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JULY 23, 2010 VOLUME 18, NO. 29 INSIDE: MOVIES | PAGE 15 650.964.6300 MountainViewOnline.com Foothill, De Anza defend policy CHARGE THAT FOREIGN STUDENTS PUSH OUT LOCALS IS UNTRUE, TOP OFFICIALS SAY
By Nick Veronin dents this year “to garner the much higher tuition that nonresident oreign students aren’t to students must pay.” blame for local community Last year, the Foothill De Anza Fcollege students having a hard Community College District time getting into classes, district brought in $18.6 million — about officials say. Recent news reports 10 percent of the district’s operating suggesting that schools are recruit- revenue — in non-resident tuition, ing international students as cash according to Becky Bartindale, cows and disregarding the needs of a spokeswoman for the district. California students in the process The vast majority of non-resident are off base, at least when it comes students come from outside the to the programs at Foothill and De United States, she said. In the fall Anza, according to the two com- of 2009, Foothill and De Anza had munity colleges’ presidents. 3,701 foreign students from nearly International students are not 100 countries. Total enrollment in eligible for state subsidies and there- fall 2009 was 44,000. MICHELLE LE Deer Hollow Farm intern Roslyn Braun teaches campers about the native Ohlone people while sitting in fore pay much higher tuition than The district’s International a sweatlodge in the farm’s Ohlone village. California residents to attend public Programs Office is dedicated to schools. At recruiting Foothill and and serving Google couple helps Deer Hollow De Anza they Without international international pay $148 per students by By Emily Hamilton place.” Nestled in the hills of Rancho San Anto- unit, nearly student tuition, the helping with nio County Park, it is a place for learning and fun, nine times housing, hanks to a recent $35,000 donation from she says. more than colleges would have to cut visas and Google co-founder Sergey Brin and The farm, one of the last homestead farms California other issues. This wife Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of in California, is owned by the Mid-Peninsula residents, back on programs. Four repre- 23andMe, Deer Hollow farm isn’t likely to be Open Space District, but is largely operated by who pay $17 BRIAN MURPHY, DE ANZA PRESIDENT sentatives forced to close in the next two years. the City of Mountain View, and the city can no per unit. from the “It means we’re safe,” says Sue Gale, president longer guarantee funding. The grant from the The ques- office spend of the Friends of Deer Hollow Farm. tion is getting scrutiny in the about 20 to 40 percent of their time Gale calls Deer Hollow a “wonderful, magical See DEER HOLLOW, page 7 press, and by an Alameda County overseas promoting Foothill and grand jury. Phillip Matier and De Anza, according to Bartindale. Andrew Ross of the San Francisco Ross, the Chronicle columnist, Chronicle questioned in their July said via e-mail that it was not his 12 column whether it is appropri- place to say whether any California Google engineer plans run for council ate for junior colleges to look for community college’s recruitment students overseas when there may practices were ill advised. LONGTIME MV RESIDENT SAID TO BE A LIBERTARIAN AND INVENTOR not be enough space for students “The question,” Ross wrote, “is at home. what’s the mission of public col- By Daniel DeBolt to enter the race after living in was formatted in a manner that The recently released civil grand leges in California, and should Mountain View for 17 years. inhibited searching.” jury report questioned the foreign they be spending lots of money ith Google now estab- Perhaps fitting for an employee On their personal website, his recruitment practices of the Per- and resources trying to attract lished as the city’s of the world’s most popular girlfriend Assana describes Dan alta Community College District, foreign students when there may Wlargest employer, the internet search engine, one of as: “unmarried, libertarian, inven- which has drawn about $4 million not be enough slots for students 2010 City Council election will Waylonis’ goals is to make sure tor of ‘danning’ (to sit around this year from foreign student already here.” be the first with a Google that city documents are “easily and do nothing). Senior Software enrollment. And a July 15 article It is true that thousands of employee as a candidate. searched and indexed,” he said Engineer at Google, Mac Division. in the Los Angeles Times detailed students were unable to enroll in Dan Waylonis, a senior software in an e-mail. “I was shocked to the University of California’s plan engineer at Google, has decided discover that the 2011 budget See CANDIDATE, page 7 to enroll more international stu- See FOREIGN STUDENTS, page 7
