Sheesh, puff piece much? How about noting that Ray has been consistently supportive of moving the Greenheart 1300 El Camino Real project along, and that the destruction of this building has ALWAYS been part of that project. If he didn't know Foster's Freeze would be leaving Menlo Park until some friends came by to tell him, he needs to maybe read a staff report once in a while.

@johnw tries to blame the 1300 El Camino Project for Foster's Freeze closure. It's a distortion of reality.

First, they ignore the fact that Mr. Lee announced, according the Almanac and various other news organizations:

"he and his wife were planning to close the shop and move because of the high cost of living." Where in that statement is the 1300 El Camino Project being blamed by Mr. Lee?

Second, they ignore the fact the City Council still hasn't approved the 1300 El Camino Project, and no one knows for certain what it will look like when it finally is approved.

It's convenient to ignore both facts, so they can just keep on piling on and vilify.

@ John W.: Seriously? Mueller supports developing the abandoned vacant lots at 1300 El Camino that have been a blighted embarrassment to our city for over a decade--and so does everyone else in Menlo who is not an anti-growth zealot! Obviously, Mr. Lee simply decided to close his business...that does happen, you know? How in the heck can you find fault in a guy who devised a solution to help the Little League and also pay homage to a magical part of our city's history which has long since passed? Mueller is simply well-liked by most everyone, and while the article does in fact sound a little 'puffy', I'm thinking that's because writers are no exception. So, find someone else to pick on.

Nobody is knocking on my door regarding this issue. I'm fine with that.

Mr Lee, and all of us, who were concerned about the future of Fosters saw the writing on the wall after the muddled mess that was Measure M.

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A few years back, there was a similar effort to save the Park Theatre. Web Link

Who knew that a project to expand the little league snack bar using pieces of an old Foster's Freeze with money from charitable donations could evoke such animosity from the Trolls and Measure M crowd?

You have to labor pretty hard to get angry about something this wholesome.

@ Fosters Fan, and Baseball - please rise above such pettiness, false labeling of fellow residents, and inventing anger that doesn't exist.

There were many sound reasons to support measure m. I am not at all alone in NOT being against growth, and I still strongly supported measure m. That may be too nuanced for those who want any kind of growth regardless of its impacts on housing, traffic, and retail. So be it.

As a parent, I'm thrilled to think of expanded snack facilities, and for luring Fosters Freeze to move there. Surprise! I can be for both m and the snack bar!