THE DEVELOPERS: TALES OF INTRIGUE, POLITICS, AND  HIGH FINANCE   Whoa, where did that come from?!!! Ever drive down a street with which you're familiar but haven't been on for a while, and you suddenly pass a big, new development you've never seen before? Like the one shown above (which will be built on El Camino Real soon)? And you ask yourself, "How did that get there?!!" (You might use stronger language.) Come to the Livable Sunnyvale meeting on October 21, at 2 PM, and hear from Developers who develop major apartment complexes in Sunnyvale like the one above. They will discuss the legal, political, and financial issues involved in taking a…