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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Queen Bee (Continued from page 7) According to the customer comments posted on the user-review website Yelp, DeAndra, Ken and their three daughters are doing a fantastic job in providing exemplary customer service and serving the best ice cream and sweet treats in town. The many rave reviews include: “Super clean and super friendly staff and such creative ways to present ice cream treats.” “Finally an ice cream parlor in my neck of the woods. Just what the neighborhood needed.” “Marianne’s ice cream is rockin’, which makes this place rockin’.” “Super nice folks run the place. Give them your business.” “The Peninsula really did need more independent ice cream parlors, and thank goodness Queen Bee answered that call.” “I can hands-down say they are awesome, and I will be gaining 20 pounds.” “To get your ice cream fix on the Peninsula, come here!” Various sports teams come to the ice cream shop to get their fix, whether they are celebrating a victory or just coming in for comfort food after a loss. In any case, every team that comes in together is given a nice discount. To expand on their business, DeAndra and Ken also do catering for just about any type of event. “We cater to private parties, corporate events, special events, baby showers and bridal showers,” said DeAndra. “All of these types of events are custom orders and only require a few days prior to place the order by phone or email.” Despite putting in long days Tuesday through Sunday to accommodate convenient store business hours and trying to expand on their catering division, DeAndra still finds time to enjoy some of her favorite hobbies. “I enjoy cooking, gardening, baking and shopping for great bargains,” she said. “I also love spending time with my family and animals.” And if you ask DeAndra, she wouldn’t want to have it any other way. “I love it,” she said, referring to owning an ice cream shop. “I want to do this for as long as I live, and I hope to pass the business on to our children and future grandchildren.” As for now, DeAndra and Ken are very content to own and run one ice cream shop, and if all continues to work out well, then opening a second ice cream shop at another desirable location on the Peninsula will definitely be a part of their future plans. In the meantime, if you are looking to get some relief on a hot summer day because it’s 110 in the shade, then maybe it’s time to chill out at Queen Bee Ice Cream and get a taste of the ultimate creamery experience. Not only will your sweet tooth be fully satisfied, but you will have made some awesome new friends in the process! www.SpectrumMagazine.net
P.S. The People Speak: Letters to the Editor Embarrassed by those who do not want facts Dear Editor, As a Redwood City resident, I am embarrassed to read letters by other Redwood City residents complaining about the unanimous decision by our council members to move forward with the environmental impact review for the Cargill salt ponds development project. I am proud that the city wants to learn the facts before making a decision. Council members made it very clear when they voted that moving forward with the process is not the same as endorsing or supporting the project. To suggest that the council is doing something wrong by going through the well-established legal process for project review is preposterous. It is also surprising that John Cieslewicz thinks that taxpayers pay for project review. The process is well established by law so that taxpayers do not foot the bill for review of the project. The city manages the process and bills the applicant. Stop trying to make the city look bad for, once again, going through the normal process. Pay now, save our county’s future Maria Cortes, Redwood City Dear Editor, With the Board of Supervisors borrowing $49 million to help meet the needs of the upcoming budget, San Mateo County is making the deficit larger and getting deeper in debt. That is just more money that our children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren are going to have to pay back just to get San Mateo County back into financial shape. Attention San Mateo County: What we should do instead is cut more services and departments that we can go without for the time being while we clean up this financial mess that we are in. Unfortunately, these cuts might mean more layoffs, but there is no other way around it. We will either pay for this mess to get straightened out today or in the future, but we will have to pay. So let’s start to buckle down and start saving money to help our county’s future. Self-serving conduct? Or smart lobbying? Dear Editor, Both the New York Times and the San Francisco Business Journal reported that Cargill’s designated developer for their Redwood City salt ponds, DMB and Associates, paid $350,000 to lobby the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). What did DMB/Cargill get for its money? It disseminated a false story that BCDC’s 26-page, scientifically based proposal to study and plan for sea level rise in the bay is just an attempt to expand its jurisdiction. DMB/Cargill pitched this story to municipalities, some of which put a great deal of political pressure on BCDC to delay or eliminate a vote to implement climate change guidelines for the bay. Why is Cargill/DMB spending this money to lobby BCDC? Because guidelines to plan for sea level rise would likely discourage new development in the bay at or below sea level, which is exactly what Cargill/DMB proposes to do in Redwood City. Can Bay Area residents afford to trust Cargill/DMB on issues of public safety when they display such self-serving conduct? Kaia Eakin, Redwood City Let your opinion be heard! Send your letters to letters@spectrummagazine.net or Opinions & Letters, The Spectrum Magazine, P.O. Box 862, Redwood City, CA 94064 Letters to the editor should be no longer than 300 words. Columns should be no longer than 750 words. Illegibly written and anonymous letters will not be accepted. Please include a daytime phone number where we can reach you. Frank Lopez, Redwood City Not surprised at recent actions Dear Editor, It is no surprise that the Redwood City Chamber of Commerce was fined by the California Fair Political Practices Commission for failing to disclose that it spent $25,000 to oppose a 2008 local ballot measure that would have restricted development on open space in Redwood City, including the controversial DMB and Cargill salt ponds development. However the real news in that story (“Chamber fined over campaign contributions” in the June 18 edition of the Daily Journal) was missed. It turns out that current and former City Council members Jeff Ira, Jeff Gee, Jim Hartnett and Rosanne Foust are, or were, Chamber of Commerce board members. Nancy Radcliffe, Redwood City planning commissioner, and John Bruno, a principal of DMB Associates, also serve on the chamber’s board. I doubt it is a coincidence that the chamber failed to disclose its $25,000 to defeat a measure directly opposed to DMB’s interests. This is now the second time that Redwood City public officials have been either directly or indirectly found in violation of California state law (the first violation was in 2010 and involved Rosanne Foust). The decision to approve or reject DMB and Cargill’s massive development plan for the salt ponds is still pending before the City Council and Planning Commission. However, the public can no longer trust that they will make a fair and impartial decision free of undue influence. Marsha Cohen, Redwood City The Spectrum 11
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