Poor Mr Hudak had a bad commission meeting last night – one strike was that the new Safeway supplement to the EIR received a big blow from the Planning Commissioners.

He received a second strike when his client, Mr. Otto Miller's new housing development on Drake Avenue was "red-tagged". The reason – a "misunderstanding" when a contractor ripped out a redwood tree root without a city-designated arborist present. This development has been debated, discussed, questioned, written about and argued about for 16 months. The reason – the neighbors were concerned about the destruction of the redwood trees and the size of the monster houses.

Great visual – a resident showing the Planning Commissioners a huge root which had been ripped out of the ground. It certainly made the point, loud and clear! Considering Miller is a renowned developer who has destroyed many a good Burlingame home to build a monster house, you would think he would have listened to the neighbors, spoken to his contractors, listened to the Planning Commissioners and he would know the rules. Shame, shame, shame.

– Written by Fiona