In explaining his decision to collect his $120,000 annual salary after two years of working for $1 a year, San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley cited the county's improved... |
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on Jan 14, 2013 at 8:57 am by Sarah, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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'Moderately severe' influenza arrives in Bay Area
The influenza virus hammering states in other parts of the country is slowly moving into Northern California, officials said Thursday.
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on Jan 14, 2013 at 12:38 am by chris, a resident of the Atherton: Lloyden Park neighborhood |
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Author, poet comes 'home' to speak in Portola Valley
Rashani Rea, known as Tori Harris while growing up in Portola Valley, will present a talk, "The Importance of Place," and sign her book, "Beyond Brokenness," at a 7:30 p.m. ev... |
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on Jan 13, 2013 at 4:29 pm by Joy Kincaid, a resident of the Portola Valley: Woodside Highlands neighborhood |
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Stogner recall threat with Horsely leads to San Mateo taxpayers saving $$$
Thank you Michael Stogner.
Because Michael Stogner had the courage to take on Supervisor Don Horsely, and threaten to recall him unless he rescinded his broken campaign pr... |
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on Jan 13, 2013 at 8:41 am by Michael G Stogner, a resident of another community |
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Today in Woodside: The real Downton Abbey
DiAnn Ellis, professor emerita at San Francisco State University, will give an illustrated lecture on "Downton Abbey Culture in Ninety Minutes" at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at... |
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on Jan 12, 2013 at 1:04 pm by Hmmm, a resident of another community |
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HeartSafe - Saving Lives or Life Support for the Sequoia Healthcare District
Initiated by Stephani Scott, then CEO of the Sequoia Healthcare District in 2005, the HeartSafe Program has provided anecdotal stories for the District which fill it's website... |
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 1:42 pm by winner, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
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Sequoia Healthcare District continues support of Planned Parenthod
A story published in today's Daily Post stated that "Planned Parenthood, in its annual report, says it performed 333,964 abortions in 2011, a record year for the nonprofit." ... |
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on Jan 10, 2013 at 2:24 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Cedro closes, Cafe Borrone to expand
Cedro Ristorante Italiano in downtown Menlo Park closed over the holidays, and its next-door neighbor, Cafe Borrone, is poised to expand into the sizable space within months. ... |
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on Jan 7, 2013 at 10:16 pm by ho hum, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |