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Council People, Sanctuary city, again! Lawsuit? You are using taxpayers money to pick a fight with the Feds. How smart is that? A few years back mayor R.M. Told me in no uncertain terms that Menlo was NOT going to become a sanctuary city. A month later it was a "safe city". City funds pissed awa...

> From: michael demoss > Date: June 9, 2025 at 11:51:04 AM PDT > Subject: Caution needed > > Dear Council Members: > It appears you are planning to use tax payer money to hire a "Public Relations" firm to "defeat" the Ballot Measure. As a former Finance and Audit Commis...

Up to 300,000 people, according to the organisers, took part in the demonstration led by opposition parties in Rome to demand an end to the war in Gaza. Many cr… Source: euronews https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fshare.google%...

On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM Aram James wrote: Aram’s notes for oral communication for city council June 9, 2025 > > > *Dare say tipping point in this country—fascism and racism—state-sponsored violence have already arrived for many.* *First, they came for the comm...

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Mayor Ohtaki, Vice Mayor Mueller, Council Members Cline, Keith and Carlton, Thank-you for commitment to participatory governance which resulted in the Advisory Districting Committee (ADC). The Council’s efforts and guidance were met with 29 applicants, demonstrating a high level of community engage...

Dear Council, I’m against an “enabling charter” that would further limit the public’s ability to participate meaningfully in our local democracy. It gives too sweeping powers to Council and staff. Should this measure be on the ballot box, I would join with others and work to defeat it. The public w...

HiI've recently discovered that my district (district 3) will have no chance of being included in representation in city council for the next 2 years. This seems extremely arbitrary and unfair.The whole point of re-districting is to give equal representation to all members of Menlo Park - this seems...

Dear City Council Members, Changing an election method is a big deal and should be done with great care. Regardless of the level of trust in our elected officials, there is an inherent conflict if they are tasked with making an ultimate decision regarding election methods. It is for this reason that...

Thanks for the email Ben. The Mayor usually handles general on-air interview requests in Menlo Park. This year our Mayor is Peter Ohtaki. With kind regards, Ray Mueller -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...