She's a good choice and was respected by City Staff when she last worked for the City of Menlo Park. She's going to have a tough time though with the toxic workplace environment outgoing City Manager Alex Mcintyre created, and the equally toxic managers he hired/promoted. I trust she's up to the task.

I'm expecting a Lynne Bramlett post about how this decision is Quite Prejudicial And An Impermissible Favor To Incumbents, Actually... but- it seems like a good call? Starla overlapped with McIntyre, but never seemed like part of his #AlexBros (and they are always Bros) inner circle. I think she'll be good at this, and I'm glad she's up for it!

I think Starla is a great choice for interim; she lives here and knows the community from her work as Asst. City Manager (and other cities) and can keep the operation going.

Ada Hall -- Your jab at me makes no sense for this article. Your anonymous snipe must refer to my email to council regarding MP's unfair practice of holding State of the City addresses right before an election. Clearly Ohtaki's recent talk would favor the two incumbents. Web Link Ohtaki gave this speech shortly before ballots began arriving. As my email points out, a fairer practice would be to join other progressive cities and hold these speeches at the beginning of the year. As staff helped to put on the event, this practice could be considered a violation of the government code prohibiting political activity by staff. Our town is not served by council members (and their supporters) who resist good government reforms.