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I also copied Anne-Marie Despain of the San Mateo County library system, whos membership includes all the communities in the county save one: Menlo Park. On Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:48 AM David Boyce > wrote: Just FYI, a librarian in Palo Al...
Just FYI, a librarian in Palo Alto was appalled when I enumerated the impressions of aloofness on the part of management at the Menlo Park library. He considered visiting our library to see the No Admittance sign blocking the stairs down to our community meeting room. Would he be allowed down the...
Yesterday afternoon, Sunday April 27, one of the two reading areas in the building that styles itself as a library, a raucous get-together of young women destroyed whatever library decorum remains in this facility. Loud laughter, boisterous exchanges, a complete absence of consciousness of where the...
One more thing, if I may: along with there not being a copier, there is no printer, an offensive status quo for a public library in a city of more than 30,000 people, and for which I have not been given an explanation. Instead, there is a sign on the librarian’s desk, regarding copying services, dir...
Hello. As a longtime regular user of the Menlo Park library, I can’t complain about a dearth of material. The library and the associated Peninsula Library System are actively engaged in their mission. But there’s another side to the Menlo Park library that consistently leads me to wonder if they ...
I did not mean to imply that my complaints to the city have been treated with contempt. My complaints to speeding drivers have been. Sorry about any possible misinterpretation. DB On Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 17:29 David Boyce > wrote: On C...
On Creek Drive on this dry this afternoon, we — me and the several other pedestrians walking in both directions — were passed by at least two SUVs exceeding the 15 mph speed limit. Did they know the speed limit there is 15? Probably not. There are just two signs to that effect: at Arbor Road an...
Hello, again. Apparently, someone called the police regarding my email and an officer came to the library spoke with me. I wish he hadn’t. The long and short of it: no one has authority to remove that abandoned bike. When I noted that this was not how things unfolded in the case of past ab...
Hello. I’m a regular patron of the city library, and someone who travels exclusively by bicycle. Bike racks are a point of interest for me, in particular the rack at the library. In general, cyclists are respectful of the 8 or 10 spaces out there, but occasionally a bike is abandoned. In gene...
