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Menlo Park: Councilman's home remodel moves forward after stop-order
Original post made on Aug 16, 2017
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, August 16, 2017, 10:15 AM
Comments
Posted by whatever
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 16, 2017 at 12:31 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 16, 2017 at 12:31 pm
Right on commissioner Combs.
Posted by Much Ado About Nothing
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 16, 2017 at 12:48 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 16, 2017 at 12:48 pm
This is mouse nuts. It is an insignificant mistake that is not newsworthy. The Almanac must be going through a really slow news cycle. Who cares.
Yours Truly
Leonato
Posted by Brian
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Aug 16, 2017 at 2:43 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Aug 16, 2017 at 2:43 pm
Much Ado,
I disagree. This is an example of City Council members getting caught violating the regulations that they enforce on everyone one else. I was told that after a Stop-work order is given that the permit fees for the additional work is charged at twice the permit price. I am curious if that happened in this case.
Almanac Editor, that would be a good detail to include here. Were they charged double permit fees for the newly required permit fees?
Posted by really?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Aug 16, 2017 at 3:43 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Aug 16, 2017 at 3:43 pm
And why is the Almanac leading with this non-story when the PC was also looking at a Tower on O'Brian with all sorts of public benefit? That looked like a real boondoggle! And why were some of the commissioners recused?
Posted by high hopes
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Aug 17, 2017 at 12:15 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Aug 17, 2017 at 12:15 pm
We had such high hopes for Drew Combs. Leadership is more than criticizing and complaining.
Posted by Citizen
a resident of Atherton: other
on Aug 18, 2017 at 11:48 am
a resident of Atherton: other
on Aug 18, 2017 at 11:48 am
[Post removed; this is unfair comment, even for a public official.]
Posted by A lot to do about a lot
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 20, 2017 at 8:31 am
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 20, 2017 at 8:31 am
It is amazing that comments like "a lot to do about nothing" from Leonato go unchallenged.
Here we have a sitting councilman Peter Ohtaki with the collaboration of a sitting PC commissioner Henry Riggs,the architect, seeking to avoid paying the required fees for a renovation. This cannot be dismissed as merely an oversight. Henry Riggs has done many projects in MP and knows well the rules. They have been caught "red-handed" in this matter.
Congratulations to the Almanac for reporting on this. Now we need to know just how much in required fees, was Ohtaki seeking to avoid. We need to know what penalties have been accessed. A coverup should not be allowed. We need a full disclosure from the City.
