Turner Letter Claiming Damages

Turner’s, through their attorneys, are claiming San Carlos owes them money.  Turner Letter Claiming Damages (redacted) You may have lots of questions about this. However, since we’ve already been threatened with lawsuits involving this matter, please understand that I will not be able to respond. Please also note that I

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Time to Plan for the Future

This ran in the San Mateo Daily Journal on Monday, April 2, 2018.  What would you do with $38,000,000? It’s a question we’d probably all like to face. I can’t offer that princely sum to you as an individual…but it’s a very relevant question for every resident of San Carlos.

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More License Plate Readers on Tap

At our next meeting, the Council will take up a request by the Sheriff’s Department — which provides law enforcement in San Carlos — to purchase an additional license plate reader, and expand how long captured license plate data is retained. Our existing license plate readers have played a useful

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Too Bad, That’s a Neat Looking Knife

I got a letter from the National Rifle Association today. Figuring it might be something directed at me as a Council member, you can imagine my disappointment when it turned out to be just a push poll. But what a push poll! Some examples of the questions: Do you support

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Parking Signs and Law Enforcement

This was sparked by an odd, to me, discussion the Council had last night. In all fairness, while I think the direction the Council appears to be going on this particular issue is wrong, it’s not that big a deal. But it does serve to highlight an issue that’s rarely

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Where Are All Those Cars Coming From?

Traffic is a topic that’s sparked quite a bit of debate in San Carlos over the last few years. Ask almost anyone who lives here about it, and you’ll get an earful. Usually involving too many new homes, apartments or condos, and too many new people coming to live here.

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