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Will Noah's Ark pass by the police gym and cafe?As I write this, Isabella, Almendral, and Selby Lane entrances off El Camino are all completely flooded. Why is the town...
Original post made by Confused on Feb. 20, 2017Last comment by Clarity, on Feb 21, 2017 at 10:11 am | 1 comment | 1685 Views
ATHERTON
Has Atherton Declared WarAt times it seems that the Atherton Town Council and staff have become sue happy. Spending vasts amount of resident's hard...
Original post made by Nervous Nellie on Sep. 28, 2016Last comment by Loser!, on Sep 28, 2016 at 5:57 pm | 1 comment | 1681 Views
ATHERTON
Avoiding a Paradise lostGood Morning Atherton Town Council, Atherton Town Manager, Atherton Police Department Chief, Menlo Park Fire Protection District...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Dec. 17, 2018There are no comments yet. 1644 Views
ATHERTON
Federal revenues from and services to Atherton residentsCongresswoman Eshoo has stated " Our mutual constituents; through their elected officials should be able to have any and...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Nov. 2, 2016There are no comments yet. 1633 Views
ATHERTON
Is this how we want our tax dollars spent?Having already spent or caused to be spent $80k of taxpayers’ money on their so-called Fire Services Fiscal Review and...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Mar. 19, 2018There are no comments yet. 1570 Views
ATHERTON
Is It Time for an Atherton Referendum ?The issue of spending up to $50,000 for yet another consultant's report is one report too many. The Atherton City Council...
Original post made by Observer on Oct. 8, 2016There are no comments yet. 1553 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton's "concerns" with financial equityFrom the Joint Fire Board/Town Council Meeting Agenda packet regarding the Town's Matrix Study of the Fire District: "...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Jan. 20, 2019Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Jan 23, 2019 at 9:54 pm | 32 comments | 1533 Views
ATHERTON
Why Atherton Residents Can Trust City Council to Make the Right Choices after Parcel Tax defeatWhy Atherton Residents Can Trust City Council to Make the Right Choices after Parcel Tax defeat With the defeat of the...
Original post made by Elizabeth Lewis on Nov. 14, 2017Last comment by Trust, on Nov 14, 2017 at 9:00 pm | 2 comments | 1490 Views
ATHERTON
Is Atherton Town Council too embarrassed to share minutes and video of its meeting?At its 18 Dec meeting the Town Council discussed its so called Fiscal Review of the Fire District (a separate public agency...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Jan. 11, 2020Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Jan 17, 2020 at 11:13 am | 1 comment | 1426 Views
ATHERTON
ATHERTON - PLAYING WITH FIREFor many years, the Atherton City Council has toyed with the idea of leaving the Fire District and instead either providing...
Original post made by Observer II on Jan. 13, 2020Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Jan 14, 2020 at 5:57 am | 1 comment | 1351 Views
ATHERTON
Town to give it's contractor permission to start work at 7 AM and on SaturdayIf you are building a home in Atherton your contractor cannot start work until 8 AM and cannot work on Saturday. However,...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Feb. 14, 2020Last comment by Menlo Voter., on Feb 15, 2020 at 9:53 pm | 3 comments | 1336 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton considers reducing ECR to two lanes"Due to the limited width of El Camino Real in Atherton, reconfiguration of the travel way will be necessary to provide...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Nov. 5, 2019Last comment by MPer, on Nov 6, 2019 at 12:30 pm | 2 comments | 1223 Views
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