Peter,
You live in Atherton, not Menlo Park, and yet you've contributed *far* more posts and words to Measure M-relevant discussions on The Almanac's Town Square (Web Link
Now, you're threatening to do the same here. Yes, this is a free country, and you're entitled to voice your own opinion, but you flood these discussions way too much considering you don't live here and don't get a vote here.
Please leave us Menlo Parkers to figure this out for ourselves.
- Mike
Peter Carpenter CERT, HAM, from Lindenwood 4m ago
Mike,
I believe that a fundamental aspect of democracy is having informed voters and I will continue in my efforts to inform voters of the many problems with the poorly worded and unvetted Measure M.
I do not live in Menlo Park BUT Menlo Park is MY downtown.
And I have been overwhelming elected three times by the citizens of Menlo Park to represent THEM as a Director of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District - a District whose TAXPAYERS are paying a huge price for the defective wording in Measure M. All of my financial interests have been publicly reported on my annual Form 700s.
I also served as a Planning Commissioner in Palo Alto during the time when we rewrote the city's General Plan so I have some in-depth knowledge of the issues involved in planning and zoning.
There should be a healthy debate on Measure but trying to silence your critics is not the way to get that debate. You hope for a low turnout election where only the zealots vote and the uniformed voters stay home - that is NOT going to happen.
