Isn't Mike Dunn running in District 1?

Hi Mike Dunn? -- I thought I'd included his name in the list. I apologize for the oversight. It's been added to the story. Thanks for the catch.

Kirsten Keith’s ballot statement has everyone watching this election laughing.

She claims to have protected the Willows from cut through traffic? - when her response as Mayor was so apathetic and delayed (she actually once, after residents begged for help, put the item near midnight on a City Council election and then left the meeting early without hearing it, to catch a plane for a political junket to the heaven knows where) - that it took a large group of residents organizing and gathering hundreds of signatures to get her to address an obvious problem.
IN FACT as Mayor Kirsten voted against addressing Willows Cut Through Traffic it’s own Council Goal, and only joined her Council in doing anything when residents organized! Let’s not even address how her decisions contributed to the cut through problem in the first place!

And then there is Kirsten’s curious claim to want to protect residents from the negative effect of office development near the Bay. The truth is Kirsten has voted to approve and up zone millions of square feet of office development along the Bay. No one can recall her ever voting against such a proposal during her eights years on Council. In fact as Mayor, an editorial was written in a local paper calling her out by name for her for conduct around such proposals.

Rather than defend her actual record and vision, if she had one, Kirsten’s ballot statement is a lesson in campaign fiction and quite the gamble on her part. In a district election neighbors should be ble to tell each other the truth, the district is so small. And hundreds of those neighbors already know the truth.

We watched council, especially Keith, take immediate action. We see the "no through traffic" and "no right turn" signs. We experience the dramatic change every day. Neighbors already know this to be the truth.

The phrase "large-scale office development on the bayshore" can only be referring to Facebook. Combs can't vote on anything related to Facebook.

No one’s buying it “neighbor”. Too many residents were involved in the process to buy what your selling in that ridiculous ballot statement. Welcome to District Elections, where neighbors tell neighbors the truth.

The Trump of Menlo Park

Are the campaign statements available online? Or do we need to go to the City Clerk's office to see them? The FPPC's website, Web Link directs us to the City Clerk but I'm hoping they are also online. On a related note, the FTTP website allows online searching for Form 700s Web Link and its fact sheet on Gifts & Travel for Local Officials might also be a useful resource as this topic is likely to come up (again) during the campaign period. Web Link

As the posts mostly pertain to District 2, here is the link to Drew Combs's campaign website Web Link and the one for Kirstin Keith.Web Link

I was surprised to read that Keith's response was "apathetic and delayed," and that she "left the meeting early without hearing" the item on "no through traffic" signs.

From the video of that meeting (Web Link we learn that Keith pushed to add this to the agenda as an emergency item, and that she did hear the item and was present for most of that discussion and public comment.

From Twitter, we can see that Keith left the meeting to attend a National League of Cities conference. Among other topics, she tweeted about removing barriers for minority owned businesses (Web Link being proactive in solving racial equity issues (Web Link and infrastructure for high walkability and bikeability (Web Link

I watched the City Council meeting you attached with the link, "neighbor".

Keith left the October 14th meeting early to catch a plane, while the "no through traffic" sign issue was being discussed with City staff and Council. She didn't participate in the full hearing.

That Keith went to go hob nob and network with other electeds at the National League of Cities Conference isn't an excuse to leave a City Council meeting during such an important issue to the residents in her district. It appears pretty similar to Keith missing the City Council meeting to go on a junket to China when Facebooks's new development was on the agenda. Keith has excuses. They are just bad. And who paid for that trip to the National League of Cities? Did taxpayers?

It has to be said, you have remarkable knowledge of Kirsten Keith's twitter feed, "neighbor".

What happened here should be obvious to residents in the district. Everyone who gathered signatures or signed a petition will know what it took to get Kirsten to pay attention and put this on the agenda. It's tough to dispute.

@Record_Review, I have no remarkable knowledge. I just looked for her tweets the days following that meeting (Web Link It is unfortunate that some residents don't want Menlo Park to be a city where we share ideas and draw inspiration from what other cities are doing.

I've just learned that here is the link to the candidate's statements: Web Link Click on their names to pull them up.

"Everyone who gathered signatures or signed a petition will know what it took..."

Yes, and now those people have realized relief from cut-through traffic. The idea Keith wasn't pushing for this is absurd.

Kirsten’s priority is herself and primping for her dubious career.

Don’t be an enabler.

On his website (Web Link Drew Combs explains, "we’ve spent much of the previous 8 years easing the development process"

What "we" is he talking about? Combs was still voting in LA County over 8 years ago. Combs only registered to vote here after being appointed to a Menlo Park commission. As the Daily Post reported, Combs was living in Santa Clara county 6 years ago, where he never registered to vote.