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Jan 08, 2018
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No Taxpayer Dollars for Lobbyists

1/7/18 Open letter to Menlo Park City Council A recent comic strip showing a mouse-trap salesman dumping mice into the window of a house, then going to the door to sell mouse traps. That's what Menlo Park City Council is doing. They approved high-rise residence building along El Camino, and business development at Bohannon park and Facebook that are guaranteed to cause gridlock, and now under guidance of Kirstin Keith are suggesting the City spend taxpayer's dollars with a right-wing lobbyist with contacts to Trump to get federal money to fix these self-created problems. By promoting overbuilding and now more construction which we can't afford the Council is maintaining the endless construction cycle that is a joy to the developers and degrades our city. The Council's job is to maintain a balanced community that is a pleasure to live and drive in, not to spread taxpayers' dollars around to curry political favor with Developers and Washington. Don Barnby 650-325-2962 Received on Sun Jan 07 2018 - 16:34:29 PST