Bernadette Ramirez

MEET & GREET

February 5, 2011 · · 2 Comments

February 19th Hillsdale shopping center is hosting a Meet & Greet event. It’s an all day event lasting from 10a.m.- 4p.m. It should be really fun and interesting!

Free admission

Over 30 family related businesses

Child fingerprinting

Free face painting

Location: Hillsdale shopping center, San Mateo

For more information: 650.344.5200

Hope to see you there!!!

Bernadette Ramirez
http://www.bramirez.prucal.com/

Terry Birt

Millbrae Community Workshop

February 6, 2009 · · 8 Comments

Last evening I attended a Millbrae NOW Community workshop.  The meeting was open to the public and hosted by our city staff.   The purpose of the workshop was to inform the community of its economic status, and what methods can be used to raise revenue for Millbrae’s’ vital services.

 After hearing all the presentations, the conclusion was that the city does not have enough revenue to maintain its current services and is not building a surplus in our infrastructure which could be a huge liability if there was an emergency. 

They were able to illustrate what cuts have been made by providing data on the sources of revenues and how it is distributed. It was  demonstrated how the city was able to cut costs by sharing services, staff, and program budgets, such as fire and police with other cities, without impacting public safety.  Read more