Author: Mark Olbert

Building the Future

This was published today in the San Mateo Daily Journal. Recently, there’s been a growing anti-development sentiment in many Peninsula communities, including San Carlos. That’s

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Preserving Our Downtown

Last December, the Council enacted an “urgency” ordinance restricting chain stores in the downtown core. Any retail business with 10 or more outlets in the

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Improving Public Safety

I’ve asked that the Council discuss ways of improving public safety with our police chief, Greg Rothaus, in light of the recent uptick in home

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Trash Fee Risks

Here is the text of my comments from the January 11, 2016 Council meeting on why I chose to vote against holding trash fees unchanged

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Making San Carlos Safer

This is the text of the remarks I made during Council member comments at the January 11, 2016 public meeting. Last Wednesday evening Chief Rothaus

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Such a Deal!

I submitted the following letter to the editor to both the San Mateo Daily Journal and the Palo Alto Daily Post. But in case they

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Time to Talk

As of late Friday afternoon, the lawsuit brought by two residents of Holly Street against the City alleging improprieties in how the Council changed the

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