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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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If at first the city does not succeed …
Feb 3, 2022 2:45 pm
Comments: 27 | Views: 11,350
Once again (sigh), our city officials in Palo Alto are moving ahead to adopt a business tax – the revenue will probably go into the city’s general operating... More
Feb 3, 2022 2:45 pm
Comments: 27 | Views: 11,350
Once again (sigh), our city officials in Palo Alto are moving ahead to adopt a business tax – the revenue will probably go into the city’s general operating... More
Don’t jump on the single-payer bandwagon yet – we can’t afford it!
Jan 26, 2022 4:31 pm
Comments: 49 | Views: 12,970
Toss away those Medicare and MediCal cards – they will be invalid. Forget about paying your monthly health premium rates – you will no longer be charged for... More
Jan 26, 2022 4:31 pm
Comments: 49 | Views: 12,970
Toss away those Medicare and MediCal cards – they will be invalid. Forget about paying your monthly health premium rates – you will no longer be charged for... More
Sutter and PAMF — protect your patients from coronavirus — not just your employees
Jan 22, 2022 2:40 pm
Comments: 42 | Views: 13,788
For months, I declared that I would not write about the COVID-19 virus and its variants because we are bombarded with daily reports in the press, and on daily radio... More
Jan 22, 2022 2:40 pm
Comments: 42 | Views: 13,788
For months, I declared that I would not write about the COVID-19 virus and its variants because we are bombarded with daily reports in the press, and on daily radio... More
Bay Area public transit is in trouble: Can our failing systems be saved?
Jan 11, 2022 2:12 pm
Comments: 35 | Views: 13,908
Let us imagine that you have just been appointed the chief public transit guru in the Bay Area. You achieved this very important post because the transit committee... More
Jan 11, 2022 2:12 pm
Comments: 35 | Views: 13,908
Let us imagine that you have just been appointed the chief public transit guru in the Bay Area. You achieved this very important post because the transit committee... More
Big changes needed in Palo Alto -- including spending control
Jan 4, 2022 7:56 pm
Comments: 12 | Views: 11,169
For your consideration, Palo Altans: We need a change in the way this city is governed. Given our gigantic city budget, our thousand-plus employees and the increasing... More
Jan 4, 2022 7:56 pm
Comments: 12 | Views: 11,169
For your consideration, Palo Altans: We need a change in the way this city is governed. Given our gigantic city budget, our thousand-plus employees and the increasing... More
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