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 and car burglaries. It’s been scheduled for the February 8, 2016 Council meeting. At that meeting I plan on introducing a number of ideas. Because
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 for 2016. I am troubled that the Council is considering taking no action on a number of potential problem areas embedded in our trash rates.
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 and his staff did an excellent presentation on residential burglaries in San Carlos. I’d guess a couple of hundred residents attended. I urge everyone who
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 decide not to print it, here it is… I chuckle when newspapers describe public bonds by totaling the payments made over their term. No doubt
Time for a Different Approach
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 the pipeline which would prevent a telemetry robot – a “pig” – from traversing it and studying the line from the inside. As of today,
Good News on the Financial Front
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, so the focus is on adjustments to last year’s decisions rather than wholesale changes. The City is in better financial shape than it has been