A Special Edition for LANN
October, 2003A Special Edition for LANN
Dianne Edmonds, LANN Co-President
What does the right to vote and preserving the small town character of Los Altos neighborhoods (LANN’s mission statement) have in common? Both are statements of passion, concern and opinion. And that’s what this issue is all about. We have an article by a concerned Los Altos resident explaining the fate of Adobe Creek. Mike Bruno gives us an overview and history of the creek side areas and explains his concerns with Los Altos City Council adapting changes as proposed with the Santa Clara Valley Water District. Next, we have Karen Greguras, a regular LANN contributor and past Board member, who has recently discovered television to be the medium to package her passion for education and local issues. Her new endeavor is called Education Today. It is through her work at KMTV and the value of local television, along with the partnering with LANN, that enabled the production and telecast of the Candidate’s Forum.
Last, passion, concerns and opinions are co-mingled with our local review of the candidates for the upcoming election of Los Altos City Council and School Board. I extend a tremendous thank you and acknowledgment to the LANN candidate subcommittee, comprised of Leslie Lodestro, Mike Abrams, Kathy Putman, Bill Crook & Kate Disney. Since October of 2002, collectively they have amassed over 140 hours of interviewing and researching the candidates. This was, of course, in addition to their regular LANN contributions and other community involvements (oh yeah, and their families!) All this because they have the passion, concerns and opinions to share that hopefully will motivate us to vote. I challenge every LANN member to acknowledge this contribution by exercising your right to vote on Nov 4th.
New Applications for Housing
Kathy Putman, LANN Housing Chair
This month the applications are for three new two-story homes and four two-story additions. Remember, we don’t track single story construction. Those applications are handled directly by City Staff, and no public hearing is necessary unless a variance is required.
1. 03-SC-37--M. and C. Safai--155 Marvin Avenue: Consideration of design review for a second story bedroom addition. Project Planner: Banks
2. 03-SC-36--T. Barber--1207 Carmel Terrace: Consideration of design review for an attached two-car, two story garage to an existing one-story home.
3. 03-DL-04, 03-UP-16, 03-SC-38, 03-SC-39-- A. Ahrens/B. Rooker--28 N. Springer Road: Consideration of a tentative map application for a division of land for two flag lots and design review for a one-story and two-story dwelling. Project Planner: Kornfield
4. 03-SC-40--N.Y. Gee--295 Los Altos Avenue: Consideration of design review for a new 4,384 square -foot two-story home.
5. 03-SC-41--J. and C. Welsh-1646 Dalles Court: Consideration of design review for a new 3,356 square foot two story home.
6. 03-SC-42--J. and S. Strawbridge--1605 Alexander Way: Consideration of design review for a 124 square-foot addition to the first story, a 90.5 square foot addition to the second story , and the conversion of 120 square feet of existing garage space into living space for an existing two-story home.
7. 00-SC-94--R. and A. Montgomery--338 Solana Drive: Consideration of a modification of an approved design review application to convert 256 square feet of a loft area into habitable space. The proposal increases the floor area from 3,979 square feet to 4235 square feet. Project Planner: Connoll
Education Today and KMVT-15
Karen Greguras, LANN Contributor
KMVT-15 is the community access station located on Terra Bella and Middlefield Road in Mountain View. When Foothill College closed its doors on the Los Altos Community Access Station located there, the city of Los Altos contracted with KMVT to air their city council meetings and the other community-oriented programs. Last winter, KMVT-15 expanded its mission from a Mountain View-oriented station to one that is regional and serves six communities, including Los Altos. Besides the city council meetings and other government- oriented community programming, aired on cable channel 18, Los Altos residents can watch their friends and neighbors on other shows on cable channel 26. Among these programs are: AAUW Connections, Suzanne’s Studio, Bay Area Women, About Books, New Horizons, and Visions Unlimited.
It is very exciting to tell you about a new program produced by fellow Los Altos resident, Jeannie Conner and myself, which began airing last spring on Channel 26, called Education Today. Its purpose is to spotlight topics, issues, and people associated with all areas and age groups of education in the Los Altos community, in an effort to broaden the community’s understanding and communication of the issues and decisions which affect us all in the area of our local educational institutions. It is our firm belief that our community is only as strong and viable as the support it gives to education, because that is where our future lies.
