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Candidate sat on board that kept $1.8 million sexual harassment case secret from the public

September 19, 2022 7:05 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Warren Lieberman, a longtime Belmont politician and candidate for Mayor, was part of a little-known four-member board of a sewer agency that kept […]

San Mateo County

Daily Post prevails in public records litigation

March 8, 2022 3:55 pm

Palo Alto newspaper prevails in public records litigation Unusual “reverse CPRA” case focused on documents related to sex harassment March 8, 2022 — The Palo Alto (Calif.) Daily Post has […]

San Mateo County

Sex harassment cost sewer agency $1.8 million; boss offered lurid advice to employee

February 28, 2022 12:59 am

Editor’s note: This story contains adult content. It is not recommended for younger readers. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The general manager of a Redwood City-based sewage processing […]

San Mateo County

Dan Child, who was fired for sexual harassment, gives his side of the story

February 28, 2022 12:55 am

Dan Child, the former general manager of Silicon Valley Clean Water, sent the Post a written statement regarding the release of an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against him. As […]

San Mateo County

How the Post got the story about sexual harassment at the sewer district

February 28, 2022 12:54 am

By the Daily Post staff After a two-and-a-half-year legal battle, the Daily Post has obtained public records it was seeking from Silicon Valley Clean Water, a sewage processing agency in […]

Opinion

Opinion: Slow courts thwart the public’s right to know

November 23, 2021 5:05 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The public has a right to know how its money is spent. And there are statutes and case law that support that principle. […]

San Mateo County

After $875,000 payout from sewer agency, former manager says it’s time to have ‘fun’

March 8, 2021 1:50 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The former sewer district boss who got $875,000 to leave under mysterious circumstances says he’s retired from the business because now is the […]

Opinion

Opinion: Why was that story newsworthy?

September 3, 2020 9:11 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Newspapers get a lot of letters from readers, more than we can ever publish. But I make it a priority to run those […]

San Mateo County

Sewer agency won’t block Daily Post’s attempt to get records about $875,000 payout to former general manager

May 22, 2020 8:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City-based sewer agency that fired its general manager and then gave him $875,000 says it won’t fight the Daily Post in […]

Redwood City

Sewer agency puts Dan Child’s former home on the market — two bidders

November 17, 2019 3:01 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The sewage processing agency that paid its former general manager $875,000 to leave his job without suing has now received two bids for […]

San Mateo County

Sewer agency to fight former manager’s bid for secrecy regarding $875,000 payout

October 22, 2019 9:02 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The sewer agency that paid its former general manager $875,000 to resign decided yesterday (Oct. 21) it will fight his lawsuit that attempts […]

In the news

Sewer official who got $875,000 payout gets contract with city of San Mateo

October 11, 2019 10:01 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Dan Child, who was paid $875,000 to resign from the Redwood City-based sewage processing agency Silicon Valley Clean Water, has landed a job […]

San Mateo County

Documents over $875,000 payout to former sewer manager withheld

September 7, 2019 7:20 am

By the Daily Post staff The sewage processing agency that serves Menlo Park, San Carlos, Belmont and Redwood City is withholding documents that would explain why it paid its former […]

A real estate listing photo shows a six-bedroom house at 379 Greendale Way in Redwood City’s Emerald Hills neighborhood where former Silicon Valley Clean Water general manager Dan Child used to live.
Belmont

New clues in $875,000 payout to former sewer chief — updated

August 21, 2019 12:01 am

Editor’s note: At the bottom of this story are links to the documents the Post obtained from Silicon Valley Clean Water through the California Public Records Act. BY EMILY MIBACH […]

Opinion

Guest opinion: Protecting the public’s right to know

August 15, 2019 8:30 am

BY MARK OLBERT Earlier this year I became San Carlos’ representative on the Silicon Valley Clean Water commission. SVCW operates the sanitary waste treatment system serving Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood […]

In the news

Documents on sewer chief’s $875,000 payout withheld

August 14, 2019 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The sewage processing agency that serves Menlo Park, San Carlos, Belmont and Redwood City is refusing to hand over some documents relating to […]

Opinion

Opinion: Sewer plant manager’s $875,000 payout is over the top

August 7, 2019 10:56 am

Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I think the public is owed an explanation as to why a government agency, Silicon Valley Clean Water, wrote a severance check of […]

In the news

Sewer agency chief got $875,000 in severance

July 29, 2019 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The sewage processing agency that serves Menlo Park, San Carlos, Belmont and Redwood City paid its former general manager $875,000 as part of […]

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