I remember riding my bike to Neil Cummins as an elementary school student, more than 20 years ago. As a rode down the Redwood Highway Path, the pavement was so bumpy from the tree roots underneath that I felt like my bones were being rattled—and believe it or not, in the following 20 years, the situation didn't get any better. I was excited to vote yes on this long-overdue project to revitalize one of Corte Madera's most important and well-used public paths, which had degrade

Whenever we have contractors bid on projects for construction, we always evaluate the bids carefully, and we usually pick what's called the "lowest responsible bidder"—the lowest bidder who could reasonably be trusted to execute the project well. But sometimes, all the bids that come back are too high. If we don't think Corte Madera taxpayers would get their money's worth with even the lowest bid, we reject all the bids and try again. That was the case with the 2020 Preventat