Waltzing back into the finals
Atherton’s Cheryl Burke has once again rhumba’d, tangoed and shimmied her way into the finals of ABC’s show, “Dancing with the Stars.” Last season, Ms. Burke, a professional ballroom dancer, won first place with her celebrity partner Drew Lachey. Now, she’s up for the top spot again, this time with NFL great Emmitt Smith. The big finale airs Tuesday night, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m.Man bites dog
Stop the presses! Someone in Woodside has good things to say about getting permits to build a new house.Kip Prahl delighted the Woodside Town Council when he stood up at a recent meeting and praised the process.
“When I initially told a friend that I was building in Woodside, he told me to batten down the hatches,” Mr. Prahl told the Almanac. “I was prepared for some dustups.”
Instead, he said the staff is friendly, town rules are clear, and even his contractor is happy.
“We’ve had problems, we’ve acknowledged them, and we’ve worked really hard to resolve them,” said Mayor Deborah Gordon. “It’s great to get feedback that it’s working.”
Mr. Prahl promised that, if things go south, he would be sure to give them an earful.
Somebody has to do it
With a 2013 deadline, uh, looming for local police to match their radio equipment to new frequency assignments from the Federal Communications Commission, a San Mateo County civil grand jury is on the job.In a recent report, the grand jury found potential problems lurking in the county’s 21 jurisdictions. The county recently upgraded its system, but performance has not been stellar.
Every city should ensure that their systems “will comply with FCC regulations” and match or exceed the current performance, the report said.
To the county grand jury, “mole hills and mountains have the same altitude,” said Portola Valley Councilman Ed Davis in a recent council discussion. “This is really an abysmal mole hill.”
