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Should we get rid of state propositions on the ballot?It’s that time of year again -- our biennial political happening – voting! This year we have some 11 state propositions on our ballots (#9 of 12 was removed),...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Oct. 17, 2018Last comment by voter, on Oct 22, 2018 at 8:36 pm | 14 comments | 15730 Views
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Questions on my mind about Palo AltoI oftentimes come across things in Palo Alto that make me wonder, “Why does the city …” “Does data on how much services are used back up what the city is...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Oct. 4, 2018Last comment by Annette, on Oct 10, 2018 at 12:49 am | 16 comments | 15188 Views
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He said, she said, Mark Judge didn’t say: Kavanaugh-Ford Part 2A week ago I wrote about Christine Blasley Ford, calling her a brave woman. After hearing her testimony Thursday, I think she was extremely brave. Hers was a...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 27, 2018Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Sep 30, 2018 at 7:13 pm | 35 comments | 15495 Views
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He said – she said – who is lying? Justice Brett Kavanaugh or PA resident Christine FordChristine Blasey Ford is my new heroine. I am so proud of her that she finally decided to go public about her accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 17, 2018Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Sep 19, 2018 at 6:34 pm | 69 comments | 35172 Views
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One 57-year-old son (mine) on one bike pedaled 6,009 miles alone through EuropeAs I mother, I was delighted – and dismayed – that my son had decided to make a nearly four-month trek from the Arctic Circle in northern Norway all...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 13, 2018Last comment by Susan, on Sep 17, 2018 at 12:37 pm | 7 comments | 12963 Views
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Registering businesses is a flop in Palo AltoFor years, the Palo Alto City Council has tried over and over again to either license or register all businesses in town for a variety of somewhat specious reasons....
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 6, 2018Last comment by Not so evil, probably., on Sep 12, 2018 at 11:41 am | 11 comments | 13174 Views
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Palo Alto's problems -- crows, rats and airplanesCrows! Roof rats! Noisy airplanes! I’ve been asking Palo Alto residents what bothers them in their daily lives this summer and their responses were surprising...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 17, 2018Last comment by Lahaina , on Sep 8, 2018 at 6:11 pm | 19 comments | 16972 Views
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Are city officials cluttering up our streets?Do you know that Palo Alto has a “Complete Streets” program? Until last week, I hadn’t heard this term. But council members adopted this complete...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Aug. 28, 2018Last comment by Anon, on Sep 4, 2018 at 1:52 pm | 31 comments | 15347 Views
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Why aren’t my teeth part of my body?I feel disconnected. Part of me suddenly seems theoretically gone. According to most insurance policies, including Medicare, my teeth evidently are not part of my...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Aug. 23, 2018Last comment by peppered, on Aug 28, 2018 at 3:19 pm | 11 comments | 14734 Views
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Tell Me: Are Parents Today Overreacting to Child Safety Concerns?I was touched by a column I recently read in The New York Times, “Motherhood in the Age of Fear,” by Kim Brooks, a mother who left her 4-year-old son...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Aug. 9, 2018Last comment by Resident, on Aug 23, 2018 at 7:32 am | 23 comments | 17799 Views
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Politicians Are Still Politicians: The Growth Debate ReversalsIt was a most unusual Palo Alto City Council meeting Monday, July 30. It was politics at its worst – or for some of the council members, perhaps politics at...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 31, 2018Last comment by First Responders, on Aug 7, 2018 at 10:28 am | 11 comments | 12239 Views
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How Much More Growth Should Palo Alto Allow?To grow more, or a lot more: That is the question that Palo Alto voters will face in November, when a ballot measure will ask us whether we should cap this city’s...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 25, 2018Last comment by @GM, on Aug 2, 2018 at 11:04 am | 54 comments | 16499 Views
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Get Rid of Those Roundabouts!Roundabouts are the new “in” thing for Palo Alto’s Transportation Department – and these drivable road circles are part of an $9.6 million...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jun. 14, 2018Last comment by Resident, on Jul 30, 2018 at 10:04 pm | 37 comments | 20634 Views
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Would you favor a business head tax?“How do you feel about a head tax?” a friend asked me the other day. She was referring to a relatively new tax idea that some communities are embracing: The...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 5, 2018Last comment by Anne, on Jul 19, 2018 at 2:53 pm | 25 comments | 16555 Views
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What if this outage had been an earthquake?It was not a dark and stormy night. It was a blue-sky sunny evening when at 6:20 p.m. the electricity in my house suddenly went off July 2. It was no big deal....
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 11, 2018Last comment by You'de be history if it were an earthquake, on Jul 16, 2018 at 11:17 am | 10 comments | 13792 Views
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Avoiding Those Partisan ‘Others’As we celebrate this year’s Fourth of July, I keep on thinking about Americans today and about the terrible partisan divide we have in this country, a divide...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jun. 28, 2018Last comment by Resident, on Jul 1, 2018 at 8:39 am | 45 comments | 14756 Views
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Get cars off our streets??As outlandish as it sounds to me, while there are a number of Palo Alto residents who feel our streets are too crowded (they are!), their solution is to get more...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jun. 20, 2018Last comment by Personal Corporate Responsibility, on Jun 27, 2018 at 9:29 am | 49 comments | 14518 Views
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Ahhh, those darn aging questions“How old are you?” the chatty woman sitting next to me in the Seoul Airport recently asked on my trip back from Japan. “I’m 66 and just celebrated my birthday,...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on May. 29, 2018Last comment by NachoVi, on Jun 26, 2018 at 8:38 am | 6 comments | 12557 Views
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Persky's recall: a loss for our nation's judicial systemEmotionalism won; judicial understanding lost. By a 60-40 margin, Judge Aaron Persky was recalled from office Tuesday. That is an unfortunate loss for our judicial...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jun. 6, 2018Last comment by Revenge, on Jun 8, 2018 at 8:34 am | 54 comments | 18315 Views
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Gun control: What can we do locally?As a Palo Alto resident who is upset about all the mass shootings our country keeps on witnessing, I want to do something about gun control. But what? Locally,...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on May. 22, 2018Last comment by the_punnisher, on May 28, 2018 at 5:56 pm | 18 comments | 20309 Views
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