http://www.ibabuzz.com/insider/2009/02/09/532/ Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:09:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insider/2009/02/09/532/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Peter Loranger Tue, 19 May 2009 18:01:39 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/insider/?p=532#comment-163 I attended the FC board meeting last night where there was an organized, but with redundant messages, group of parents crying for the old saw of a 4th elementary school in Foster City. They spewed against a large school at present locations as a breeder site for bullying and increased crime. One of the speakers seemed to recognize the problem with Mirabella as a still looming competitor and suggested that Booth Bay Park be chopped up for the new school location. This may have been a tactic to galvanize the pro-park/tennis people against Mirabella or similar multi use project. Regardless, the impact on the council seemed real and effective. Too bad because Mirabella will last for years and this group of parents will go on to rally for a high school and more places at Cal and then fade away into complaining tax payers. I am from a generation who saw our excess elementary schools bulldozed over for housing in the 60’s.
I was impressed by the group’s solidarity and they had an organized message. This is democracy in action – a very good show of power.

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