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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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Stop gouging us, oil companies!
Mar 17, 2022 12:06 pm
Comments: 31 | Views: 13,386
Since the 1970s, I have been suspicious of the constant escalating gas pump prices, especially the leaps we are now seeing because of the oil companies’ fears... More
Mar 17, 2022 12:06 pm
Comments: 31 | Views: 13,386
Since the 1970s, I have been suspicious of the constant escalating gas pump prices, especially the leaps we are now seeing because of the oil companies’ fears... More
PA’s city budget: city income soars; residents shell out more
Aug 5, 2019 4:58 pm
Comments: 10 | Views: 13,374
Most of us simply glaze over charts and numbers, whether it’s the deepening Federal deficit – or an escalating Palo Alto city budget with much higher... More
Aug 5, 2019 4:58 pm
Comments: 10 | Views: 13,374
Most of us simply glaze over charts and numbers, whether it’s the deepening Federal deficit – or an escalating Palo Alto city budget with much higher... More
Caltrain grade crossings – changing horses in midstream
May 27, 2019 2:45 pm
Comments: 12 | Views: 13,354
For months and months, Palo Alto officials have been talking about -- and then finally planning -- what kind of grade separations the city might create at four Caltrain... More
May 27, 2019 2:45 pm
Comments: 12 | Views: 13,354
For months and months, Palo Alto officials have been talking about -- and then finally planning -- what kind of grade separations the city might create at four Caltrain... More
The Delay, Delay, Delay Attitude in Palo Alto
Jul 17, 2022 3:39 pm
Comments: 24 | Views: 13,326
If any of you have taken a national survey, you know the first question is something along the line of, “Do you think the country is on the right track?” Answer... More
Jul 17, 2022 3:39 pm
Comments: 24 | Views: 13,326
If any of you have taken a national survey, you know the first question is something along the line of, “Do you think the country is on the right track?” Answer... More
Bike lanes don’t belong on El Camino!
May 23, 2023 4:55 pm
Comments: 38 | Views: 13,309
City officials from Redwood City, Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Mountain View have for years been considering bike lanes on a north-south bicycle route... More
May 23, 2023 4:55 pm
Comments: 38 | Views: 13,309
City officials from Redwood City, Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Mountain View have for years been considering bike lanes on a north-south bicycle route... More
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