From: colleen anderson
Subject: [awristachatz] Another possible lawsuit. Atherton threatens to sue Menlo Park , Facebook.
Date: May 18, 2012 3:41:31 PM PDT
To: Atherton lunch lunch group
Atherton threatens to sue Menlo Park, Facebook
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Special to the Almanac
Atherton has threatened to sue Menlo Park and Facebook to get Facebook to pay at least part of the cost of widening Marsh Road at Middlefield Road, but some Atherton residents say that if the town does that, they'll join the opposing side to fight their town to keep their street as it is.
The matter came to light at the May 17 Atherton City Council meeting, when former long-time council member Malcolm Dudley urged the council to leave Marsh Road as two lanes. Mr. Dudley said that widening Marsh Road would not only destroy its scenic qualities, but that "widening streets leads to increased volume and traffic speed. Atherton residents successfully fought the battle to preserve two-lane streets 35 years ago, and must remain vigilant," he said, reading from a several-page document he presented to the council.
"I agree with Malcolm that if you build it they will come," said Larry Sweeney, a member of the Atherton transportation committee. He said the widening of Marsh Road has never come before the committee, and that "I strongly support the idea of keeping as much of a rural atmosphere in Atherton as we can."
[To read more of this Almanac story, please click this link to go to the Almanac article: http://www.almanacnews.com/news/show_story.php?id=11260]
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