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My adults children all moved out of San Mateo. Why?? Because they all wanted to set down roots in an area where they could afford to buy a single family home. None of them was ever interested in living in a high-rise.

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You are correct Jon! When the mention of the Baywood neighborhood becoming an historic district I immediately thought what about North Central?? The historic homes in North Central should be the first considered as you have mentioned. I totally agree with your suggestions of the city work…

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Anyone drive a Volkswagen?? Look up the history on that car manufacturer.

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jbennett commented on Heartless Kevin Mullin

Thank you for your comments Ms. Xuereb and I heartedly agree. The hypocrisy of Kevin Mullin to talk about unity when Democrats could not show common basic human decency. You are a human being first and foremost. Lifelong democrat here but it has been obvious for a couple of years now that…

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How will you reduce the traffic?? By pushing it over to parallel streets as what happened with eliminating the 200 plus parking spots? Humboldt is an arterial between US 101 on/offramps at Peninsula, Poplar, 3rd and 4th and many drivers use this street to get onto and off the freeway. On …

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I was thinking the same thing about the electric pump station.

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jbennett commented on Building the future in San Mateo

No, not good!

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jbennett commented on Building the future in San Mateo

No, we had parking issues before the bike lanes. You take away 200 spaces that obviously made the problem worse. You ask what is the root cause? Density and people sharing a one or two bedroom apartment to save on costs. Apartment buildings that charge extra for a parking space and obviou…

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jbennett commented on Building the future in San Mateo

Hey joebob, people are already using the courthouse parking lot at night. Go check it out.

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jbennett commented on Building the future in San Mateo

No simple solutions in all this but I believe your comments "hit the nail on the head". North Central has had parking issues for years before the bike lanes were installed. Year after year that was our number one complaint and to have our city remove over 200 spaces was a slap in the face…