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Questions for PA City Manager Ed ShikadaI am contemplating walking through Palo Alto City Hall, clear see-through flag in hand, proclaiming, “Transparency: Now!” Why? Because I am tired of all the...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Mar. 22, 2022Last comment by Jason Tang, on Mar 31, 2022 at 2:45 pm | 48 comments | 12814 Views
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Express lanes will cost drivers masses of money -- and the state will collect millions from us==I "The integration of managed express lanes will reduce congestion all along the U.S. 101 corridor. It will encourage carpooling and transit ridership as...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Feb. 15, 2022Last comment by Rachel, on Mar 16, 2022 at 6:13 pm | 37 comments | 20222 Views
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Propaganda, disinformation invade our lives -- here, and in UkraineThe disinformation about the invasion of Ukraine that is being broadcast by Putin to his people is frightening, to say the least, for the message Putin is spewing...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Mar. 8, 2022Last comment by Russ Wilkins, on Mar 16, 2022 at 11:57 am | 36 comments | 13018 Views
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A left- v. right-hand problem in PA’s push to be an “all-electric city”Will Palo Alto and other local cities have adequate distribution systems to go all-electric by 2030? Some utility experts say absolutely not – we don’t...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Mar. 2, 2022Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Mar 10, 2022 at 5:19 pm | 16 comments | 11087 Views
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Palo Alto City Council: Get rid of police encryption! Now! Please!How long will it take the Palo Alto City Council to discuss the police encryption problem? When will the city’s top staff members stop saying that encryption must...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Feb. 22, 2022Last comment by Eeyore (formerly StarSpring), on Mar 2, 2022 at 8:46 am | 16 comments | 19277 Views
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Palo Alto needs to prioritize its prioritiesPalo Alto’s new priorities are nice. So very nice. The four the city council decided on for 2922 encompass many of this city’s worries and concerns...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Feb. 9, 2022Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Feb 15, 2022 at 4:27 am | 15 comments | 10726 Views
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If at first the city does not succeed …Once again (sigh), our city officials in Palo Alto are moving ahead to adopt a business tax – the revenue will probably go into the city’s general operating...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Feb. 3, 2022Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Feb 10, 2022 at 9:32 am | 27 comments | 10840 Views
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Don’t jump on the single-payer bandwagon yet – we can’t afford it!Toss away those Medicare and MediCal cards – they will be invalid. Forget about paying your monthly health premium rates – you will no longer be charged for...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jan. 26, 2022Last comment by maguro_01, on Feb 5, 2022 at 10:54 pm | 49 comments | 12417 Views
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Sutter and PAMF — protect your patients from coronavirus — not just your employeesFor months, I declared that I would not write about the COVID-19 virus and its variants because we are bombarded with daily reports in the press, and on daily radio...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jan. 22, 2022Last comment by Bystander, on Jan 27, 2022 at 8:03 am | 42 comments | 13223 Views
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Bay Area public transit is in trouble: Can our failing systems be saved?Let us imagine that you have just been appointed the chief public transit guru in the Bay Area. You achieved this very important post because the transit committee...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jan. 11, 2022Last comment by Carolyn Ober, on Jan 21, 2022 at 12:19 pm | 35 comments | 13312 Views
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Big changes needed in Palo Alto -- including spending controlFor your consideration, Palo Altans: We need a change in the way this city is governed. Given our gigantic city budget, our thousand-plus employees and the increasing...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jan. 4, 2022Last comment by Paul Withrow, on Jan 8, 2022 at 2:19 pm | 12 comments | 10659 Views
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Problems within the Palo Alto Police DepartmentThe lack of transparency in the Palo Alto Police Department is increasing month by month, now in a worrisome way. For the past two-plus years, the city council...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Dec. 19, 2021Last comment by Diana Diamond, on Dec 26, 2021 at 1:03 pm | 33 comments | 17115 Views
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Man-up about stressing-outThanksgiving week was so stressful, wasn't it?" my white-haired elderly neighbor said as she waked by my driveway. "I just came back from Safeway and I could feel...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Dec. 8, 2021Last comment by Judy Lange, on Dec 15, 2021 at 12:39 pm | 28 comments | 10891 Views
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Please prioritize saving Palo Alto's emptying downtownOnce again, Palo Alto residents are being asked to submit a list of their priorities for the city council to tackle in the upcoming 2022 year. The council has...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Dec. 3, 2021Last comment by Jamie Long, on Dec 9, 2021 at 12:21 pm | 50 comments | 14148 Views
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Americans are angrier this year. Are hate groups contributing to the anger?We Americans are angry, locally and nationally. We have become meaner, more demanding, more defensive and more intolerant. But we also do feel more entitled. This...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Nov. 20, 2021Last comment by Bystander, on Nov 28, 2021 at 1:40 pm | 49 comments | 15296 Views
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Will winter outdoor restaurants work?Will the restaurants with their outdoor eating sections survive during the winter? Will California Avenue, the city's second downtown, continue to have the street...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Nov. 13, 2021Last comment by Lauren Jacobs, on Nov 20, 2021 at 8:37 am | 20 comments | 13204 Views
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'Let us now praise famous men' and women, not wait until they dieWe all go through life, I suspect, wondering what people real¬ly think of us. Is he a fine man, a narcissistic one, a real gentleman, a sneaky person? Is she gentle,...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Oct. 27, 2021Last comment by Anna Mike, on Nov 20, 2021 at 4:15 am | 9 comments | 12539 Views
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Let's award our public employees for working -- ??More, we need more. Our public employee morale is down. Two more assistant city managers are what City Manager Ed Shikada asked the Palo Alto City Council to...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Nov. 3, 2021Last comment by Rusty Taylor, on Nov 11, 2021 at 11:53 am | 25 comments | 13328 Views
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Jumping on a bandwagon that ends up breaking downThis is the environmental way to go. This is the solution to managing our traffic problems. This is the appropriate way to use -- and save -- energy in our community....
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Oct. 21, 2021Last comment by Amyra Patel, on Oct 27, 2021 at 12:35 pm | 22 comments | 16117 Views
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Democracy and our police departments"Democracy is very fragile," David Kennedy, noted historian and emeritus professor at Stanford, said a couple of years ago at a class of his I attended. The loss...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Oct. 13, 2021Last comment by R. Cavendish, on Oct 19, 2021 at 1:06 pm | 15 comments | 14009 Views
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