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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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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
Gobbledygook goings on in Palo Alto
Dec 7, 2018 12:49 pm
Comments: 7 | Views: 15,173
We all know the local governments at times try to hide things, despite their loud proclamations of how transparent they always are. But the opaqueness continues.
A... More
Dec 7, 2018 12:49 pm
Comments: 7 | Views: 15,173
We all know the local governments at times try to hide things, despite their loud proclamations of how transparent they always are. But the opaqueness continues.
A... More
Palo Alto’s biggest problem?
Nov 30, 2018 1:26 pm
Comments: 21 | Views: 15,206
When retiring City Manager Jim Keene gave to a talk to the Rotary Club of Palo Alto recently, he ended it by saying he thought Palo Alto’s biggest upcoming... More
Nov 30, 2018 1:26 pm
Comments: 21 | Views: 15,206
When retiring City Manager Jim Keene gave to a talk to the Rotary Club of Palo Alto recently, he ended it by saying he thought Palo Alto’s biggest upcoming... More
Can we ever improve our schools?
Nov 17, 2018 3:56 pm
Comments: 10 | Views: 14,831
When I think about my K-12 education, and I look back at my kids’ and now my grandkids’ education, things haven’t really changed that much. Yes, penmanship,... More
Nov 17, 2018 3:56 pm
Comments: 10 | Views: 14,831
When I think about my K-12 education, and I look back at my kids’ and now my grandkids’ education, things haven’t really changed that much. Yes, penmanship,... More
Post-election reflections -- and sponges
Nov 8, 2018 12:15 pm
Comments: 13 | Views: 18,819
Let’s talk local. In the five-candidate Palo Alto City Council race, Alison Cormack was the big winner. She campaigned actively, sent out fliers and ran lots... More
Nov 8, 2018 12:15 pm
Comments: 13 | Views: 18,819
Let’s talk local. In the five-candidate Palo Alto City Council race, Alison Cormack was the big winner. She campaigned actively, sent out fliers and ran lots... More
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