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By Administrator, June 28, 2010 11:41 am

The San Carlos (AKA “the broke city”) City Council heads into tonight’s vote whether to outsource the police department with their minds made up.  The only councilperson so far against these proposals has been Matt Grocott.    The remaining 4 councilpeople all are determined to “outsource” (what a nice word) the police department in one form or another. Not to be one ever to look at other options, the San Carlos City Council seems hell-bent on defending bad decisions, justifying their decisions based solely on the bottom line.  Quality of life does not enter into their equation in anyway.

This means that the city council has failed the city. In desperate need of adult supervision, the City Council members on the Joint Fire commission have been combative with Belmont.  So,  unable to keep a decent relationship with Belmont’s government, they (Belmont’s representatives)  are unlikely to want to join forces with San Carlos to keep a local police presence.

The major regional newspaper has referred to San Carlos as “the broke city” and you were at the head of the ship when that happened.  Massive failure.

The City of Good Living?  What a joke.

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By Administrator, June 7, 2010 10:18 am

An editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle today criticizes the City of San Carlos’s efforts to outsource the police department. The Chronicle advises the council not to be blinded by numbers:  Sonoma outsourced their police department, and found in the long run, it did not save money.

As always, White Oaks Neighborhood Organization is AGAINST outsourcing.

Read the article.

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By Administrator, June 3, 2010 7:28 am

SFGate.com referred to San Carlos as “the broke city” this morning in an article San Carlos’s idea of “outsourcing” its police department is covered on the front page of SFGate.com this morning.

The Chronicle describes the plan as “all but unheard of move of dissolving police force, outsourcing duties.