Recently we sat down to discuss the issue of the closing of Bullis school, and the impact that has had on the community Bullis has served, with Los Altos Hills Town councilman, Breene Kerr, and the charter school initiative, with Craig Jones, who has spearheaded this effort. In a few weeks Duane Roberts, the president of the Los Altos School Board, and Bill Crook, who has been actively involved in the traffic calming, and safe roads to school initiatives, will share their thoughts on the opening month of school in the elementary district. I will keep LANN members posted on the topics of upcoming programs on Education Today in future newsletters. The show airs on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday nights at 8:00, and we hope you will join us.
This show has been tremendous fun for all of us. KMVT offers classes to anyone who would like to know about television communications, including kids!! There is quite an alum association of kids from each of the junior and senior high schools in the area, and many of them produce a show about teens! One of the wonderful aspects of our program is that we try to use some of these kids to help us with cameras, floor directing, audio, and tape operating! Since our show is about them, who better to help us get important messages to all of you? We are most fortunate to have the support of the staff as well, including Doug Broomfield, the station manager, and our technical director, Lindsey Wong. KMVT is very, very supportive of the Los Altos community. It is our hope the support will be reciprocated by our residents and city council, and we can all look at ways to use this valuable resource to bring the community even closer together.
If you would like more information about KMVT or Education Today, call: 650-968-1540, or visit the website: www.mvkmvt.org.
The Fall Elections in Los Altos
Special Section
For the past year the LANN candidate subcommittee has been meeting. Our first goal was to identify and encourage Los Altos residents to run for School Board and for City Council. We met with residents who we viewed as being aligned with our mission; "Preserving the small town character of Los Altos neighborhoods." We met some outstanding people. Many of them will be running for offices in the future and some of them are throwing their hats in the ring for the November 4th election.
The next task we set out to accomplish as a subcommittee was to interview all the candidates and form a consensus among ourselves as to whom we felt was best suited not only to our town, but to LANN’s goals.
It became obvious that we were hitting a fork in our road as we worked our way through the interviews. Not all of us agreed on every candidate. Some of us had different personal experiences with particular candidates and some of us were excited or bothered by different remarks made during our interviews. We were not going to be able to present a tidy short list to our board or our readers.
Most of us on the LANN Board are generalists, working to preserve the small town character of Los Altos. But we do this in a variety of ways. Traffic calming is a key topic for some, school issues are primary for those with young children, and for at least two of us, maintaining the single story overlay, as an option for neighborhoods that choose it, is the hot button issue. The important thing is, we are not in lock step, and we all want our town to be the very best it can be. So here is a sampling of how we feel and what we think about the current slate of candidates.
While LANN does not endorse candidates, we do seek to present to our members those candidates who we feel best represent the mission and goals set forth in our bylaws. Between these pages you will read the individual findings of 4 of our 5 subcommittee members. Because we know that not everyone has the time or inclination to seek out and talk to every candidate, it is our sincere hope that our impressions and opinions will provide you with some interesting reading and some guidance as you make your important decisions on behalf of our town and our schools on November 4th.
To review LANN’s strategic and tactical goals, go to www.lannonline.org
City Council
David Casas
Mike Abrams, LANN candidate subcommittee member, LANN Co-President
I’ve known Dave for several years. The saying goes that if you want something done just ask the busiest person. Dave has a quietly effective style that belies the enormous volunteer and civic activities he has been able to multi-task over the years while still being a husband and father. He has shown his willingness on the schools board to vote against the majority when he feels it’s the right thing to do. Dave sets a good example of sticking to his conviction when it’s in the best interest of the majority. He will make a worthy council member.
Kathy Putman LANN Candidate Subcommittee member, LANN Housing Chair
I met David Casas only once and that was the day of his interview with LANN. I knew he had served on the School Board and that he had been a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission for the City. He said he had given much thought over whether or not to run for public office yet one more time, had consulted with his family, and that his family understood that he really did want to do this again. I was impressed by his candor and by what I saw as his sense of public service. I came away from that interview feeling I had actually met a man whose primary purpose for being on the Council is not to enhance his acquaintanceship with local town celebs but rather to serve the common good, an old and honored Roman notion that has largely been lost sight of.
Bill Crook, LANN Candidate Subcommittee member, LANN Traffic Chair
Traffic, Pedestrian/Bicycle Safe Routes to School issues - Mr. Casas has demonstrated that he can talk the talk. The indication from his service on the City's Park and Recreation Commission and on the LASD School Board is that Mr. Casas should be expected to walk the walk.
