January 27, 2012
Daily Fetch 1.27.12: Only in Atherton… a $14k/month “executive coach”
Ok Atherton, when are you going to get your small town-act together? First you have an Interim City Manager that goes out of town and doesn’t come back — causing the Police Chief to serve as the Acting Interim City Manager (or was it Interim Acting?, we forget)… Then the Interim City Manager comes back and looks like he’s going to get his job back for a while, and then yesterday we learned (and Tweeted) that the Interim City Manager is resigning… And now a 30 year old deputy city clerk is taking the helm, with the old Interim City Manager serving as “an executive coach” (for $14k per month) according to Mayor Bill Widmer. Really?
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Captain Greg Rothaus serves as San Carlos’ Police Chief… and he doesn’t like the idea of Carlos Club getting to have an outside patio for live music and the like… So the Planning Commission in San Carlos is going to study noise from Carlos Club before making a final final decision on the outside patio…
The Board of Supervisors (wisely) decided against putting a increase in the Vehicle License Fee on the ballot this year to fund parks… Former Governor Gray Davis thinks the Supervisors’ political instincts are sound…
If you are interested in what the 4 or 5 Republicans in the County think about pension reform, the Daily Journal has an Op-Ed for you. In case you don’t want to read the whole thing: “…Our Board of Supervisors has abdicated its fiduciary responsibility. This year’s budget was “balanced” by withdrawing close to $50 million from reserves to meet escalating pension liabilities. If trends continue, by 2016, the gap will be almost $80 million and county reserves will be gone…”
Back on Monday… enjoy the Pro Bowl.
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