Trash Fee Risks
01/11/2016
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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
Author: Mark Olbert
Making San Carlos Safer
01/11/2016
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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
Such a Deal!
09/02/2015
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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
Time for a Different Approach
05/11/2015
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Last week PG&E discovered a couple of anomalous bulges in Line 147. They were uncovered in the course of preparing to remove a bend in
Good News on the Financial Front
05/02/2015
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The Council will shortly take up its annual review of the budget. The City uses a two year budget process, and this is an off-year,
Time to Talk
03/30/2015
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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
So You Want to Be a Council Person?
03/04/2015
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This being an odd-numbered year, there are seats coming up for re-election on the San Carlos City Council (and on the San Carlos School Board
A Matter of Public Health
01/27/2015
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I shared this information, in abbreviated form, at last night’s Council meeting. While it doesn’t directly involve City business, it does involve the public health
Don’t Second Guess Voters
01/14/2015
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This ran in The Daily Post as an op ed piece on January 14, 2015. It was written by Tom Quiggle, Seth Rosenblatt and me.
Eastside Questions on NextDoor
01/05/2015
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Patty Marsters posted a lengthy response to something I wrote on NextDoor recently. Because I think her questions may be of interest to a broader