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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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Inaugural reflections
Jan 20, 2021 12:15 pm
Comments: 39 | Views: 14,988
The rapid repair of the country’s Capitol shows what our country can do. By Inauguration Day it was repaired, and bedecked with furling flags, appropriate... More
Jan 20, 2021 12:15 pm
Comments: 39 | Views: 14,988
The rapid repair of the country’s Capitol shows what our country can do. By Inauguration Day it was repaired, and bedecked with furling flags, appropriate... More
Get cars off our streets??
Jun 20, 2018 12:04 pm
Comments: 49 | Views: 14,968
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... More
Jun 20, 2018 12:04 pm
Comments: 49 | Views: 14,968
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... More
Is the City of Palo Alto transparent enough -- or is information being kept from the public?
Sep 2, 2020 7:53 pm
Comments: 12 | Views: 14,952
Eighteen-plus months -- that's how long it's taken so far for Palo Alto to choose a new auditor, a position required in the city charter. Residents still haven't... More
Sep 2, 2020 7:53 pm
Comments: 12 | Views: 14,952
Eighteen-plus months -- that's how long it's taken so far for Palo Alto to choose a new auditor, a position required in the city charter. Residents still haven't... More
Let’s reconsider our “jobs-housing imbalance” problem
Mar 7, 2019 2:51 pm
Comments: 19 | Views: 14,846
The headline in The Mercury News on Thursday was indeed alarming: “Palo Alto at nearly 3 times the size?” If Senate Bill 50 were to become law, which is a distinct... More
Mar 7, 2019 2:51 pm
Comments: 19 | Views: 14,846
The headline in The Mercury News on Thursday was indeed alarming: “Palo Alto at nearly 3 times the size?” If Senate Bill 50 were to become law, which is a distinct... More
Pesky annoyances are hurting medical clinics — and they need to be solved
Feb 3, 2021 12:43 pm
Comments: 17 | Views: 14,837
The medical profession tries to run customer-friendly efficient clinics, and in some areas — like phone call reminders of upcoming visits,— they do a... More
Feb 3, 2021 12:43 pm
Comments: 17 | Views: 14,837
The medical profession tries to run customer-friendly efficient clinics, and in some areas — like phone call reminders of upcoming visits,— they do a... More
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