Crazy for craft beer WEEKEND | 16 JUNE 14, 2013 VOLUME 21, NO. 20 www.MountainViewOnline.com 650.964.6300 MOVIES | 19 Council backtracks after cat owners pounce on licensing law By Daniel DeBolt “This is why I voted the way I did last week,” said Mayor John fter public outcry, on Tues- Inks, who was last week’s lone day City Council members vote of opposition. Awere persuaded to scratch Council member Mike Kasper- new regulations for pet owners in zak conceded, “You were right.” Mountain View, including con- This time, council mem- troversial licensing and rabies shot bers voted 5-1, with Inks again requirements for cats. opposed, to keep the city’s exist- The regulations, which the ing ordinance, and add in the council voted in favor of last legalization of beehives. Member week, are going back to the draw- Jac Siegel was absent. ing board. Several residents said the ordi- The new animal control ordi- nance would require they go nance, based on a model pro- against the advice of veterinar- posed by the city’s new animal ians that indoor cats not be vac- MICHELLE LE services provider, Silicon Val- cinated for rabies. ley Animal Control Author- “Two of my cats have had HAPPY HOMECOMING ity, required a second vote of breast cancer, probably because Air National Guard Lt. Col. Fred Foote gets an enthusiastic embrace from his daughter Riley, 4, when approval on June 11 before it of the rabies shots they had when he returned to Moffett Federal Airfield after a four-month deployment. Families and friends of the could go into effect. It includes they were little,” said Alison 129th Rescue Guard gathered to welcome home their heroes on Monday, June 10. Almost 150 men a cat license requirement, with Stern. “Making all of us put our and women from the unit were scheduled to arrive throughout the week, returning from missions in a $10 annual fee ($50 if your cat cats at risk is not OK,” she said in Afghanistan and Cape Horn in Africa. Besides its wartime role of combat search-and-rescue missions, isn’t neutered or spayed) and tears. the 129th works closely with the U.S. Coast Guard and others to rescue civilians. mandated rabies shots. Resident Todd Nagengast said News of the ordinance’s he chooses not to vaccinate his approval last week drew an angry indoor cats and is “concerned directly from the servers of these response online from cat owners that new ordinance would basi- Google denies giving NSA US service providers: Micro- who complained that they had cally make me a law-breaker, soft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, not known about it. make me guilty of a misde- PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Dozens of cat owners spoke meanor, I’d like to not go to jail ‘direct access’ to user data Apple.” against the new ordinance Tues- for that.” By Daniel DeBolt ability to spy on the American The report was met with day, and not one person spoke in public’s internet activities came strongly worded denial from support. See CAT LICENSE, page 9 ational Security Agency from a slide show presentation Google executives in a June 7 documents leaked to about PRISM, leaked by whistle- blog post titled “What the...?” by Nthe press say Mountain blower and former NSA contrac- CEO Larry Page and chief legal View’s Google has been coop- tor Edward Snowden. He has fled officer David Drummond. Council hesitant to boost erating with the United States to Hong Kong, leaving behind a “The U.S. government does government to spy on citizens on $200,000-a-year job and a home not have direct access or a “back library funding an unprecedented scale, allowing in Hawaii with his girlfriend. door” to the information stored direct access to the company’s “I’m willing to sacrifice all of in our data centers,” the execu- By Daniel DeBolt that the city has been spending servers. Google executives deny that because I can’t in good con- tives write. “We had not heard less on materials than five other that to be the case. science allow the U.S. govern- of a program called PRISM until n city budget discussions on “benchmark” libraries and rec- According to bombshell reports ment to destroy privacy, inter- yesterday.” Tuesday, the City Council ommended an increase in funds. in the Guardian and Washing- net freedom and basic liberties The Google executives say they Isupported adding $50,000 to “Mountain View has a very ton Post newspapers, an NSA for people around the world do provide the U.S. government next year’s library budget for new good library with similar costs” program called PRISM allows with this massive surveillance with specific Google user data, books, CDs, and DVDs and other in most areas, he said. “The the U.S. government to collect machine they’re secretly build- but only when required by law, materials. Even with the boost, red flag is the city’s investment data directly from the servers ing,” Snowden said in a video known as the Foreign Intelli- the city’s spending on such items in materials, books, and CDs. of Google and others, including interview. gence Surveillance Act. will still be lower than in compa- Mountain View spends 17 per- Facebook, Apple and Microsoft. A slide in the leaked NSA pre- “Our legal team reviews each rable cities’ libraries. cent less per capita” than com- The revelation that the NSA sentation about data gathering Library board trustee Randall apparently has such unchecked described PRISM as “Collection See GOOGLE NSA, page 9 Stock told the council on Tuesday See BUDGET, page 11 INSIDE VIEWPOINT 12 | GOINGS ON 20 | MARKETPLACE 22 | REAL ESTATE 24 apr.com EXPLORE THE NEW Where people, homes and a bit of imagination intersect S S S TORI CORBETT DOROTHY & ALEX LIU SUE DUMAS MOUNTAIN VIEW SARATOGA MOUNTAIN VIEW Great downtown location. 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