Valorie Carpenter
This is a female with some fire in her belly. I like her a lot. I think we need some X chromosomes on our city council and a bright, articulate woman with enthusiasm and energy is a good start. She has served on our town's historic resources board for housing and I think that speaks well to her desire to maintain and protect that which makes Los Altos unique. She supports the single story overlay ordinance and is not afraid to say so. She is motivated by the potential loss of privacy neighbors might experience by insensitive, two story design. Contrary to rumor, she has never promoted the idea of a city-wide overlay, but prefers to work within the current law. She thinks that there must be a place provided for the day workers. Valorie points out that it is not in the best interest of anyone to have workers standing out on the street. She suggests some modest accommodations (perhaps on the old San Antonio gas station sight near El Camino?) provided by the city. She strikes me as well organized and I have been impressed with her follow through on any communication we have had. This, by the way, is not insignificant….the best city council members make time for their constituents, respond to inquiries in a timely fashion and sacrifice personal time to meet with residents.
Mike Abrams
Having the experience of running her own business brings a necessary bottom line perspective to the city council. Her marketing background is another strength the council can use. It’s not what you say but how and when you say it; this is a skill set the council can utilize very effectively. She demonstrates enthusiasm for the office by doing her homework concerning the challenges the city faces. Valorie should be able to represent Los Altos citizens well.
Kathy Putman
An energetic woman who has her own business, Valerie strikes me as a "can do it" woman. She told us she is a supporter of the single story overlay and that traffic issues are of concern to her. She has been present at several neighborhood meetings regarding traffic, bicycles and safe routes to school. She has a grown daughter which means she will have the necessary hours to devote to this time consuming job, and she is very motivated by what I believe is a wish to serve her City as best she can. I felt her to be forthright, honest, and a strong candidate.
Bill Crook
Traffic, Pedestrian/Bicycle Safe Routes to School issues - Ms. Carpenter has demonstrated that she can talk the talk. Ms. Carpenter has taken the time to educate herself on the issues through attending meetings of the Los Altos Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee and the Montclaire PTA Safe Routes to School Committee. The indication is that Ms. Carpenter should be willing to walk the walk.
Curtis Cole
When I first met Curtis several years ago he impressed me. He struck me as smooth and intelligent. As I got to know him a little better I still found him smooth and intelligent but I now have other, less admirable qualities to add to my list. He is currently a member of the Planning Commission, a forum for which I have attended many meetings, appeared and spoken. What disappoints me about Curtis now is his arrogance, duplicity and dismissive behavior during those meetings. I find Curtis to be inconsistent on the Planning Commission. Sometimes he seems fair and thoughtful and other times he is unable to grasp the seriousness of an issue. In our subcommittee interview with him, I found his thoughts relating to traffic as forward thinking and well informed, and I wanted to believe the sincerity he was showing. I know that there are many who embrace him as an advocate for development and find his planning meeting demeanor within bounds. Make no mistake; he is in favor of property rights: if you design your dream home to code and want it bad enough, you should be able to build it. Many of us know that it just isn't that simple. How we build today will affect the long-term livability of our city and neighborhoods. I think we need council members who "get" this and will spend the time to agonize over the planning decision which will outlive us all. Although in recent meetings he has voted in favor of single story overlays, (which had already been justified by a legally binding 66 2/3-majority vote by the neighborhoods appearing), beware. A stroll through old planning minutes reveals his true leanings. If Curtis showed some sensitivity to residents' desires to retain their modest character neighborhoods, including the desire to use a single story overlay, I might be able to overlook his flaws. His lack of support for the single story overlay is the showstopper for me.
Kathy Putnam
My problem is I like Curtis. I don't know him well, but I have observed him in action on the Planning Commission and he is very good at what he does. He does his home work and comes to meetings prepared. He is smart and funny. But ...he was not at all a supporter of the overlay when first we brought it to the Planning Commission. Even after the Council looked at it once and asked for Planning Commission fine tuning, he was reluctant to show any degree of support for what individuals in a neighborhood might want to create solely for their own neighborhood. He spoke about property rights of would be builders of two-story homes with no regard for the rights of those who had lived in the neighborhoods for years. Their property rights were never addressed, only those of the newcomer who wanted to build the big house. Now, he votes yes as new overlays come before the Planning Commission, but Planning is not a policy making body and I fear that if he is on the Council he might decide to change policy and undo what so many of us have worked years to accomplish. Please Curtis, tell me it isn't true.
