Sign up for Express
New from the Almanac, Express is an e-edition delivered via email each weekday.
Sign up to receive Express!
Login | Register
Sign up for eBulletins
Click for Menlo Park, California Forecast
TownSquare Forum
(Postings listed from most recent to oldest)
View in an RSS Reader
Choose category to Display:
  ALL CATEGORIES   AROUND TOWN   ATHERTON   FICTION
  MENLO PARK   MOVIES   OTHER TOPICS   PORTOLA VALLEY
  SCHOOLS & KIDS   SPORTS   THE LOCAL DISH   WOODSIDE
  REPORTERS' BLOG

POST A NEW TOPIC GO TO MAIN VIEW RETURN TO HOME PAGE  
Bookmark and Share
Menlo council nixes adding 9 full-time planners
Menlo Park, posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Feb 20, 2013 at 2:00 pm

The easy question was whether Menlo Park needs more planning staff. The consensus was yes, given the number of incoming projects — at least 35 — expected during the next five years. The hard question was how to fulfill that need.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 12:00 AM

Add a comment | Add a new topic
If you were a member and logged in you could track this topic

Comments

Posted by Menlo Park Resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Feb 20, 2013 at 2:00 pm

Alex McIntyre, the former city manager of Lake Oswego, had a troubled relationship with that council. He seems more interested in building empires than serving the people in a cost efficient and effective way.

Menlo Park made a mistake when it hired him and it should really look for a replacement.

What we really need for city manager is someone who thinks like Henry Riggs.


Posted by mistake, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood, on Feb 20, 2013 at 10:55 pm

Menlo Park citizens were brought into the vetting process. This was a public process, and during this process, "a person that "thinks like Henry Riggs" was never proposed, not even by Henry Riggs. Any person that feels threatened by anonymous posts is not qualified to manage a lemonade stand.


Add a Comment

Posting an item on Town Square is simple and requires no registration! Just complete this form and hit "submit" and your topic will appear online. Please be respectful and truthful in your postings so Town Square will continue to be a thoughtful gathering place for sharing community information and opinion. All postings are subject to our TERMS OF USE, and may be deleted if deemed inappropriate by our staff
 
We prefer that you use your real name, but you may use any "member" name you wish.

Name: *
Select your Neighborhood or School Community: * Not sure?
Comment: *
Enter the verification code exactly as shown, using capital and lowercase letters, in the multi-colored box. *
Verification Code:   
 

AlmanacNews.com   ©2013 Embarcadero Media.
All rights reserved.