Alexander Kent: Ignorance in Action
I received an email today from Kent’s campaign which was highly provocative…and filled with errors. Not to mention it espouses values that fly in the face of what makes the San Carlos community so strong and vibrant and makes San Carlos such a great place to live. Kent’s argument is
Ray Mueller for District 3 Board of Supervisors
This is a letter to the editor I wrote which was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal on 10/12/2022. Editor: I was an elected official in San Carlos for almost 20 years, first on the school board and then the city council. On the council I was able to
Acting Against Domestic Violence
This is a public comment I made to the San Carlos City Council at their 9/12/2022 meeting. Thank you Mayor McDowell and the rest of the Council for giving me this time to address you. Last week San Carlos saw, in the most horrific fashion possible, just how poorly we
Audits Are a Good Idea!
This is a letter to the editor I wrote to the Palo Alto Daily Post which was published August 1, 2022. It was sparked by the second part of Dave Price’s July 27, 2022 editorial. Editor: I like the idea of county governments being audited about how they responded to
Keeping the American Experiment Alive
This is an op ed I wrote that was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal on July 1, 2022. This Independence Day comes at a disturbing time, with rights being trampled so that personal privileges can be maintained. Underpay people, denying them a decent life while enriching yourself. Require
Sending Anger, Lots of It
The families suffering from a perfectly avoidable horror in Texas have my sympathy. But I’m not sending thoughts and prayers. Because those are useless, and generally just serve to make the people sending them feel they’ve done something. No, I’m sending something else: anger. Anger at the idiocy of an