Bill Crook
Traffic, Pedestrian/Bicycle Safe Routes to School issues - Mr. Cole has demonstrated that he can talk the talk. Mr. Cole did seek out a neighborhood advocate early on to educate himself on traffic issues. Since Mr. Cole has young children living in the community, the expectation is that he will be willing to walk the walk when it comes to casting votes in support of these issues. Perhaps Mr. Cole has evolved like many of us regarding his late support for Single Story Overlay. I tend to give Mr. Cole the benefit of the doubt.
Francis LaPoll
Francis is the bright light intellectually on our Council. With all that intellect however, comes a complex man. Francis and I don't agree on everything, but we agree on most issues. For example, I have a giant wad stuck in my craw over the day worker lawsuit which rightly or wrongly I associate with Francis' convictions. The rigidness of the city's gallop down the throat of an un-winnable lawsuit cost us $90,000. plus yet to be disclosed legal fees. He maintains that he is on board and anxious to help the day workers now. He also tells me that he has been trying to work, olive branch in hand, with the day workers from the beginning. Day workers aside, Francis has been unwavering in his support of the overlay ordinance. He worked with us early on to craft it and has continued to work with us to hone it. That won't change moving forward and for me that is a good thing. He supports a theater, no more than three screens, and he has come full circle on the pool and displayed a certain amount of humility in admitting he was wrong early on in his support of a regional aquatic complex. Legally he can run and I plan to vote for Francis because I know he is a responsive and serious councilmember.
Mike Abrams
Even though there is some controversy concerning his third term re-election and questionable due diligence regarding the theater project, Francis none the less possesses a sharp mind and extensive civic experience. Los Altos overall has been very well served by his many hours of hard work and sacrifice. His presence on the council will assure continuity and certainly speed up the learning curve for the other new members.
Kathy Putnam
I met Francis several years ago when he knocked on my door during a Council neighborhood walk program. We had several conversations early on about how neighborhoods might designate themselves as single story zones. He was instrumental in getting the single story overlay ordinance passed and continues to be one of its strongest supporters. He is a strong advocate of traffic calming, and will support a downtown theater, but only if it is "appropriately- placed and in-scale", and has no more than three screens. He has broad experience and can provide the institutional memory so often lacking when new councils convene and then proceed to "reinvent the wheel." The third term prohibition does not apply to Francis who was already in office when term limits passed. And although a third term may violate custom, the question I ask is, has he made the city better? He has, and that is truly the bottom line.
Bill Crook
Traffic, Pedestrian/Bicycle SafeRoutesToSchool issues - Mr. LaPoll's past record on City Council votes clearly demonstrates that he can both talk the talk and walk the walk on these important issues.
Ron Packard
Leslie Lodestro
A class action attorney by trade, Ron is no stranger to politics. He served on the Mt. View City Council before moving to Los Altos. Ron has run for Los Altos City Council once before, a race he says he lost by only 20 votes. He prefers CC&R's (covenants, conditions and restrictions) to overlays and thinks a revisit to re-design our current design guidelines might be a trip worth taking. As a lawyer Ron should be able to foresee the pitfalls of CC&R's….in my opinion and on the advice of my late father, also an attorney, they are almost impossible to enforce. Ron says he supports the preservation of large single family lots. He thinks that resisting change and trying to keep things the way they have always been may be a rigid way to govern. He struck me as unversed on traffic issues and admittedly had not attended any traffic-related meetings as of our interview. I don't think Ron would be a threat to the preservation of our small town ambiance, but I am not sure he would enhance it all that much, as I did not hear many fresh ideas from him. I was non-plussed by Ron Packard.
Bill Crook
Traffic, Pedestrian/Bicycle Safe Routes to School issues - LANN's traffic chair was not at the LANN interview with Mr. Packard to assess his views on these issues. He admitted during the interview that he had not taken the time to educate himself on these issues. If your expectation is that the next Council will tackle these tough issues, there are other candidates better positioned to support your expectation.
