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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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Why don’t city officials love my car?
Oct 29, 2019 5:39 pm
Comments: 68 | Views: 15,493
I love my little hybrid gas-sipping silver car, but it’s unrequited love. City officials don’t adore my car the same way I do. They’d prefer to see me walk... More
Oct 29, 2019 5:39 pm
Comments: 68 | Views: 15,493
I love my little hybrid gas-sipping silver car, but it’s unrequited love. City officials don’t adore my car the same way I do. They’d prefer to see me walk... More
A draconian idea for more high-rise housing in our cities
Dec 11, 2018 10:48 am
Comments: 34 | Views: 15,443
Suburban residents on the SF Peninsula may possibly be faced with draconian state rules that will dictate how dense and high housing must be built in areas near... More
Dec 11, 2018 10:48 am
Comments: 34 | Views: 15,443
Suburban residents on the SF Peninsula may possibly be faced with draconian state rules that will dictate how dense and high housing must be built in areas near... More
Our feelings are hurt.
C’mon, guys!
Jul 14, 2021 5:14 pm
Comments: 25 | Views: 15,423
Our feelings were hurt, so we must sue the city of Palo Alto.
That is the message I glean from the five Palo Alto police officers who filed a suit against the... More
Jul 14, 2021 5:14 pm
Comments: 25 | Views: 15,423
Our feelings were hurt, so we must sue the city of Palo Alto.
That is the message I glean from the five Palo Alto police officers who filed a suit against the... More
Everything’s relative in life, and yesterday will not be tomorrow
May 19, 2020 12:11 pm
Comments: 15 | Views: 15,408
We all react to the coronavirus in different ways. Some people are locked behind their doors; others question the shutdown; some say they will never catch it so... More
May 19, 2020 12:11 pm
Comments: 15 | Views: 15,408
We all react to the coronavirus in different ways. Some people are locked behind their doors; others question the shutdown; some say they will never catch it so... More
We need a new garage downtown Palo Alto -- forget about being politically correct
Feb 14, 2019 4:53 pm
Comments: 14 | Views: 15,402
Building a much-needed new parking garage in downtown Palo Alto is suddenly politically incorrect. The city council unexpectedly decided this past week to put the... More
Feb 14, 2019 4:53 pm
Comments: 14 | Views: 15,402
Building a much-needed new parking garage in downtown Palo Alto is suddenly politically incorrect. The city council unexpectedly decided this past week to put the... More
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