Thursday, February 4, 2010

Morning News Round-Up -- 2.4.10: BART... doh!

Hey, BART may actually be on the way to San Jose... the Feds declared that BART to San Jose is "eligible for federal funding" making the Mike Honda - Carl Guardino - Chuck Reed conference calls much more exciting...

We knew yesterday was special when there were no stories about Dolores Carr... but today there is. It seems she is getting her supporters together to start fighting back. In today's Merc Editorial pages there is an OpEd from Kathleen Krenek, who runs Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence. She is a fan of the SJPD and of the DA's office... according to her piece: "Although the district attorney and the police department may come under scrutiny from time to time, I want to express my pride in their commitment to safety and hard work — the kind of commitment that takes place every day when no one is looking."

From Mayor to Assembly to State Senate to Lieutenant Governor... Abel Maldonado has lived a politically charmed life. At this rate, he could President...

You know what all the money in the world allows you to do? Skip the Republican Gubernatorial next month in Santa Clara. Actually, only one of the people with all the money in the world (Meg Whitman) is skipping that debate... the other really rich person Steve Poizner will be there (master)debating himself...

Here is something: The Mountain View-Los Altos High School District has the highest paid teachers in the State with an average making $95k+.

All that time y'all spend on Facebook is bad for your employer, but really, really good for Facebook. That's why they need all the space they can get for the employees that keep your favorite time-wasting website up and running. Their new new digs at 1050 Page Mill Road in Palo Alto also has the benefit of not pissing everyone in town off because of Facebook's parking issues...

Only in Palo Alto: Developer Harold Honbach has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Palo Alto claiming the City is running out the clock on his project to build 84 apartments and some R and D space until he dies... Seriously.

Ed Rast at Protect San Jose looks into the numbers of police complaints in San Jose. He poses some pretty interesting questions in his piece...

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