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Guest opinion: Why Carlton should be re-elected to Menlo Park council

Original post made on Oct 23, 2016

(Opinion by John Boyle, a former member of the Menlo Park City Council.)

Last week's Almanac included an endorsement for a newcomer (Cecelia Taylor) over one of the incumbents (Catherine Carlton) in the Menlo Park City Council election, despite the fact that Carlton has been an outstanding council member for the past four years. The Almanac in fact described incumbent Carlton as having "... served the community conscientiously and with commitment."

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Posted by can't wait
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 23, 2016 at 10:17 am

Big decisions are being made now. Most of them affect Belle Haven. A Belle Haven voice should be at the table. Now. The Almanac editors were right to endorse Cecilia Taylor

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Posted by Peter Carpenter
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Oct 23, 2016 at 10:48 am
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It is a difficult choice between Carlton's experience and commitment and having someone from Belle Haven on the Council however I have felt very comfortable recommending Carlton to my Menlo Park friends.

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Posted by MP Resident
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 23, 2016 at 9:54 pm

The obvious answer is that you can have both:


Vote for Cat Carlton for her dedicated service to the community

Vote for Cecilia Taylor for a voice from the east side of the community

Take a break from Ray Mueller who is mostly representing more of the "same old same old".

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Posted by Roy Thiele-Sardiña
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 24, 2016 at 10:15 am
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Both Cat Carlton and Ray Mueller have served our community well, and deserve to continue their service as Menlo Park City Council members.

I agree with John that Ms. Taylor should spend some time on a MPK COmmission to gain experience in working with the city administration.

Roy Thiele-Sardina

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Posted by henry fox
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Oct 25, 2016 at 2:14 pm

Carlton and Mueller have been excellent councilmembers, and have worked colaboratively with the Council as a whole.
It takes a lot of valuable experience to understand City operations, to understand Roberts Rules under which the Council operates, to understand all the zoning and planning standards that Council must pass on, to understand how the City functions.

Taylor, who moved back to Belle Haven after a 9 year absence and has not served on any commission to help her "learn the ropes" and is not yet qualified for Council.

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Posted by vote for Cecilia
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 26, 2016 at 7:30 am

There is only one Councilmember who lives east of San Mateo Drive. It's high time some new voices, ideas, and perspectives get on this council. Right now there are too few hard questions and too much concern about what developers want, not what residents want. With a SF State math degree and pluck, Cecilia will ask questions that need asked.

Boyle is wrong that Cecilia could not vote on issues about the Bayfront area. She lives far enough away to do so. That was a misleading statement on his part.

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