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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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Palo Alto utility gas overcharges are illegal, judge says -- but there are other questionable charges at City Hall
Dec 8, 2020 2:40 pm
Comments: 10 | Views: 16,165
Palo Alto resident Miriam Green got her monthly utility bill, and realized how much of the money the Utilities Department gets from customer gas, electric and water... More
Dec 8, 2020 2:40 pm
Comments: 10 | Views: 16,165
Palo Alto resident Miriam Green got her monthly utility bill, and realized how much of the money the Utilities Department gets from customer gas, electric and water... More
Should we get rid of state propositions on the ballot?
Oct 17, 2018 12:02 pm
Comments: 14 | Views: 16,147
It’s that time of year again -- our biennial political happening – voting! This year we have some 11 state propositions on our ballots (#9 of 12 was removed),... More
Oct 17, 2018 12:02 pm
Comments: 14 | Views: 16,147
It’s that time of year again -- our biennial political happening – voting! This year we have some 11 state propositions on our ballots (#9 of 12 was removed),... More
Biden wins -- but by a smaller margin -- Is this a better way to do it?
Nov 18, 2020 11:54 am
Comments: 14 | Views: 16,144
Last week I wrote about the Electoral College, acknowledging that while it caused problems, and twice in recent years elected candidates whose vote totals were lower... More
Nov 18, 2020 11:54 am
Comments: 14 | Views: 16,144
Last week I wrote about the Electoral College, acknowledging that while it caused problems, and twice in recent years elected candidates whose vote totals were lower... More
Plastic vegie bag ban: Pragmatic? -- or simply politically correct?
Jan 12, 2020 3:07 pm
Comments: 36 | Views: 16,058
Last June, the Palo Alto City Council, in a 6-0 vote, went along with a suggestion from the Girl Scouts to ban all plastic straws, which they did. A week later with... More
Jan 12, 2020 3:07 pm
Comments: 36 | Views: 16,058
Last June, the Palo Alto City Council, in a 6-0 vote, went along with a suggestion from the Girl Scouts to ban all plastic straws, which they did. A week later with... More
He said, she said, Mark Judge didn’t say: Kavanaugh-Ford Part 2
Sep 27, 2018 8:49 pm
Comments: 35 | Views: 15,905
A week ago I wrote about Christine Blasley Ford, calling her a brave woman. After hearing her testimony Thursday, I think she was extremely brave.
Hers was a... More
Sep 27, 2018 8:49 pm
Comments: 35 | Views: 15,905
A week ago I wrote about Christine Blasley Ford, calling her a brave woman. After hearing her testimony Thursday, I think she was extremely brave.
Hers was a... More
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