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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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We need an audit of city spending
Aug 12, 2022 4:08 pm
Comments: 11 | Views: 9,557
The fact that the Palo Alto City Council has decided not only to put a business tax on the November ballot, but also a tax that would allow the city to keep on transferring... More
Aug 12, 2022 4:08 pm
Comments: 11 | Views: 9,557
The fact that the Palo Alto City Council has decided not only to put a business tax on the November ballot, but also a tax that would allow the city to keep on transferring... More
Let’s find a better way to elect a Palo Alto mayor
Jan 7, 2023 2:17 pm
Comments: 28 | Views: 9,184
Palo Alto City Council members are all set to select a new mayor on Monday night – a routine procedure each January. And finally! they are beginning to discuss... More
Jan 7, 2023 2:17 pm
Comments: 28 | Views: 9,184
Palo Alto City Council members are all set to select a new mayor on Monday night – a routine procedure each January. And finally! they are beginning to discuss... More
The capabilities I seek in our city council candidates
Sep 15, 2022 4:59 pm
Comments: 19 | Views: 9,096
One of the most important civic acts Palo Alto residents have to do is choose who they want to serve on the city council.
This week the Palo Alto Weekly had a... More
Sep 15, 2022 4:59 pm
Comments: 19 | Views: 9,096
One of the most important civic acts Palo Alto residents have to do is choose who they want to serve on the city council.
This week the Palo Alto Weekly had a... More
Daylight concerns
Nov 6, 2022 4:55 pm
Comments: 22 | Views: 8,867
Did you fall back on Sunday morning? Gently? Or are you one of the70 percent of Americans, according to polls, who no longer want to switch from daylight savings... More
Nov 6, 2022 4:55 pm
Comments: 22 | Views: 8,867
Did you fall back on Sunday morning? Gently? Or are you one of the70 percent of Americans, according to polls, who no longer want to switch from daylight savings... More
All you don’t want to know about our escalating utilities rates
Mar 7, 2023 1:17 pm
Comments: 42 | Views: 8,711
Our utilities bills here in Palo Alto and elsewhere are soaring – with no relief in sight. Can we – or ‘they” (those responsible for the... More
Mar 7, 2023 1:17 pm
Comments: 42 | Views: 8,711
Our utilities bills here in Palo Alto and elsewhere are soaring – with no relief in sight. Can we – or ‘they” (those responsible for the... More
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