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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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Get Rid of Those Roundabouts!
Jun 14, 2018 1:09 pm
Comments: 37 | Views: 21,322
Roundabouts are the new “in” thing for Palo Alto’s Transportation Department – and these drivable road circles are part of an $9.6 million... More
Jun 14, 2018 1:09 pm
Comments: 37 | Views: 21,322
Roundabouts are the new “in” thing for Palo Alto’s Transportation Department – and these drivable road circles are part of an $9.6 million... More
Can we do anything about the coronavirus?
Jul 21, 2020 1:54 pm
Comments: 49 | Views: 21,273
Say goodbye to asking your neighbors over for a drink or a BBQ – such activities have suddenly been disallowed by Santa Clara County because of the rising... More
Jul 21, 2020 1:54 pm
Comments: 49 | Views: 21,273
Say goodbye to asking your neighbors over for a drink or a BBQ – such activities have suddenly been disallowed by Santa Clara County because of the rising... More
Express lanes will cost drivers masses of money -- and the state will collect millions from us
Feb 15, 2022 11:51 am
Comments: 37 | Views: 21,147
==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... More
Feb 15, 2022 11:51 am
Comments: 37 | Views: 21,147
==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... More
Do peaceful protests do any good? How about the more violent ones?
Aug 4, 2020 12:35 pm
Comments: 7 | Views: 21,075
For the past couple of months, protests condemning the deadly beating by police in Minneapolis of George Floyd and supporting the Black Lives Matter movement have... More
Aug 4, 2020 12:35 pm
Comments: 7 | Views: 21,075
For the past couple of months, protests condemning the deadly beating by police in Minneapolis of George Floyd and supporting the Black Lives Matter movement have... More
Gun control: What can we do locally?
May 22, 2018 4:31 pm
Comments: 18 | Views: 20,753
As a Palo Alto resident who is upset about all the mass shootings our country keeps on witnessing, I want to do something about gun control.
But what? Locally,... More
May 22, 2018 4:31 pm
Comments: 18 | Views: 20,753
As a Palo Alto resident who is upset about all the mass shootings our country keeps on witnessing, I want to do something about gun control.
But what? Locally,... More
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