BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT
Daily Post Staff Writer
A woman has been cited for allegedly stealing a sign supporting a measure to protect downtown parking lots in Los Altos, police said yesterday.
Laurel McAndrews Frogley, 41, stole a “Yes on Measure D” sign from the intersection of San Antonio Road and Hillview Avenue at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, police said. McAndrews Frogley was interviewed by officers and then cited for theft of personal property, police said. She couldn’t be reached for comment yesterday.
Resident John Fennell, who supports Measure D, said approximately 60 “Yes on D” signs have been stolen.
Many have been replaced only to be stolen again, he said in an email.
Measure D would require the city to get voter approval before developing downtown parking lots, upending council’s plans to build a park, parking garage and performing arts theater. Residents gathered more than 2,600 signatures to qualify Measure D for the ballot in April.
Since then, council and residents have clashed over the campaign.
Mayor Sally Meadows has previously said that Measure D supporters are in “a bubble” and don’t represent the majority of Los Altos. She said she talks to younger families who want a downtown park where their kids can play.
“They don’t want to be held hostage by people who are paying a tenth of the property taxes they are,” Meadows said at a meeting on June 23.
A group of Measure D supporters went to City Hall on Aug. 7 to try get resident Roger Heyder on the ballot for council.
City Clerk Melissa Thurman was visibly shaken after the exchange, according to a coworker. She said Hey-der’s supporters were “irate” that she wouldn’t notarize his forms, and she thought one of them was going to hit her. Heyder didn’t qualify for the ballot, giving Vice Mayor Larry Lang an unchallenged race.
Councilman Pete Dailey said on Sept. 8 that he will immediately propose allowing apartments in residential neighborhoods if voters approve Measure D. Supporters of Measure D accused him of scare tactics.
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