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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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Free speech – Zuckerberg’s version and mine
Oct 19, 2019 2:02 pm
Comments: 30 | Views: 12,974
Palo Alto resident Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, decided to speak out for free speech last Thursday at a talk at Georgetown University. Unfortunately,... More
Oct 19, 2019 2:02 pm
Comments: 30 | Views: 12,974
Palo Alto resident Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, decided to speak out for free speech last Thursday at a talk at Georgetown University. Unfortunately,... More
Some answers, please, PG&E
Oct 10, 2019 11:53 am
Comments: 12 | Views: 13,537
I want to know a lot more about why and who made the PG&E decision to cut off electricity to prevent wildfires to more than 886,000 customers in California – and,... More
Oct 10, 2019 11:53 am
Comments: 12 | Views: 13,537
I want to know a lot more about why and who made the PG&E decision to cut off electricity to prevent wildfires to more than 886,000 customers in California – and,... More
Caltrain grade crossings: an uncoordinated problem with too little communication
Oct 3, 2019 12:31 pm
Comments: 18 | Views: 13,712
It’s that proverbial cart-before-the-horse problem again, and this time it could be an expensive undertaking because the whole effort to redo grade crossings... More
Oct 3, 2019 12:31 pm
Comments: 18 | Views: 13,712
It’s that proverbial cart-before-the-horse problem again, and this time it could be an expensive undertaking because the whole effort to redo grade crossings... More
Does Palo Alto City Hall have a new cover-up culture?
Sep 25, 2019 4:40 pm
Comments: 21 | Views: 15,658
What is happening to Palo Alto’s officials, most notably City Manager Ed Shikada, who ordered all city employees not to talk to the press about a June 3 911... More
Sep 25, 2019 4:40 pm
Comments: 21 | Views: 15,658
What is happening to Palo Alto’s officials, most notably City Manager Ed Shikada, who ordered all city employees not to talk to the press about a June 3 911... More
Firing Judge Persky as a tennis coach was a big mistake
Sep 17, 2019 4:35 pm
Comments: 19 | Views: 35,196
Former Judge Aaron Persky is being derided and disgraced. It’s unfair – and regretful.
Persky was the Santa Clara County judge who conducted the Brock... More
Sep 17, 2019 4:35 pm
Comments: 19 | Views: 35,196
Former Judge Aaron Persky is being derided and disgraced. It’s unfair – and regretful.
Persky was the Santa Clara County judge who conducted the Brock... More
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