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Cynthia Newton commented on San Mateo restaurants may reopen in the street
I love the idea of closing streets downtown and on 25th for safe, socially distanced dining! Kudos to San Mateo for being so forward thinking!
Cynthia Newton commented on San Mateo restaurants may reopen in the street
North Shoreview opted to not participate in the "Safe Streets" program at this time; requesting some safety improvement made to the Bay Trail instead of the partial closure of any of our streets which are very narrow. The current detours due to the construction taking down the soundwall w…
Cynthia Newton commented on San Mateo eyes hotel tax rate hike
AirBNB folks have to pay this too. I don't think this is a good time to raise this when AirBnbs and hotels are also having financial issues!
Cynthia Newton commented on High praise for new housing in downtown San Mateo
I concur with mweinhauer, how this and the Passages project were portrayed as "high praise" with out any mention of the controversy there has been on both projects is beyond me. We all want affordable housing but all of the issues mentioned: height, parking, traffic impacts, lack of publi…
Cynthia Newton commented on Hillsborough calls Flintstone House a ‘public nuisance’
I love that, pink flamingos would be great!
Cynthia Newton commented on Hillsborough calls Flintstone House a ‘public nuisance’
Oh come on, I love the dinosaurs!
Cynthia Newton commented on Express buses set for rollout
What about buses that go East-West across the San Mateo Bridge? That really is the big problem these days!
Cynthia Newton commented on City has new proposal for more homes
Define affordable, most of these units will be $3,000+/month, is that affordable? Where are these people going to go for grocery shopping? How about taking children to school? Going to the pharmacy? This area is already gridlocked daily with cars seeking shortcuts to the San Mateo Bridge, wh…
Cynthia Newton commented on Residents weigh in on housing proposal
I have some serious concerns about this proposed project. This area is currently besieged and gridlocked daily by afternoon cut-through commuter traffic trying to get to the San Mateo Bridge, many not having anything to do with San Mateo, just trying to get to the San Mateo Bridge as quickly…
Cynthia Newton commented on City accepts Central Park master plan
I think a public plaza for city events will be nice at the edge of downtown. I was disappointed about the lesser number of tennis courts in the park but I am very happy about the addition of tennis courts at Beresford. There are a large number of tennis players in San Mateo and we need more …