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About this blog: So much is right — and wrong — about what is happening in Palo Alto. In this blog I want to discuss all that with you. I know many residents care about this town, and I want to explore our collective interests to help ... (More)
About this blog: So much is right — and wrong — about what is happening in Palo Alto. In this blog I want to discuss all that with you. I know many residents care about this town, and I want to explore our collective interests to help do the right thing. My goal with this blog is to help the public better understand what really is happening, and more important, how residents living here may be affected by these local decisions. I've been a journalist most of my life, first as a reporter and then managing editor of a Chicago newspaper, followed by a wonderful year at Stanford as a recipient of Knight Journalism Fellowship. I then went to the San Jose Mercury as an editorial writer and columnist. I also worked for the State Bar of California as the first editor in chief of "California Lawyer" magazine, and then spent a decade at Stanford involved in public issues affecting the university. In the late 1990s, I sequentially wrote columns for all three local newspapers here in Palo Alto. Born in a small community on Long Island, I attended Middlebury College, graduated from the University of Michigan, got married, had four boys in four years, and then started working. I moved to Palo Alto in 1979, and have been involved in the community on several nonprofit boards. (Hide)
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Banning the public from PA City Hall
Nov 26, 2023 7:19 pm
Comments: 26 | Views: 4,038
Palo Alto City Hall is now closed to the public -- the ground floor is open, but residents, the press and the general public cannot go to any other... More
Nov 26, 2023 7:19 pm
Comments: 26 | Views: 4,038
Palo Alto City Hall is now closed to the public -- the ground floor is open, but residents, the press and the general public cannot go to any other... More
Cal Ave’s permanent ‘pedestrian mall’ creates problems
Nov 10, 2023 2:35 pm
Comments: 16 | Views: 6,435
Well, it’s done. The debate is over. California Avenue, Palo Alto’s “second downtown” will now become a permanent pedestrian mall. No cars allowed. Permanent... More
Nov 10, 2023 2:35 pm
Comments: 16 | Views: 6,435
Well, it’s done. The debate is over. California Avenue, Palo Alto’s “second downtown” will now become a permanent pedestrian mall. No cars allowed. Permanent... More
Procrastination isn’t progress—even in Palo Alto
Oct 30, 2023 5:03 pm
Comments: 19 | Views: 6,817
I am tired of complaining that it takes too long to get things started – and completed – by Palo Alto’s city staff. And, it turns... More
Oct 30, 2023 5:03 pm
Comments: 19 | Views: 6,817
I am tired of complaining that it takes too long to get things started – and completed – by Palo Alto’s city staff. And, it turns... More
“Zoom bombing” has hit our towns – what should we do?
Oct 18, 2023 8:25 am
Comments: 27 | Views: 7,556
Yes, we’ve been “zoom bombed” right here in Palo Alto. The city council has become the latest target of people who call in via Zoom with lewd, racist, ugly... More
Oct 18, 2023 8:25 am
Comments: 27 | Views: 7,556
Yes, we’ve been “zoom bombed” right here in Palo Alto. The city council has become the latest target of people who call in via Zoom with lewd, racist, ugly... More
Utilities undergrounding grounded -- as in almost gone
Oct 5, 2023 4:41 pm
Comments: 6 | Views: 7,692
Whoosh! Palo Alto’s years-long plan to underground utilities in neighborhoods has somewhat suddenly and silently disappeared, to the surprise of many Palo... More
Oct 5, 2023 4:41 pm
Comments: 6 | Views: 7,692
Whoosh! Palo Alto’s years-long plan to underground utilities in neighborhoods has somewhat suddenly and silently disappeared, to the surprise of many Palo... More
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