Christopher Nicholson
Kathy Putnam
This is the recent Los Altos High graduate that is running for Council. I invited him to the LANN interview. He couldn't meet as he was leaving for college but said he would be happy to do a phone interview. LANN was interested in a face to face meeting and while he sounded enthusiastic on the phone and promised if elected to serve the City well, he admitted that campaigning would be difficult as he is in school in Oregon. Makes sense.
Jeannice Samani
Leslie Lodestro
Somebody nail my shoes to the ground because I just finished meeting Jeannice Samani. Her forthrightness, her intelligence and her fresh ideas blew me away. We got off to a rocky start after 3 un-returned phone call invitations to meet with our committee and unfortunately only a subset of us were able interview her before our deadline. Jeannice is not afraid to think big. Her solution for the day worker problem is to tap into little used, but very available federal funding to develop a center to get the workers off the street. She worked on a similar project in San Jose. I'm with her on that issue. Where we fall apart is on the overlay and the theater. She looks at the monster house problem from a different, pre-emptive angle. Jeannice suggests a mandatory Los Altos mediation program step between two story desirees and their neighbors before plans are drawn or submitted. I like that idea, but as an enhancement to the current ordinance, not a replacement. She encourages me to trust her on her commitment to uphold the overlay. Jeannice is not opposed to a theater with more than 3 screens. She is also open to other entertainment elements being added, like an arcade. She consulted to the Sony Metreon project in San Francisco and while that is an awesome place, it ain't Los Altos.
Mike Abrams
Jeannice is one impressive candidate. She is bright, well educated and has creative solutions to some vexing problems Los Altos faces. Her master degree in city and regional planning plus a minor in civil engineering gives her a unique qualification for council. Her experience with grant writing will potentially open a lot of unexplored funding opportunities. She has identified a location for a day worker center and feels that there is enough federal and private funding potentially available to underwrite the entire project.
Kathy Putman
I attempted to contact Jeannice on several occasions and invite her to the LANN interview but was unable to reach her before our deadline.
Bill Crook
Traffic, Pedestrian/Bicycle Safe Routes to School issues - Ms. Samani has not had a lot of experience with these issues in Los Altos. Her background (she does have a minor in Civil Engineering from Berkeley) with various County groups leads one to believe that she should be more than able to walk the walk if elected … and come up with some new ideas on funding School Board Candidates
Stephen Smiley
School Board
Margot Harrigan
Margot is obviously bright and well polished. She speaks well and I love listening to her. I dislike a bunch of the decisions and unending political gymnastics she and the school board have dragged our community through. She helped to wire the fiscal time bomb that continues to tick in our district. I applaud her for sticking with a thankless position and committing to another term which she freely admits will be "ghastly". Margot is a candidate with a full plate. We asked Margot a question that surprised her, "Did she intend to serve a full term if elected?" She was honestly surprised by this query. We explained that it was motivated by our concern that she not step down only to have another board member appointed by the Superintendent (an occurrence that was not without precedence.) A brand new, downtown business owner, I believed Margot when she emphatically told our committee that she fully intends to serve a full term if elected. I wished and worked for more and different candidates in this race, but without them I will probably vote for Margot.
Bill Cooper
Leslie Lodestro
I have gotten to know Bill over the last couple of years as he served as LANN's school chair, a position he no longer holds. A very nice and likable person, I must admit that I view him as the same old story when it comes to school board candidates; perfect alignment with the plans and paths of the current school board and little ability or desire to think outside the box. I would vote him "least likely to effect change in the places that need it". I voted for him in the last election because I was praying for change and I hadn't done my homework. I will pass on Bill this election.
Albert Hill
Leslie Lodestro
Albert Hill admits that when he heard about the misguided attempt by the Superintendent to discourage a high school candidate's run he accepted that as his cue. I do not care what motivated him into the race, I am just thankful he is willing to run. His children went through the Los Altos Public School system and he has plenty of praise for it. However, as a businessman with a serious background in finance, he shakes his head when he pours over the district's annual reports. He believes that mid-course corrections are sometimes needed to keep the ship chugging in the right direction. One of the mid-course opportunities he identifies is the opening of Covington school. He does not object to Charter Schools in general or the Bullis Charter School in particular. He thinks that competition is a healthy thing. When asked how he would feel about possibly being a single dissenting vote on board that historically votes as a block he says, "No problem." He adds however, that shifts in opinions must be done in the right way. Here is a candidate who has the intellectual tools and desire to do his homework and as importantly, has a reinforced, stainless steel spine to keep him upright when the rest of the board bolts away from him in a clumped vote. The only thing that may be stronger than his backbone is the moral core that appears to function at the center of his thoughts and actions. Let's see…..integrity, brains, backbone….that would be my school board candidate!
