City won't release investigation report on commissioner's tow dispute

City won't release investigation report on commissioner's tow dispute

A divided Palo Alto City Council voted Monday not to release an investigation into former planning commissioner Forest Olaf Peterson, with the majority arguing that the public benefit did not outweigh the potential risk to witnesses who spoke on the condition that the report would remain confidential.

Council majority votes to keep report on Peterson tow truck incident secret

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A majority of Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (Sept. 9) to keep a report secret on a former planning commissioner who was accused of trying to get special treatment from a tow yard. The same four council members who reappointed Commissioner Forest Olaf Peterson decided to keep the report secret. They are Vicki Veenker, Greer Stone, George Lu and Julie Lythcott-Haims. Councilmen Pat Burt, Ed Lauing…