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Three file for new water district seat
By Nick Veronin
hree candidates have filed papers to run for a newly Tcreated four-year seat on the governing board of the San- ta Clara Valley Water District in November. Bern Beecham, Lou Becker and Brian Schmidt have thrown their hats into the ring to repre- sent the new District 7, which covers Mountain View as well as Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Monte Sereno and Los Gatos. Both Beecham and Becker are veteran politicians familiar with municipal water administra- tion. Schmidt, a Mountain View
MICHELLE LE Mike Montayo, left, puts in an order for waiting customers at Actel’s parking lot during the lunch hour. ‘Clean government is the only way you can Food truck gains a ‘following’ get real fiscal reform.’ BRIAN SCHMIDT LOCALLY RUN RESTAURANT ON WHEELS PULLS IN PATRONS WITH TWITTER resident, is an environmental- By Nick Veronin trucks, which broadcast their exact location on more than a decade ago. ist and lecturer at Santa Clara on Facebook and Twitter. Guasch opened The Louisiana Territory University who is familiar with teve Guasch is getting by with a little The trend emerged in late 2008 and has in 1988 on West El Camino Real, near the water issues. help from his friends. Or, more pre- recently been gaining traction in San Fran- intersection of South Rengstorff Avenue. Beecham is the former mayor Scisely, with a little help from his “fans” cisco and the broader Bay Area. According He served spicy gumbo, jambalaya and other of Palo Alto and was first elected and “followers.” to Guasch, who runs The Louisiana Terri- Gulf-coast concoctions for five years, before to the Palo Alto City Council in He is one of an emerging group of res- tory, a Mountain View-based food truck, shutting down to pursue what seemed like a 2000. He has been a represen- taurateurs who are ditching their fixed- social networks have played an integral tative for the Bay Area Water location eateries in favor of boutique food role in resurrecting a business he gave up See LOUISIANA, page 9 Users Association, a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System financ- ing authority, and a chair of the Bay Area Water Services Con- An air and space museum for Hangar One? servation Authority. The former Palo Alto mayor NEW FOUNDATION ORGANIZES ‘SMITHSONIAN WEST’ CAMPAIGN said in an e-mail that he was running for two key reasons: By Daniel DeBolt Committee leaders on the board Hangar One could be home to and longtime Hangar One pres- to continue “work I enjoyed of the newly formed Air and Space a major earth, air and space ervationist. The caveat is that the and excelled at while serving” reservationists who have West Foundation. The three are museum — possibly as one of Smithsonian cannot pay for the on the Palo Alto City Council, been fighting to save Mof- leaders of a group that has been numerous satellite museums that venture — the group must raise and to correct what he called a Pfett Field’s historic Hangar fighting to save Hangar One as the operate under the umbrella of all of the money for the museum tradition of “overspending and One are now organizing an effort Navy moves to strip the hangar the Smithsonian Institute in the itself, which is not unusual for excess” in the water district. In to use the massive building for a down to a bare frame in order to United States. Smithsonian satellite museums, his message, Beecham called the major West Coast satellite of the remove contamination from the Early talks with the Smithsonian Ellis said. district’s headquarters “extrava- Smithsonian. structure by next year. about turning Hangar One into a “They said ‘become a viable gant” and its pay scale “overly Environmentalist Lenny Siegel, The group is thinking farther major West Coast museum have entity and finish the build-out generous.” pilot Steve Williams and County into Hangar One’s future. Hopes been promising, said Larry Ellis, and you’d have something,’” Ellis The water district has often Airports director Carl Honaker are that with enough interest and the group’s CEO and a Silicon Val- are among the Save Hangar One financial backing from donors, ley business development manager See SMITHSONIAN, page 6 See WATER BOARD, page 6
