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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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Let's award our public employees for working -- ??
Nov 3, 2021 11:59 am
Comments: 25 | Views: 13,874
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... More
Nov 3, 2021 11:59 am
Comments: 25 | Views: 13,874
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... More
On water, cows and police resistance
Mar 31, 2022 3:24 pm
Comments: 31 | Views: 13,869
Ninety-three percent of California is now in a severe drought. Yet Gov. Gavin Newsom has refused so far to impose mandatory use restrictions on urban and suburban... More
Mar 31, 2022 3:24 pm
Comments: 31 | Views: 13,869
Ninety-three percent of California is now in a severe drought. Yet Gov. Gavin Newsom has refused so far to impose mandatory use restrictions on urban and suburban... More
Fussy (too fussy?) about the foods we eat
May 18, 2019 2:13 pm
Comments: 13 | Views: 13,869
I happen to be one of those “eat to live” kinds of people, rather than a “live to eat” type. But for either, I love to cook. Most of the... More
May 18, 2019 2:13 pm
Comments: 13 | Views: 13,869
I happen to be one of those “eat to live” kinds of people, rather than a “live to eat” type. But for either, I love to cook. Most of the... More
PA Police: Too drastic a decision on banning police information from public
Jan 10, 2021 12:37 pm
Comments: 6 | Views: 13,846
The Palo Alto Police Department definitely made a mistake when it abruptly sent an email to local media on Tuesday, Jan. 5, stating that starting immediately the... More
Jan 10, 2021 12:37 pm
Comments: 6 | Views: 13,846
The Palo Alto Police Department definitely made a mistake when it abruptly sent an email to local media on Tuesday, Jan. 5, stating that starting immediately the... More
I feel sorry for Stanford University
Jun 9, 2019 10:59 am
Comments: 5 | Views: 13,837
Note: This column appeared in the Friday, June 8, print edition of the Weekly
I am upset at how Stanford is being treated by local officials. In what way?
This... More
Jun 9, 2019 10:59 am
Comments: 5 | Views: 13,837
Note: This column appeared in the Friday, June 8, print edition of the Weekly
I am upset at how Stanford is being treated by local officials. In what way?
This... More
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