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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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Don’t jump on the single-payer bandwagon yet – we can’t afford it!
Jan 26, 2022 4:31 pm
Comments: 49 | Views: 12,976
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... More
Jan 26, 2022 4:31 pm
Comments: 49 | Views: 12,976
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... More
Whoof! Our problems have all disappeared
Mar 2, 2021 4:31 pm
Comments: 13 | Views: 12,954
We have no more "problems." They are now all gone. Instead, we only have “challenges.”
Yes, “New Speak,” as George Orwell once phrased it in “1984,”... More
Mar 2, 2021 4:31 pm
Comments: 13 | Views: 12,954
We have no more "problems." They are now all gone. Instead, we only have “challenges.”
Yes, “New Speak,” as George Orwell once phrased it in “1984,”... More
2021: Council changes challenging
Jan 6, 2021 11:59 am
Comments: 8 | Views: 12,898
Palo Altans have a new city council, and things will soon change in this town -- for the better, I hope. The council will assume more control of the city; the role... More
Jan 6, 2021 11:59 am
Comments: 8 | Views: 12,898
Palo Altans have a new city council, and things will soon change in this town -- for the better, I hope. The council will assume more control of the city; the role... More
All those things our city does – and doesn’t -- do
Apr 16, 2019 12:50 pm
Comments: 7 | Views: 12,858
I call this my potpourri blog because lots of good and bad things are happening in Palo Alto and I want your reactions to some of these issues. For example:
•... More
Apr 16, 2019 12:50 pm
Comments: 7 | Views: 12,858
I call this my potpourri blog because lots of good and bad things are happening in Palo Alto and I want your reactions to some of these issues. For example:
•... More
Don’t close Churchill Avenue at the tracks
Apr 1, 2019 8:31 pm
Comments: 13 | Views: 12,738
Palo Alto is having a lot of trouble figuring out what kind of grade separations should be used at railroad crossings to accommodate an estimated 20 trains an hour... More
Apr 1, 2019 8:31 pm
Comments: 13 | Views: 12,738
Palo Alto is having a lot of trouble figuring out what kind of grade separations should be used at railroad crossings to accommodate an estimated 20 trains an hour... More
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