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BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
The city of Palo Alto yesterday declined to release an appraisal for the Cubberley Community Center before voters consider approving a sales tax to buy the land. The city said appraisals ahead of buying a property are exempt from the California Public Records Act, so the city isn’t required to release the appraisal.
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nifer DiBrienza led the committees that negotiated the price behind closed doors. Council is asking voters to buy sevFormer school board member Todd en acres for $65.5 million from the Palo Collins has suggested that the city Alto Unified School District. could ask for a lower price or better The deal was approved in October terms, like a payment plan rather than 2024 by council and the school board, paying cash upfront. contingent on the city raising the mon“There are lots of ways that the disey with a tax. trict and the city could work together,” Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims Collins said in a June interview. Resiand former school board member Jen[See APPRAISAL, page 22]
Of center it wants new tax for City Manager Ed Shikada said it’s not his decision alone to release the appraisal at this point. He said council and the school board would need to be involved, and both are on summer break. “That said, please remember that our agencies agreed to this price to benefit the schools as well as improve Cubberley,” Shikada said in an email.
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TRUMP’S TELEPROMPTER: President Trump’s teleprompter operator is on unpaid leave after reports that he allegedly used his inside knowledge to make bets about the president’s speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi. Gabriel Perez used his inside knowledge to win more than $100,000 betting on what the president would say in addresses like the State of the Union.
Los Altos Councilman Pete Dailey is fed up with hearing from the same six residents who keep pushing back on the city’s plans to change and grow. “They want to protect the character of the village,” Dailey said on Tuesday. “And I’ve knocked on every door in this town, and that is not what the majority of the people who answer those doors will tell you.” Council and residents clashed on Tuesday over giving the city’s fire stations to the Santa Clara County Fire Protection District. Former Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng said council was making “an irreversible decision with major LOS ALTOS COUNCILMAN Pete Dailey points at a resident during a conten[See SNIPES, page 22] tious meeting on Tuesday. Screen grab from meeting video.
TRUMP’S ADDRESS: President Trump last night used a primetime address to the nation to revive doubts about the results of the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden. Trump said he was releasing previously classified documents related to the 2020 and 2018 elections. DEADLY FLOODS: Authorities in Texas have rescued hundreds of Why dodrivers we advance stranded and people trapped in homes and at least two people have $200,000? died due to catastrophic flooding.
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BODY IN THE BAY: San Francisco police recovered a body in the Bay near Treasure Island yesterday that could be linked to the capsizing of a boat earlier this week.
A Palo Alto planning commissioner who allegedly tried to get special treatment after his daughter’s car was towed says that parking has become his number one issue.
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