The Marin Post

Letters

• Woman hit by SMART train in Novato pronounced dead at the scene

  At about 7:00 am this morning, south of North Hamilton Parkway, Novato Police report that a pedestrian was hit by the SMART train. The Marin County Coroner's Office, police and SMART train officials are investigating the incident. more »

  Marin Post — Mill Valley August 13, 2018 - 9:13 AM

• Livable California supports BART Board Members in opposition to AB-2923

  In a letter to the State Senate Appropriations Committee (below), Livable California urges a "OPPOSE AB-2923," a bill that would remove jurisdiction over building near a BART station from locally elected city/county officials and put decisions ... more »

  Susan Kirsch — Mill Valley August 11, 2018 - 1:32 PM

• It’s time officials face the facts about public pensions

  Transparent California released alarming data showing the growth of “promised benefits” in the Marin County Employee Retirement Association (MCERA) compared with the growth of countywide personal income, median household income, inflation and popula... more »

  Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV) August 4, 2018 - 11:32 AM

• The County's appeal of the Middagh Trail Superior Court decision

  Now we have a County appeal to Judge Haakenson's extremely well reasoned decision that the narrow Bob Middagh trail should stay in hiker-equestrian use, because Parks and Open Space did not do proper site-specific CEQA analysis Amazing---!!! What ... more »

  Peter Hensel — Corte Madera July 24, 2018 - 7:50 PM

• Jerry Brown to Supreme Court: Hurry up and hear my pension law case,

  This is such an important article. It’s great that Gov. Brown is anxious for the State Supreme Court to hear the CalFire v CalPERS case as soon as possible. The comment by the front-runner for governor, Gavin Newsom, however, declaring in advance t... more »

  Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV) July 18, 2018 - 2:19 PM

• Novato shouldn’t pay for increased cost of SMART station

  The first document was an estimate to complete SMART’s proposed Novato downtown station. The cost was $3.8 million with a 30 percent potential for increased cost for a total of $4.96 million. In this estimate, Positive Train Control was estimated at... more »

  Al Dugan — Novato July 16, 2018 - 12:39 PM

• Help Protect The Pedestrian Experience On The Multi Use Paths---No E-Bikes

  The following letter has been sent to the elected council members of the Town of Corte Madera and the City of Larkspur, regarding the Marin Parks and Open Space District's consideration of allowing electric bicycles -- "e-bikes" -- in our open space... more »

  Peter Hensel — Corte Madera July 12, 2018 - 9:39 PM

• TAM spends $30,000 to learn what everyone else already knows

  The Marin IJ reports today that the Transportation Authority of Marin spent 30k to learn that most Marin traffic congestion is caused by local driving to and from local services and places. Anyone who has lived in Marin for more than a year and is... more »

  Bob Silvestri — Mill Valley July 9, 2018 - 8:33 PM

• Just released: 2017 Marin County Pay Data

  I just received this from Robert Fellner of Transparent California. I think you’ll find it interesting. Employee compensation at the County of Marin was up 6.4 percent, hitting an all-time high of nearly $294 million last year, according to just po... more »

  Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV) June 18, 2018 - 6:38 PM

• The Pension Train Has No Seat Belts

  In case you don't subscribe to John Mauldin's reports, I want to make sure you don't miss this one. It is an incredibly thorough look at the impact of the public pension crisis and it's happening worldwide. Read the full report here I particu... more »

  Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV) June 16, 2018 - 1:13 PM