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Running the city's the easy part

Original post made on Feb 8, 2010

Glen Rojas left a rapidly expanding Southern California city for the shady confines of Menlo Park when he was hired as city manager over two years ago. But that doesn't mean things have settled down much for Mr. Rojas, as he works to win the trust of skeptics who are afraid that the city is letting the "village" they know and love to slip away.

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Comments (4)

Posted by Joanna
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Feb 8, 2010 at 6:51 pm

Rojas makes $250k a year including salary and bonuses. It is disgustingly high for what he does.


Posted by concerned
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Feb 10, 2010 at 11:27 pm

Mr. Rojas is going to have a rough go of it as long as he keeps the sloppy accountants on board. They can destroy ALL credibility.


Posted by Gunslinger
a resident of another community
on Feb 11, 2010 at 11:57 am

I come from a town like yours nearby. Watch the overdevelopers. They have taken over almost all official positions in local government. They can say all they want about meeting residents needs, but most residents don't want it. [Portion removed; stay on topic and be respectful of others]


Posted by Gunslinger
a resident of another community
on Feb 11, 2010 at 2:00 pm

I am respectful. In my opinion, teachers unions and overdevelopers and all you bizarrely alligned liberal factions have a general antipathy towards old people. Read their words


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