Posts Tagged ‘jackie speier’

Daily Fetch 5.20.13: It wasn’t me, it was my evil twin!

Monday, May 20th, 2013

A woman who used her twin’s identity to work for an elderly Belmont couple was caught by police with a couple of baggies of meth.  And no the twins do not look like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Danny DeVito.-1

An Interstate 280 rest stop was dedicated in the honor of CHP Officer who was shot during a 1962 gunfight at the Hyatt House.

Rep. Jackie Speier has called for an independent commission to investigate the IRS for targeting the Tea Party and other groups. Here’s to paying more in taxes to fund such a commission.

Respect Life South San Francisco, a pro-life group, (apparently) couldn’t find a local real estate attorney to file a last-minute appeal to stop a Planned Parenthood Clinic.

Redwood City’s Police Chief wants the Council to focus on other traffic mitigation options rather than renewing its contract with Redflex Traffic Systems.

San Mateo County School Boards Association will be schooling real estate agents and letting them know that test scores aren’t everything.

19-year-old man was wounded by a gunshot in EPA during the middle of the day. The City has been experiencing a renewed surge in violence, so EPAPD has started utilizing a process called Social Network Analysis to catch alleged gang members.

(Apparently) the Peninsula Humane Society only cares about lions being butchered for human consumption. Don’t kangaroos, peacocks, and alligators have feelings too?

President Obama will be visiting Portola Valley soon. We can’t help but wonder if the town council is planning to bill him for necessary security services.

Douglas Sporleder has been named as Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s interim fire chief.

The Atherton Police Officers’ Association warned residents that officers would leave for other jurisdictions if cuts are made.

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Daily Fetch 5.10.13: Jackie Speier puts kabash on violent Facebook pages

Friday, May 10th, 2013

The San Bruno City Council will discuss a utilities project, which will finally help to rebuild the neighborhood ravaged by the PG&E tragedy.

Congresswoman Speier put the kabash on several Facebook pages that depict military women in an offensive manner. Sounds like a few jarheads need more training and a moral compass.

There’s stealing and then there’s stealing from the dead, which is exponentially worse, but these 2 thought they could fly under the radar.  We’ve been told that there are special places in hell for folks like this.

Menlo Park’s Planning Commission welcomed a newish member to the club.

(Apparently) the CA High-Speed Rail Authority founder Quentin Kopp believes that Robinson Communications is a waste of taxpayer money.

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Daily Fetch 4.29.13: Buy all the things!

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Cameron Johnson thinks that more young people should get involved in politics because old people are the only ones who vote.

Freeway potholes near Peninsula Avenue (apparently) are to blame for a really bad traffic accident.

Check out the State’s pollution risk scores; no surprise that San Carlos and Belmont did pretty well.

Rep. Jackie Speier is co-sponsoring a prevention summit for law enforcement authorities to discuss how they’ll respond to events like a school mass shooting.

If you’re a Daly City resident and are wondering where your mail went, this guy may have something to do with it.

San Mateo County Community College District’s credit cards (apparently) have ridiculously high spending limits. This guy couldn’t overcome the temptation. buyallthethings

Charitable cat lady won’t be allowed to foster or keep more than 5 cats even though she doesn’t own the foster kittens. It sounds like Burlingame needs a belly rub.

Tip of the day…It’s probably not a good idea to mix hydrochloric acid, ammonia, Marine Resin, and a drain cleaner containing sulfuric acid because these materials may cause an explosion and hurt people.

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Daily Fetch 4.15.13: Atherton home robbed of $92,000 in purses

Monday, April 15th, 2013

Representative Jackie Speier and others held a gun buyback event on Saturday in San Mateo County where 250 firearms were collected in exchange for more than $23,000.

San Carlos is losing one of its best in July. Assistant City Manager Brian Moura has a long list of accomplishments, but his most notable involved environmental innovations.

Facebook recently donated 20 refurbished computers to El Crystal Elementary School after it was burglarized last month. Way to go, Zuckerberg.

Assemblymember Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, is exploring a certification process for Community-Supported Agriculture, which would allow community members to invest in a share of a farm in exchange for the farm’s goods. We like knowing where our produce comes from, so we’re on board with this proposal.

An elderly, one-eyed man in a wheelchair went missing on Saturday from a Burlingame Long Term Care Center. We hope he’s found unharmed soon.

(Seriously), 9 purses worth a total of $92,000 were taken from an Atherton home earlier this month.purse

The Coastside Fire Protection District Board will be meeting tonight at 7 pm to approve a letter of intent to submit to Cal Fire, yet the employees are scheduled to leave in June. Director Mike Alifano wanted an independent department, but now he’s poised to reinstate Cal Fire’s contract.

Just in case you all haven’t noticed, burglaries are on the rise in Half Moon Bay. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents to be extra careful, so lock your doors folks.

Daily Fetch 1.17.13: Speier versus the NRA…

Thursday, January 17th, 2013

Mavericks… Sunday… Be there…

Congresswoman Speier is helping push the obvious:  Congress must act on guns… DJ’s story here.

