February 10, 2010
Morning News Round-Up — 2.10.10: Say goodnight Mirabella…
The Mirabella Project in Foster City has hit an economic snag. The lending environment is “frosty” according to the developer — and has led to the developer returning about $600K worth of deposits for folks who had already put down money down on the development. That is never a good sign…
Speaking of development… the Menlo Park City Council is officially opposing the Cargill Salt Ponds development in Redwood City… Representatives from the developer are making an interesting (?) point that the salt ponds aren’t actually part of the Bay, but rather they are an industrial site. Got that?
Well, Pacifica Riptide filled all of us into the new garbage contract in Pacifica… it got approved last night. One more domino in the Recology monopoly that is San Mateo County… The story in the San Mateo County Times uses the phrase “no bid contract” and outlines the deal that gotRecology the contract. Does this sound fishy to anyone else?:
Budget cuts, budget cuts, budget cuts…
- The County
- and the Millbrae Elementary School District
- and KCSM…
- and San Mateo… still
- and the Redwood City School District…
Here’s a little bit of good budget news for you and I, but more bad news for South San Francisco. If you were nabbed by the red-light camera at the intersection of El Camino and Westborough and Hickey — you are going to get your money back because the SSF screwed up royally, to the tune of a cool million.
You may not remember, but there was a story way back when about a Safeway clerk who was arrested for dealing meth in the parking lot of the MP Safeway… apparently that carries an 8 month prison sentence with it if you plead “no contest.” Maybe that’s why the Safeway deal took so long in Burlingame, because Burlingamers were worried about meth being dealt in the parking lot…