I am supporting Warren Lieberman for mayor of Belmont in the upcoming election. In my view, he is the only candidate to address two key issues facing the future of our city: the Waterdog Open Space use controversy and the Stanford University acquisition of the NDNU property. Lieberman has shown that he is actively seeking citizen input on these issues and is open to resolving the continuing conflicts. As a resident of Belmont of many years, I’ve been impressed with Lieberman’s outreach to the community to seek our views on the issues facing Belmont. I’m voting for Warren Lieberman. His 17 years on our City Council provide us with the experience we need as we face Belmont’s future.
Completely wrong on both counts. Lieberman is the worst choice on Stanford/NDNU because he can’t do anything whatsoever for Belmont on the Stanford’s purchase of NDNU and development of 700,000 s.f. Of facilities there. He is conflicted out of that matter by California law because he lives less than 500 feet from it. At the last City Council meeting, Lieberman had to recuse himself from being present even when Stanford made an basic informational presentation to City Council about the project. Click on item 4 of the agenda and watch for yourself here: https://belmont-ca.granicus.com/player/clip/840?view_id=1&redirect=true&h=d17dd15fe3831a219ffd26b35e423644 He can’t negotiate with Stanford for us, he can’t meet with Stanford officials, he can’t vote on Stanford items that come up on City Council agenda. He can do nothing for us at all. He ran mayor knowing this full well. Is he putting Belmont’s interests first, or his own desire to stay in office first?
This letter has it completely backwards on the candidates’ leadership on open space. At the candidates forum, Mates said “I’ve spent a lot of time speaking and communicating with folks who think there are very few issues to be solved at Waterdog Lake, and those who think mountain bikes make the area unsafe…” so she’s the one who listed to community input from both sides. Unlike Lieberman, she has come up with a detailed muti-point compromise plan which includes measures to physically slow down bike traffic and several other policies to enhance safety. Lieberman has no plan. At the candidats forum he only offered platitudes like “it’s important that we consider all the perspectives” and when he said people have safety concerns on the trails, he qualified it by saying “if it’s true.”
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Completely wrong on both counts. Lieberman is the worst choice on Stanford/NDNU because he can’t do anything whatsoever for Belmont on the Stanford’s purchase of NDNU and development of 700,000 s.f. Of facilities there. He is conflicted out of that matter by California law because he lives less than 500 feet from it. At the last City Council meeting, Lieberman had to recuse himself from being present even when Stanford made an basic informational presentation to City Council about the project. Click on item 4 of the agenda and watch for yourself here: https://belmont-ca.granicus.com/player/clip/840?view_id=1&redirect=true&h=d17dd15fe3831a219ffd26b35e423644 He can’t negotiate with Stanford for us, he can’t meet with Stanford officials, he can’t vote on Stanford items that come up on City Council agenda. He can do nothing for us at all. He ran mayor knowing this full well. Is he putting Belmont’s interests first, or his own desire to stay in office first?
This letter has it completely backwards on the candidates’ leadership on open space. At the candidates forum, Mates said “I’ve spent a lot of time speaking and communicating with folks who think there are very few issues to be solved at Waterdog Lake, and those who think mountain bikes make the area unsafe…” so she’s the one who listed to community input from both sides. Unlike Lieberman, she has come up with a detailed muti-point compromise plan which includes measures to physically slow down bike traffic and several other policies to enhance safety. Lieberman has no plan. At the candidats forum he only offered platitudes like “it’s important that we consider all the perspectives” and when he said people have safety concerns on the trails, he qualified it by saying “if it’s true.”
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