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Tiburon finally OKs 14-home Rabin plan
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN
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After five years of environmental impact review and public hearings, the Tiburon Town Council voted unanimously Feb. 15 to allow 14 home sites to be developed on the 52.2-acre Rabin property, which stretches from Hacienda Drive down to the driveway on Paradise Drive.
The Town Council had to take action on a package of resolutions of approval, including a Precise Development Plan, prezoning for the still-unincorporated portion of the property and findings for the environmental documents.
It had been a long road for Irving and Varda Rabin, who have owned 30-acres since the early 1990s and bought the adjacent parcel for their four children.
Since they began going through the subdivision review permitting process more than five years ago, two of the Rabins' children were married and one became engaged, two grandchildren were born, one child graduated from college and three finished graduate school — bringing home degrees in law, business administration and, appropriately, international conflict resolution.
"We believe the town got a really great project, and we're happy to be on to the next phase," the family said through its attorney, Riley Hurd, the next day.
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Tiburon man is lone Republican in House race
By ANN MIZEL
amizel@thearknewspaper.com
It takes a certain amount of gumption to run for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in liberal Marin, which has elected only Democrats to the seat since 1974.
That doesn't seem to faze Dan Roberts of Tiburon, 68, who is seeking to replace Petaluma Democrat Lynn Woolsey as the 10-term representative is retiring at the end of her term in November.
Roberts ran for the first time against Woolsey two years ago as an independent because, under the rules, he missed the window for running as a Republican.
As of press time, he hadn't yet filed as a candidate with the Marin Registrar of Voters, which will make it official; the filing period opened Feb. 11.
Front-runner status likely belongs to Assemblyman Jared Huffman of San Rafael, who also hasn't filed. Those who have include Marin Supervisor Susan L. Adams, local activist Norman Solomon and Corte Madera therapist Larry E. Fritzlan. All are Democrats.
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