Category Archives: City Politics

Old Mountain View and the General Plan Update

Posted on March 6, 2011 by deb

One of the most important topics that our city council has discussed over the last few years is GP2030, Mountain View’s update to its General Plan, covering the time up to the year 2030. Randy Tsuda was kind enough to follow up with an interview where we chatted about how these changes would affect Old Mountain View. Continue reading →

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Train Talk

Posted on October 19, 2010 by deb

by Robert Cox Is a station for High Speed Rail (HSR) in Mountain View still in the cards? Or is it dead?  Should Mountain View band together with more aggressive municipalities to stop HSR? When will information about noise be … Continue reading →

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Margaret Abe-Koga

Posted on October 19, 2010 by deb

by Laura Lewis The bark of attack dogs greeted us as we arrived at the home of Margaret Abe-Koga.  We rang the doorbell timidly and as the door open we found ourselves ambushed by 5 pounds of lean, mean Chihuahua … Continue reading →

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News from Downtown

Posted on October 19, 2010 by deb

by David Lewis, Community Liaison The City is still working on a feasibility study on a grocery store in Mountain View, but don’t get your hopes up.  This is still a difficult thing to sell with all the grocery stores … Continue reading →

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Ronit Bryant

Posted on October 19, 2010 by deb

by Hugh Donagher, III I recently ran into Mayor Ronit Bryant at Le Boulanger and spent a little while chatting over coffee. Mayor Bryant moved to Old Mountain View in 1987, having convinced her husband Cliff that downtown Mountain View … Continue reading →

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