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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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City staff is running Palo Alto
Jul 28, 2020 1:00 pm
Comments: 26 | Views: 16,622
There have been subtle but significant changes in the interplay between the Palo Alto City Council and the city’s top administrators, most notably City Manager... More
Jul 28, 2020 1:00 pm
Comments: 26 | Views: 16,622
There have been subtle but significant changes in the interplay between the Palo Alto City Council and the city’s top administrators, most notably City Manager... More
'But baby, it's cold outside'
Aug 18, 2020 1:41 pm
Comments: 17 | Views: 16,593
Local cities have been opening up their main streets to outdoor summer dining, providing a lovely way to spend a warm summer evening. The restaurants have carefully... More
Aug 18, 2020 1:41 pm
Comments: 17 | Views: 16,593
Local cities have been opening up their main streets to outdoor summer dining, providing a lovely way to spend a warm summer evening. The restaurants have carefully... More
Should Palo Alto police be reformed?
“It can’t happen here” -- or can it?
Jun 9, 2020 1:14 pm
Comments: 42 | Views: 16,537
“It can’t happen here,” two Palo Alto city council members said at Monday’s meeting when discussing the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis... More
Jun 9, 2020 1:14 pm
Comments: 42 | Views: 16,537
“It can’t happen here,” two Palo Alto city council members said at Monday’s meeting when discussing the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis... More
My Palo Alto pet peeves – yours too?
Feb 2, 2019 4:02 pm
Comments: 23 | Views: 16,466
In my high school yearbook, we were each asked to list our “pet peeves” and the “peak positive points” about our senior year. It was a fun experience that... More
Feb 2, 2019 4:02 pm
Comments: 23 | Views: 16,466
In my high school yearbook, we were each asked to list our “pet peeves” and the “peak positive points” about our senior year. It was a fun experience that... More
Is racism also a local problem?
Jul 19, 2019 12:25 pm
Comments: 43 | Views: 16,433
(Note -- this also appeared in print in the 7-19 issue of The Weekly)
I write this cautiously because I am a white female, and while I certainly have experienced... More
Jul 19, 2019 12:25 pm
Comments: 43 | Views: 16,433
(Note -- this also appeared in print in the 7-19 issue of The Weekly)
I write this cautiously because I am a white female, and while I certainly have experienced... More
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