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WATER BOARD Schmidt said. that run along the ceiling could build a major Silicon Valley Continued from page 5 Becker has served as mayor and SMITHSONIAN WEST also provide a unique view for campus for the University of city council member in Los Altos, Continued from page 5 museum visitors for exhibits California and other colleges disregarded the interests of the and worked for more than 10 years such as airplanes, space craft, in a planned redevelopment communities it is supposed to on the Santa Clara Valley Water said. even birds — earth science of the NASA Research Park. serve, according to Beecham. He Commission, a water district advi- Ellis said that the Smithso- exhibits are part of the plan. Both entities could provide the called a recent effort to include sory council. nian’s top two donors are both Ellis said the content of expertise for museum exhibits, Gilroy and Palo Alto in the same Becker, who could not be reached California residents, yet the the museum will probably be which would also help meet sub-district a “blatant gerryman- for comment by press time, was Smithsonian has no museum in decided by NASA, the Smith- their own goals of educating der.” quoted in a local paper saying that California and no real presence sonian and major donors. the public. “They are both very Schmidt has served on the water he is concerned with employee on the West Coast. That means Putting an air and space positive,” about the museum district’s Environmental Advisory salaries and benefits, as well as the Smithsonian’s numerous museum in the hangar is not proposal, Ellis said of NASA Committee and the Performance escalating water rates. traveling exhibits are never seen a new idea. In fact, there’s Ames and University Associ- Audit Committee. He, too, is In Mountain View, the dis- by most West Coast residents. been talk about it for over a ates. concerned about finances, but trict will oversee the controversial “The Bay Area is the No. decade. “There’s always been NASA Ames, however, has wrote in an e-mail that he believes Cuesta Annex and McKelvey Park 1 tourist destination in the this notion that there’s going to also expressed interest in using his experience working on envi- flood basin projects, which will United States,” Ellis said. “We be some sort of museum in the Hangar One for an airship ronmental issues will give him an collect storm water in the event of in Silicon Valley don’t benefit hangar,” Ellis said. research program, but the idea opportunity to “lead the way on a 100-year flood. It is also respon- from that. If this occurs and we A major obstacle in the muse- has yet to pan out, Ellis said. mercury cleanup and water dis- sible for the oversight, construc- put a Smithsonian museum in um’s path was removed in 2002 Meanwhile, Congresswoman trict environmental leadership.” tion and maintenance of various the hangar, there’s a destination when it was part of plans in the Anna Eshoo recently put some Schmidt said he is interested in water-related structures, facilities, in the valley for tourists that environmental impact state- pressure on Ames, which owns protecting the Permanente Creek trails and other projects in the exists between the city of San ment for the NASA Research the hangar, to decide on its Trail, as well as cleaning up Mof- county. Francisco and Monterey.” Park at Ames. That means there re-use so she can appropriate fett Field and restoring wetlands Mountain View receives 10 per- While there’s a long way to are existing “entitlements” for a funding to help restore the in the area. cent of its water from the Santa go before plans can be made for major museum in Hangar One, structure. Additionally, Schmidt would Clara County Water District, 87 such a museum, there are infi- so there’s little red tape in the Ellis says that in about a like to make some changes to the percent from the Hetch Hetchy nite possibilities for the massive way of the museum, which will month the group will be way the board operates. Should reservoir via the San Francisco building, which is 14 stories save the effort $2 million and able to accept donations. he be elected, Schmidt said he Public Utilities Commission, and tall and has a floor the size of lots of headaches, Ellis said. Updates on the foundation’s would work to have public board 3 percent from eight city-owned 10 football fields. Possibilities Ellis said the museum’s big- fundraising efforts can be meetings moved to the evening and operated ground-water wells. include a 14-story-tall screen gest neighbors — NASA Ames found on its website: www. so citizens with day jobs can more The next district board meeting on one of the hangar’s walls on Research Center and University airandspacewest.org. easily attend. Currently, meetings is set for July 27 to consider a pro- which school kids could watch Associates — have expressed are held every second and fourth posed pedestrian-and-bicycle space shuttle launches, Ellis some support for the proposal. E-mail Daniel DeBolt at Tuesday of the month at 9:30 a.m. bridge over Highway 101 and a tun- said. The eight-man cranes University Associates hopes to [email protected] “Clean government is the only nel under Middlefield Way on the way you can get real fiscal reform,” Permanente Creek Trail. V
