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Bob Cushman commented on Editorial: Awasthi and Williams for Foster City Council
One way to sort out candidates is to see who they take money from and who they accept endorsements from. Foster City council candidate Paul Williiams, a developer, has just reported a $1,000 campaign contribution from the California Reals Estate Political Action Committee, California Associa…
Bob Cushman commented on Foster City studies impacts of new housing
If it wasn’t for disinformation, there would be no information at all.
 In this article about housing in Foster City, the Daily Journal reported: “Hopkins noted the last housing ownership unit added in Foster City was in 1999.” The statement is dead wrong. The most obvious and recent…
Bob Cushman commented on Editorial: Yes on Measure P
What if you could avoid paying costly flood insurance, get protected by a FEMA accredited levee and avoid paying 29% more for the levee bond each year for 30 years?
Interested?
The City has $20 million in excess reserves it could use to pay down the size of the $90 million levee bond…
Bob Cushman commented on Foster City preparing for deficits
Interesting how two different people can view the same meeting and come away with different impressions. If I were writing this article, here is how I would summarize it.: GLOWING CITY FINANCIAL REPORT JUST RELEASED The 3rd quarter Fiscal year Financial Report shows total revenues are now ex…
Bob Cushman commented on Foster City Costco expansion triggering traffic concerns
Interesting to me that the Foster City Council focused on traffic problems that will be created by adding a gas station at Costco. I wish they paid the same attention to the traffic problems being created by all the other developments they have approved in Foster City.
Bob Cushman commented on Foster City levee project
This letter was addressed to the Foster City Council
Bob Cushman commented on The emperor has no clothes
Council member Perez is one of two Foster City Council members who continue to want housing at Charter Square. They simply cannot give up on the idea.
Bob Cushman commented on City sticks with reserve policy
The Foster City levee bond, which we will vote on this coming June ,will require a 2/3rds vote of the people. This is not going to be easy to pass. Even a City public survey shows it may be a cliff hanger. The Foster City Council decision to NOT use City money to bring down the cost of the l…
Bob Cushman commented on What to do with $20M in reserves?
This is another well written, informative and balanced article by reporter, Samantha Weigel. One clarification needed: The City told her the savings to the average homeowner would be $62 dollars per year. That is inaccurate and deliberately misleading. It is the savings for the first year, o…
Bob Cushman commented on Perspective on development, workforce housing and transparency
Sares Regis never intended to build the commercial/retail. Sares Regis knew the large commercial entitlement was not feasible. So did the seller of the property,which is why they sold it for a song. Sares Regis bought it thinking they could somehow talk the City into approving a swap. With…