On the flip side, an NRA pro-gun rally is planned for Saturday in Pacifica.  Really…

Another day, another story about Menlo Park and personnel issues.  Earlier in the week, it was a Police Officer visiting a prostitute (on duty), earlier still, it was their Police Chief and his double-dipping problem… and today:  A state agency has concluded that Menlo Park’s former personnel director illegally worked for the city after retiring, because he also drew pension checks.

 

Daily Fetch 12.17.12: Jackie Speier = Hero

Monday, December 17th, 2012

As the nation mourns that tragedy from Connecticut, our bad-ass Congresswoman is taking to Twitter to renew her call for stricter gun-control.  Here is a sampling.  If you aren’t following her, start now:

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To much less important stuff…

The 7-Eleven saga in San Mateo is taking even weirder turns than we could possibly imagine.  Luckily, Aaron Kinney at the County Times is on it… and/or…

To even less important stuff…

Pacifica might ban fireworks (for environmental reasons)…

Sue Lempert does David Lim… well, you know what we mean.  She writes about him today…

Daily Fetch 8.29.12: Jackie Speier’s Awesomeness…

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

Proving her absolute awesomeness once again, we get this story about Jackie Speier from the Chronicle:

Rep. Jackie Speier ripped the National Park Service on Tuesday over its investigation into a ranger’s use of a Taser to subdue a San Mateo County man who was allegedly uncooperative after being stopped with off-leash dogs.

A “small but vocal group of activists” are still fighting (probably unsuccessfully) to stop the new jail from being built.  You can’t help but love “small but vocal” groups of activists.  It reminds of this, from Margaret Mead:

It is certainly about to be full-blown campaign season… and the Daily Journal takes a look at the race to replace Memo Morantes on the County Board of Education.  Of course, you could call the DJ piece the Memo to Replace Memo

Pacifica Riptide would like you to take some action today… They have a full run-down of recycling-related bills up for votes in Sacramento.

 

 

 

Daily Fetch 2.2.12: Good thing Facebook is going public…

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Jackie, you rock. Here’s why (from the Daily Journal): “…Congresswoman Jackie Speier is asking an independent party to investigate whether park regulations were violated and excessive force was used in an incident Sunday in which a park ranger used a Taser on a dog walker in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near Montara…”

Enough about Facebook (until the next story below)… let’s talk politics. The race to replace Rose Jacobs Gibson on the Board of Supervisors is shaking up. As expected, Shelly Masur and Memo Morantes have the most money in the bank for the June election, but Masur raised hers, while Morantes “loaned”.

Good thing Facebook is going public… they are going to need the money.  Why?  In an ironically timed meeting yesterday, the City of Menlo Park started figuring out the “public benefits” it wants to get from Facebook as they build out/fill up their new campus. (Extortion?)

 

Daily Fetch 9.29.11: Speier and Merc Mad at Rand Paul…

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

An absolutely terrible day in East Palo Alto yesterday.  Following a fatal crash early in the morning involving a man being chased by police fatally hitting a motorcyclist, a 6-year-old girl was hit and killed on her way to school by a teacher driving.  Devastating.
From San Bruno:  Earlier in the week, we wrote about Congresswoman Jackie Speier’s anger at Senator Rand Paul for holding  up a pipeline safety bill making its way through Congress.  The Mercury News Editorial Board must have had a call with Congresswoman Speier:  ”Rand Paul’s blocking of pipeline safety measures is an outrage“…
In the issue that will never end, the Daily Journal reports that “County closer to picking jail option“… We’ll believe it when we see it…
All you styrofoam-lovers are going to be super pissed at Foster City when they ban the environmental kryptonite
Some news about Mavericks today… sort of.  The coastside Harbor Master, Robert Johnson, has left the building as of September 10th.  Who is next?

Daily Fetch 9.28.11: National Security and the HMB Airport…

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Our top story today is from the Half Moon Bay Review.  Here’s what happened:  ”…Two F-15C fighter jets patrolling the Bay Area skies on Sunday afternoon intercepted a Coastside pilot and forced him to land at Half Moon Bay Airport…”  It was all because of the “No Fly” zone set up for the President’s visit… Goose and Maverick were on their game…
We hope you have plenty of plastic bags stored up in your home, because the County is thinking about a County-wide ban.  Let the plastic-industry-backed lobbying begin!
From San Bruno:  Congresswoman Jackie Speier is not too pleased with Senator Rand Paul because he is standing in the way of a pipeline safety bill in the Senate.  Mr. Paul, when Congresswoman Speier is angry with you, get the hell out of the way…
We don’t know whether this is a great sign for local government or just plain crazy.  From Bonnie Eslinger at the Daily News:  San Mateo County supervisors approve $33 million in additional spending.  (Emphasis added…)  The County had $33 million just lying around?
Kaiser San Mateo opened yesterday… Everyone was there.  Were you?
Finally, there was a bad accident in East Palo Alto early this morning as the police were chasing a suspect.