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MAN KILLED IN arrest, Wylie said. himself and masturbating. The tain View’s blueprint for future as Moffett Boulevard and Old HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT Police are encouraging anyone man did not say anything or development. Middlefield Way, Alkire said. who witnessed the accident to act in a threatening manner, Two meetings are scheduled, Among the future possi- Police are looking for wit- call (650) 903-6344. Wylie said. including one from 9:30 a.m. bilities are increased build- nesses in a hit-and-run accident —Nick Veronin The jogger continued down to noon this Saturday, July 24, ing heights for El Camino on July 19 that fatally injured the trail until she found a man to discuss “emerging goals and Real, North Bayshore and East an 80-year-old Mountain View. INDECENT EXPOSURE ON with a cell phone and called policies” focusing on four key Whisman, a major revamp of The man was struck by a car at police. areas in Mountain View: the San Antonio shopping center, about 7:40 p.m. in downtown STEVENS CREEK Police combed the area and San Antonio shopping cen- buildings that mix retail and Mountain View, and he died A Mountain View man was apprehended Golleb. He was ter area, the North Bayshore residential at key intersections shortly after noon on July 20, arrested for indecent exposure identified by the jogger and industrial neighborhood that’s and streets, transportation from his injuries, according to after he allegedly exposed him- taken to jail. home to Google north of High- improvements in and out of Mountain View police. self to passersby on the Stevens Wylie said Golleb is not a way 101, the entire length of El North Bayshore, and improved Manuel Enos was hit by a Toy- Creek Trail on July 15, accord- registered sex offender. Camino Real and areas on the bike and pedestrian access ota Corolla as he was crossing in ing to a police spokeswoman. east side of Whisman Road, said throughout the city. the crosswalk at the corner of The suspect, Michael Gol- —Nick Veronin city planner Martin Alkire. The first meeting on July 24 California and Franklin streets. leb, 47, was identified by the The city has been gather- will be held in the City Council The Corolla driver then fled the woman who initially reported CITY TO HOLD GENERAL ing input for over a year from chambers inside City Hall at scene, Mountain View police the incident to police, said residents, commissions and 500 Castro Street. The second spokeswoman Liz Wylie said. Liz Wylie, the public infor- PLAN MEETINGS the City Council on subjects will be held Thursday, July A little after 11 p.m. on July mation officer for Mountain A once-every-20-years revi- including land use and trans- 29, at the Senior Center at 266 19, police arrested Keibun Son, a View police. The woman who sion of the city’s general plan portation goals. The city is close Escuela Ave. from 6:30 p.m. to 46-year-old Saratoga woman, on reported the act had been jog- could be nearly finished by the to having a broad vision “gel” 9 p.m. Both meetings will cover suspicion of felony hit-and-run. ging on the Stevens Creek Trail end of this year, which means together for the key neighbor- the same topics, Alkire said. She was not under the influence near Central Avenue when the clock is ticking for residents hoods, which include a few of alcohol at the time of her she passed by a man exposing who want to weigh in on Moun- smaller pockets of the city such —Daniel DeBolt
zine, “free minds and free mar- the council,” Waylonis wrote. CANDIDATE kets.” “I’d like to help promote an Continued from page 1 Waylonis calls it being “fis- evaluation approach that would cally responsible and socially estimate the cost-benefit for Writes screensavers for fun.” accepting.” each council action for the long Waylonis asked to be inter- Waylonis was born in Colum- term. I’m concerned that often viewed by e-mail on Monday, bus, Ohio in 1966 and earned his ‘hard’ decisions are deferred later explaining that he was busy master’s degree in computer sci- until later. One such example on deadline at work. In response ence at Ohio State University in of this is the unfunded pension to questions about what issues 1991. His resume includes stints and health benefits for public he would focus on in his cam- at Adobe, Inc. and Apple, Inc. employees.” paign, he said that the sustain- While Waylonis has had no In recent years Mountain ability of the city’s budget was real experience being involved View has created a tradition key, as well as ensuring that the in city government, he says he’s of