Kevin Bella
Leslie Lodestro
The infamous high school candidate was out flying when we left a message for him to participate. We did not hear back.
School Board – General comments from two LANN subcommittee members
Kathy Putman
As for the School Board...I'm leaving that to Board members with young children in school. I was, however, very impressed with the fresh voice of Albert Hill. He seems to be a man who will speak out and will be under no one's thumb.
Bill Crook
The two candidates who will get elected to the LASD School Board will be expected to achieve several very tough challenges:
· Lead the district through some tough fiscal times.
· Get a bond measure on the ballet for Phase II construction.
· Most importantly, pull the LASD community back together after the Bullis School closure fiasco.
Two candidates appear better suited to provide the vision and critical leadership required in accomplishing this task: Albert Hill and Margot Harrigan.
CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE GUIDE FOR PRINCIPLES OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOR
The City Council Candidate Guide for Principles of Ethical Behavior was a policy adopted by our current city council. All candidates are given this document when they file their papers to run. They do not have to sign it, but they are asked and expected to behave according to it.
The Fate of Adobe Creek
Mike Bruno, LANN Contributor
There are more than 500 creek-side properties in Los Altos. And all of them, plus possibly some of their neighbors, will be adversely impacted if the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) gets its proposed changes adopted by Los Altos and the other cities in Santa Clara County.
From its inception, SCVWD was given control of all creek-side areas in Santa Clara County. The control area was defined as 25 feet from the centerline of any creek. Sometime in the seventies the control area was extended to 50 feet from the centerline of the creeks. The proposed ordinance would change the reference point from the centerline of the creek to the "top of the bank" and change the 50 feet to 150 feet.
The "top of the bank" is not what you would normally expect. It is defined as the point where water will flow away from the creek rather than towards the creek. At this point, an additional 150 feet would be added to the control area. As a result, many houses that are not even on a creek would be controlled by SCVWD. As an example, all the houses on Edith Avenue between Fremont and Foothill Expressway would be considered to be between Adobe Creek and "the top of the bank." Then of course another 150 feet would be added to the control area.
So what happens if the proposed changes are adopted? Will permits be required for any type of activity in the control area? What happens if a house is destroyed beyond 50%? Can it be rebuilt to its former size and footprint? Will a variance be required? Must the city enforce whatever ordinance is adopted? If SCVWD doesn’t like what’s going on within the 50-foot control area, why will increasing it to a few hundred feet be any better? These are important questions that must be answered.
So where do the proposed changes stand now? The initial reaction from most of the cities was negative so a "collaborative" was formed to facilitate a consensus. The collaborative includes all the cities in the county as well as the county itself. Then the collaborative came up with a resolution for each entity to sign. The proposed resolution would endorse the activities of the collaborative and each entity would agree to adopt and implement whatever changes the collaborative developed.
At this point, the ball is in the court of each city to deal with the proposed resolution. They can sign it as is or reword it to their liking. The Los Altos City Council has already rejected the resolution as written and is working on a reworded version. Words like adopt and implement are likely to be removed from the resolution.
What the collaborative finally develops and recommends and what Los Altos adopts and implements are open questions at this point. We need to follow the action of our city council and to understand the views of the new candidates for city council with respect to this issue.
Lann Board Members Live Candidate’s Forum
Co-President Mike Abrams
Co-President Dianne Edmonds
Vice President Ken Lorell
Treasurer Dianne Edmonds
Secretary Kathy Wright
Editor Vickie Clements
Housing Chair Kathy Putman
Membership Chair Leslie Lodestro
Traffic Chair Bill Crook
Contributor Karen Greguras
Webmaster Jerry Wright
Advisors Tom Anderson
Lou Becker
David Casas
Kate Disney
If you missed the live broadcast of the Candidate’s Forum on KMVT (cable channel 26) it’s not too late to see the re-runs. The 1.5 hour show will be re-broadcast on channel 26 several times between now and November 4th. You may also check out a videotape of the program at the Los Altos main library.
The show aired September 30th with three segments; a forum, a mock city council meeting and a live question and answer segment. The production was co-sponsored by LANN, the Town Crier and KMVT.