Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, February 9, 2015, 4:10 PM
https://n2v.almanacnews.com/square/print/2015/02/09/atherton-sues-caltrain-over-electrification
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Atherton sues Caltrain over electrification
Original post made on Feb 9, 2015
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, February 9, 2015, 4:10 PM
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Posted by morris brown
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Feb 9, 2015 at 5:56 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Feb 9, 2015 at 5:56 pm
The lawsuit can be read at:
Web Link
Posted by morris brown
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Feb 10, 2015 at 10:32 am
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Feb 10, 2015 at 10:32 am
The link above posted by "commuter" does not work. You can view the Chronicle article at:
Web Link
Posted by Barbara Wood
Almanac staff writer
on Feb 10, 2015 at 10:38 am
Barbara Wood is a registered user.
Almanac staff writer
on Feb 10, 2015 at 10:38 am
Barbara Wood is a registered user.
Atherton City Manager George Rodericks said yesterday that the lawsuit is being paid for by the town and by the two other plaintiffs named in the lawsuit, the Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund and the Community Coalition on High-Speed Rail, mentioned in this story.
Posted by Gail Siri
a resident of Atherton: West of Alameda
on Feb 10, 2015 at 4:01 pm
a resident of Atherton: West of Alameda
on Feb 10, 2015 at 4:01 pm
I'm glad to see that the Town of Atherton has all this extra money to join in a lawsuit. Sounds the the Dumbarton Bridge lawsuit over again. With all this extra money for lawyers we should remember this when it comes time for the renewal of the parcel tax.
Posted by resident
a resident of Atherton: other
on Feb 11, 2015 at 10:41 pm
a resident of Atherton: other
on Feb 11, 2015 at 10:41 pm
Atherton should sue Surf Air for causing excessive noise from their commercial airline flying into San Carlos Airport a general aviation airport.
Posted by Bad trend
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Feb 11, 2015 at 11:01 pm
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Feb 11, 2015 at 11:01 pm
In my view, Atherton is slowly migrating from a small, out-of-the way government that allowed residents a lot of freedom, to a large, highly taxing government that gets involved in too many issues. Some cases in point:
1. Pushing for more parcel taxes when monies weren't needed, and in fact now looking to raise even more taxes by becoming a "charter city" to allow the imposition of a real estate transfer tax (yes, even if the "buyer" pays it, we really all know the homeowner/seller does in terms of a lower sales price).
2. Starting lawsuits over the train issue, mainly spearheaded by a small group of activists who bought their homes next to the railway and expect the rest of Atherton residents to finance a crusade to transform that home next to a railway into a home that's not next to a railway.
3. Starting a brigade to police whether an intercom box, landscaping, etc., is on the "town's" street instead of the resident's driveway, forcing it to be moved at considerable expense to the resident. Who is going to pay for all of this enforcement/policing? See #1 above. (A solution in search of a problem, to be sure, since the lawsuits envisioned by some commuter injuring himself on the intercom box or landscaping and suing the town has never, ever, happened).
I think the council has lost touch with what the residents want, and think that a big, tax and spend, government is what Atherton residents want. Wrong. Too many politicians abandon their fiscally responsible roots once they get into the system and start figuring out ways to spend all the money and create bigger, more important jobs for themselves.
In short, stop the lawsuit, stop the programs to create adversarial situations with residents, and certainly stop the investigation into more tax sources to create more lawsuits and adversarial programs