keeping council campaign city’s businesses thrive. “always had an opinion” about expenditures low. Waylonis “I’d like to review existing what he’s read in the newspaper said he would comply with this laws (personal and business) and wants to “put his money year’s “Voluntary Expenditure to see if they still make sense, where his mouth is.” He added Limit” of $20,159. MICHELLE LE and if not, make decisions to that he’s held several offices in “I’m hoping to ‘get the word Camper Kenna Doeden paints her face in the Ohlone style at Deer increase the freedom of citizens his homeowners association on out’ inexpensively, either elec- Hollow Farm’s summer camp. In Ohlone culture, red is the color of war, and businesses,” he wrote. the 400 block of Stierlin Road. tronically or through volun- and a green stripe under the eyes is said to enhance night vision. To describe his political phi- “I could provide a ratio- teers,” he said in an e-mail. losophy, he quoted the motto of nal, objective and data-based His campaign website is at the libertarian Reason Maga- decision-making mindset to www.waylonis.org. V DEER HOLLOW Mountain View elementary stu- Continued from page 1 dents attend at least one field trip to Deer Hollow. As a non-profit FOREIGN STUDENTS damental educational purposes the district,” Murphy said. But, Brin Wojcicki Foundation, along organization, the Friends pay for Continued from page 1 have become obscured by all the according to him, if the district with an earlier $25,000 gift from half of the program participants, as discussion about the finances.” did not get the revenue generated an anonymous donor, will help the well as funding a nature center and the classes they wanted this year, Murphy said he feels that Matier by international student tuition, Friends bridge the gap in the farm’s paying for farm improvements. Bartindale said. However, class and Ross “misunderstand the ori- the colleges would have to cut operational budget deficit. “Our organization exists to pre- reductions were a result of state gins of the program,” a sentiment back on programs. Instead, “we Deer Hollow is primarily an out- serve and protect the farm,” Gale budget cuts that impacted residents Judy Miner, president of Foothill, are able to offer more programs door classroom, where local kids says. She has been the Friends’ and non-residents alike, she said. shares. to local students.” can learn about farming and the president for about a year, though To conflate those reductions with “As educators, we got into this as The way Murphy and Miner environment. Participants in the she has been involved since 2003. enrollment of international stu- part of a deep commitment to teach- see it, bringing foreign students various wilderness camps learn She’s out on the farm at least once dents would be a mistake, she said. ing and learning,” Miner said. to Foothill and De Anza is a win- about where their food comes every week. According to both college presi- Bringing in students from a wide win situation. Students gain from from, the proper care of animals, “Anyone who goes out there dents, the international student range of cultures and backgrounds the diversity of language, culture, and the interdependence of all life, returns again and again,” she says. programs at Foothill and De Anza only enriches the education stu- politics and ideas on campus, and Gale says. With 230 classes each year, Deer were started long before the cur- dents receive, she said. the college pulls in extra cash. The farm is also well-known for Hollow has something to teach rent financial crisis — in 1989 — In answer to the question posed “We are not a parochial or its Ohlone program, designed to everyone. and are not aimed at generating by Ross, Murphy had an answer: nativist culture,” Murphy said educate youth about the land’s “It’s a family place,” Gale says. revenue so much as encouraging International students do not of Foothill and De Anza. “The native people. The farm has an Though the farm is safe for now, diversity on campus. deprive local students of seats in history of this state is the inte- Ohlone “village” set up year-round the Friends will have to use this “The original motive is the Foothill and De Anza classrooms, gration of people from all over in the Quail Garden. Campers tour time to look for other sources of enduring motive — the education- he said. “Quite the contrary.” the world. It’s the genius of Sili- the village, playing Ohlone games funding, Gale says. al experience,” said Brian Murphy, “It is true that the program con Valley and the genius of our with walnuts or painting their faces “It would have been so sad if they president of De Anza. “The fun- brings in unrestricted revenue to colleges and universities.” V with colored rocks. had closed it,” she says. V
