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More than 150 people On Tuesday, Dominic Spaeth- ment, said the width of the Caltrain turned out for the meeting, many ling, a regional manager for the right-of-way changes at different nderground tunnels, elevated Los Angeles. of them concerned and skeptical rail authority, said the agency’s locations throughout Palo Alto. The tracks and even “stacked The agency also plans to consider about the proposed line. analysis is considering below- authority’s analysis is considering a U trains” running through Palo a “hybrid” option that would end the The meeting was scheduled to grade, at-grade and above-grade range of design options to accom- Alto are all options still on the table high-speed train line in San Jose give the community a sneak peak options for the system in the Palo modate these widths, he said. for the California High-Speed Rail and allow passengers to switch to at an “alternatives analysis” for the Alto area. These include the popu- “There are spots in Palo Alto Authority, the agency charged with Caltrain for trips further north, rail Bay Area segment of the 800-mile lar but costly tunneling option and where the (right of way) is 100 feet building a $42.6 billion high-speed- officials said Tuesday. line. The document, which will in- the locally reviled elevated-tracks rail line between San Francisco and Rail-authority officials sum- clude details about various design option, which could involve a wall (continued on page 7) CIVIL RIGHTS Cop’s Facebook comments anger rights groups East Palo Alto police detective advocated beating and killing open-carrying Veronica Weber Veronica gun advocates by Sue Dremann omments allegedly made by an East Palo Alto detective C on his Facebook page that COMMUNITY advocated beating and potentially killing members of a pro-gun-rights group have sparked a debate about the right to publicly bear arms. Palo Alto man’s valuables Rod Tuason, an East Palo Alto de- tective, allegedly posted comments in returned — after 11 years response to a friend’s post that pro- gun Open Carry members should dis- State’s lost-and-found holding play their unloaded weapons in cities $5 billion in ‘dormant’ property such as Oakland, Richmond and East Palo Alto — and not limit themselves by Sue Dremann to “hoity-toity” cities. The comments from Tuason’s hen Victor Lee went The status? “Abandoned.” page, which were copied and re- to the Chase Bank on Since 1959, a law allows the posted on an online forum called W Homer Avenue in Palo state to take the content of dor- “Calguns.net,” suggested beating Alto last month, he expected the mant accounts from banks, to the gun carriers to the ground and valuables in his safe-deposit box avoid continuing service fees and Weber Veronica shooting them if they made “a fur- were safe and readily available. charges, according to Garin Casa- tive movement.” But Lee got a surprise: His safe- leggio, a spokesman for the Cali- “Haha we had one guy last week deposit box was gone and there fornia State Controller. try to do it! He got proned out and was no record the bank ever had In 80 percent of cases, owners reminded where he was at and that it. Gone were his mother’s dia- of unclaimed accounts were not turds will jack him for his gun in a mond earrings and the gold coins told their valuables were sent to Victor Lee holds up the 3K diamond earring given to him by his heartbeat!” the post read, comment- he had collected, along with other the state, even though by law they mother and stored in a security deposit box, and shows seven Kru- ing on an incident in which an Open belongings. should have been, he said. gerrand coins from South Africa that were placed in the box. The Carry member was removed from “There was no record. It was Neglected checking and sav- box was sent to the state because it was considered an inactive ac- the Mi Pueblo Food Center in East gone. I was never notified of any- ings accounts, IRAs and retire- count. After five weeks, Lee got the coins and earring back. Palo Alto Jan. 27. thing. There was no record of the ment plans, certificates of deposit “We gave him a real quick re- account — no name, address, So- (CDs) and safe-deposit boxes are cords are generally kept for seven accrue interest, he said. The State minder how things will go bad real cial Security number,” the archi- turned over to the state after three years, so it isn’t unusual that re- Controller’s Office can now con- quick!” he added. tect said. years, according to the controller’s cords of Lee’s account would be tact owners to let them know their In response to a friend’s post, Lee, and thousands of unsus- website. Some forms of valuables expunged. property is about to be taken by Tuason continued: “Sounds like pecting people like him, didn’t re- can be taken within a year. But 2007 reforms by current the state, something not permitted you had someone practicing their alize the bank won’t keep inactive In Lee’s case, the box hadn’t State Controller John Chiang have for 20 years. 2nd amendment rights last night! accounts open in perpetuity. The been accessed since 1998. He added more consumer protections, Since 2007, approximately 3.2 Should’ve pulled the AR out and years might pass quickly for busy opened the account at Great West- Casaleggio said. million notices have been sent — prone them all out! And if one of account holders, but at the banks, ern Bank, which was sold to Wash- If the owner has other active 1.27 million warning owners their them made a furtive movement ... the clock is ticking. In 2001, three ington Mutual and recently was accounts, banks can’t close the property was about to be sent to 2 weeks off!!!” The final comment years after Lee locked his box for sold to JP Morgan Chase, he said. dormant account. This was done the state and 1.89 million notify- implied being placed on adminis- safekeeping, the bank turned his Tom Kelly, a spokesman for largely to protect IRAs and time trative leave following a shooting valuables over to the state. Chase Bank, said account re- deposit accounts that continue to (continued on page 6) (continued on page 7) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 3 GRAND OPENING Upfront 7EDNESDAY &EBRUARYTH QUOTE OF THE WEEK For the 450 CAMBRIDGE AVE, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 (650) 326-8210 ‘‘ Ultimate PUBLISHER William S. 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