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Menlo Park: City considering paying international travel costs for officials
Original post made on Sep 5, 2017
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 5, 2017, 10:40 AM
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Posted by Differing News Accounts
a resident of another community
on Sep 5, 2017 at 11:36 am
a resident of another community
on Sep 5, 2017 at 11:36 am
The Daily Post reported this story very differently. It noted a debate at Council on this topic and Mueller objecting to city funds being spent on these trips.
Posted by dreamer
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Sep 5, 2017 at 12:31 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Sep 5, 2017 at 12:31 pm
The Daily Post article (from August 25, 2017) does not include any variation of the word object. That same Daily Post article reads, "Menlo Park’s four sisters cities are Bizen, Japan, Galway, Kochi, India, and Changchun, China." Except for Galway, we believe those are "friendship" cities, not "sister" cities.
Posted by Differing News Accounts
a resident of another community
on Sep 5, 2017 at 12:51 pm
a resident of another community
on Sep 5, 2017 at 12:51 pm
Rather than debate news accounts, just watch the meeting here to see what actually happened:
Web Link
Click on item I4 on the Agenda. It's a short segment on the tape to view
Posted by Conscience
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Sep 8, 2017 at 1:21 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Sep 8, 2017 at 1:21 pm
No more than one trip per year for Mayor or Vice Mayor!
Posted by no boondoggles
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Sep 8, 2017 at 2:51 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Sep 8, 2017 at 2:51 pm
Why on earth is it in our town's best interests to pay for travel expenses? What tangible, measurable economic benefit results from such trips? Sure, these are nice things to do. But we have more important things to pay for in town, like an improved library for Belle Haven, quality downtown parking lots (most of ours are 3rd world quality), continuous safe bikeways, etc.
These are boondoggles and totally inappropriate for city funds to pay for travel.
Posted by virtual reality
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Sep 8, 2017 at 6:14 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Sep 8, 2017 at 6:14 pm
In the video, Mueller says he ran surveys on Facebook and NextDoor because he didn't think the public would "stomach" footing the bill for this. Although that is an innovative idea, I'd prefer to see concerned residents come speak at the council meeting.