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sion and publications like Reader’s Digest. In 1986 he became one of Mountain View’s funny physicist the Tonight Show’ off-site writers. If Jay Leno liked one of his jokes, he NORM GOLDBLATT MAKES SCIENCE AND GEEK CULTURE HUMOROUS would get $75, which was relatively good pay, he said. By Daniel DeBolt his days developing laser eye sur- he introduced himself as a former He recalled his first joke that Leno gery equipment for Optimedica in physics teacher — he taught physics told on his show: “The California t’s not every day that you find Santa Clara. At least once a week at the Rochester Institute of Tech- State Bar is now prohibiting attor- a physicist who likes to do he performs at comedy clubs, bars, nology for 10 years until 1979. neys from sleeping with their clients Istand-up comedy about science. schools, fundraisers and corporate “That’s right, I taught the “F-word.” ... because the last thing we want is Somehow Mountain View resident events the Bay Area. He’s been per- He says that he wants everyone to for lawyers to procreate.” Norm Goldblatt makes it work. forming stand up since the 1980s understand what he’s talking about He fondly remembers the posi- Goldblatt is one of only a handful and has been called an “elder states- so “if you come to a joke and you are KRISTINA GONZALES-STOPNIK tive comments he got about that of professional science comedians man” among local comedians. unsure of a joke, skip over the joke Physicist Norm Goldblatt one, including one by a guest on in the whole country. He holds a Last Wednesday, at Rooster T. and go to the next joke.” performs stand-up at Rooster T. the show that night. doctorate in physics and spends Feathers comedy club in Sunnyvale, During the routine he cov- Feathers. Despite those successes, fel- ers subjects like Pi, the theory once during a summer sabbatical. low comedian Tim Lee has said of relativity and nerd culture in People are often skeptical that that Goldblatt has been in com- Avenidas presents the 7th Annual general. Unlike the other, younger science can be funny, Goldblatt edy more for personal gratifica- comedians, not one joke is about said, perhaps because it seems to tion than professional success, sex, which he says is too easy. He lack emotion. Goldblatt disagrees. although he wouldn’t be adverse Caregiver presents a graph illustrating how “I can get emotional about a to it. Goldblatt says his wife thinks many licks it takes the average per- hypotenuse,” he said. he just does it for the attention. Conference son to lick a Tootsie pop. Then one Goldblatt’s quips have been used Goldblatt has never been invited showing how many licks it takes by San Francisco Chronicle colum- to perform at Google, but he would Saturday, August 21 him. “I have no self control.” nists, including the late Herb Caen. certainly be interested. He told the 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Goldblatt said comedians are More recently, Goldblatt has taken Voice a joke about Google, which at Avenidas Rose Kleiner often like anthropologists or soci- to broadcasting those quips on has to do with the search engine’s Senior Day Health Center ologists, or “at least the good ones Twitter, like this one from Monday: “did you mean?” feature. He said (270 Escuela Ave, Mountain View) are.” At his day job he is able to “Working on Excel spreadsheet — it was too dirty for this newspaper make plenty of comical observa- spans two 24-inch monitors. Outta article. Learn how to: tions about “nerds” such as their hand, I tell ya. Using binoculars to Goldblatt has raised three chil- Deal with family dynamics accurate speech. “If you put their see all the way to the toolbar.” dren and lives on Central Avenue Cope with a loved one's sentences into a computer pro- with his wife. He grew up in Wash- gram, it would work.” A long career ington, D.C. and he likes to say that dementia But he doesn’t just aim to make One of Goldblatt’s first gigs was his wife followed him to the Bay Create order out of clutter fun of the social awkwardness of touring the country — and even Area from the East Coast in the Care for yourself to avoid scientists, he also aims to educate. Carnegie Hall — in the 1980s with late 1970s to go to Stanford, after burnout In his one-man performance at the “Kaminski Quartet” a group which he pauses and adds, “shop- Discover forgiveness the Marsh Theater in San Fran- of men with kazoos, an instrument ping center.” She came home one cisco last year, the audience got he says is more annoying than the day to exclaim that this shopping Register at Avenidas.org to learn, with humor, about radio vuvuzela. The act opened for musi- center was so “amazing” that it had or (650) 289-5445. astronomy and the world’s larg- cal satirist Peter Shickele, who plays a hospital and university attached to est radio telescope at the Arecibo a fictional member of Bach’s family. it. “It’s her favorite joke,” he said. Observatory in Puerto Rico. The At one point, Goldblatt’s wife For more information about massive dish in the mountains is encouraged him to spend less time Goldblatt, including a list of Where age is just a number featured in the movies “Contact” telling jokes in grungy bars and upcoming events, go to www. and “Goldeneye.” He worked there more time writing jokes for televi- normgoldblatt.com. V
