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Read these Embarrassing ( Truthful) disclosures ! Listen to Council member Drew Combs! Follow him, not the developers ! Mike DeMoss > Nextdoor Neighbors: > >

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Hi Laura, Thanks for your email. The Brown Act forbids the City Council from discussing anything that was not properly agendized for the meeting 72 hours in advance. Best, Betsy [cid:CMP_Email_Logo_100dpi_05d92d5b-e8e3-498f-93a6-d0da509bd602111111111.png] Betsy Nash (she/her)...

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Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, As you approach your final scheduled meeting (tonight) before the November 3 election, I am renewing two requests for Council action. 1. Housing Element Amendment. Will Council initiate an amendment to replace the downtown parking plaza housing sites with...

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>> From: michael demoss >> Date: October 26, 2026 >> Subject: parking ramps >> >> Dear Betsy and council members Combs,Taylor,Wise & Schmidt >> As a commercial real estate attorney and general partner and property manager of over 100,000 sq ft of office and retail spac...

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 Dear Betsy and Council members, My advice: BEFORE November 3rd (and ASAP): Adopt the Ballot Measure ! I understand how HARD it is to compromise on an issue that is so important to you personally, but your fiduciary duty to the city, and to the taxpayers, requires this immediate action: Adopt...

 Mayor Nash, Council Members Combs, Taylor, Wise & Schmidt Adopt this measure, and settle the "SaveDowntownMenlo" Lawsuit ! Summarized: "a Citizens Initiative Prohibiting the City of Menlo Park from Selling, Leasing, Donating, Disposing, or Conveying the citys Taxpayer-Owned Downtown Parkin...

Friendly advice from a Commercial Real Estate Attorney: Years ago, I and my investment partners owned a large parking lot in Minneapolis and I negotiated a 30 year lease with a medical/dental group who built a clinic on part of our lot, and paid us monthly on a land lease with rent escalators. ...

As an attorney and expert in Commercial Real Estate: I have observed that the Menlo Park Council is NOT seeing the numerous errors, that are so obvious to experts, regarding the Downtown Parking Lot Apartments project. The only way to stop erroneous, costly, irreversible decisions is to inter...