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LOUISIANA October of 2009. feedback, because it is immediate. boy” last time she ate at the truck. ter, allows customers to sing Continued from page 5 A self-described “tech hound” “If something isn’t working, you “It was so good,” Avram said. “I karaoke while they eat ice cream. with a Twitter handle to match hear about it right away,” he said. wish I hadn’t had lunch today, so Sam’s Chowdermobile boasts a — “grillgod” — McReynolds was Carmen Ionescu, who works I could get another one.” hefty 2,391 followers on Twitter, growth opportunity. an early adopter of both Twit- at Conceptus, said she doesn’t Both Ionescu and Avram said and, according to McReynolds, Mountain View lost its only ter and Facebook and has been follow The Louisiana Territory they felt the Louisiana Territory’s needs no gimmicks to supplement Cajun restaurant when he moved following food trucks since the on Facebook or Twitter, but saw prices were fair — red beans and its tasty dishes. The Louisiana Territory to the top trend began. He has pushed for McReynolds’ e-mail and decided rice, blackened chicken pasta, and With 195 followers on Twitter, of what was the San Jose Arena, many food trucks, including The to head out to the truck when it the fried catfish po’ boy, range The Louisiana Territory has some now the HP Pavilion. Louisiana Territory, to make stops stopped outside her workplace on from $4 to $6. catching up to do, but Guasch is That venture failed in just at his Mountain View company, July 1. McReynolds, who follows many not looking back. He is currently three years, and Guasch turned Conceptus, located off of Evelyn “I love it,” Ionescu said. “It’s dif- Bay Area food trucks, said two of working to open two more trucks his attention to Parsley, Sage, Avenue near Highway 85. ferent. As a vegetarian, it’s hard to his favorites are the karaoke-ca- in the coming months — a Mexi- Rosemary and Thyme, a cater- McReynolds said he sees advan- find Cajun food that is delicious. pable Treatbot, and Sam’s Chow- can food truck, which he said ing company which he continues tages for both the business and the This is delicious.” dermobile, which serves lobster would be called No Way José, and to run from his home office in customer when it comes to food Adina Avram works with Iones- rolls and clam chowder. Treatbot, an as-yet unnamed specialty des- Mountain View. trucks that utilize social media. cu. She said she tried the “po’ which has 442 followers on Twit- sert truck. V It gives the businesses “the Restaurant on wheels ability to cheaply reach an audi- About a year ago, Guasch began ence and let them know where paying closer attention to specialty they are at all times,” McReyn- food trucks, like Kogi Korean olds said. It also gives consum- BBQ-to-Go, which is largely cred- ers more options, and delivers ited with kicking off the food those options “practically to their truck-following trend in Los Ange- door.” les. Guasch said the idea appealed “You’re getting good food fast, A to him. He decided to reopen The instead of crappy fast food,” he Louisiana Territory, this time put- said. “And it saves people gas.” ting it on wheels. McReynolds has been giving “It was a way to get back in the The Louisiana Territory feedback, great restaurant business without open- via Facebook messages and in ing up a new restaurant,” he said. tweets. “I like that they actu- The proposition also came with ally bring a table to eat off of,” he unique benefits. The truck’s fans said. bike could help him decide where to On July 1, when The Louisiana send The Louisiana Territory — Territory stopped at Conceptus, an option he never dreamed of Guasch had three tables for cus- when he was stuck atop the San tomers to stand around while ride! Jose Arena. they ate. “That means better revenues,” he said. “We’re serving the public Tech companies targeted in a better way than we could ever It’s not a coincidence that this do if we had a stationary kitchen.” trend has taken off in places like Guasch said he is saving money San Francisco and Silicon Valley. and wasting less by purchasing Guasch said he specifically targets s &ULLY