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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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Problems within the Palo Alto Police Department
Dec 19, 2021 2:44 pm
Comments: 33 | Views: 17,697
The lack of transparency in the Palo Alto Police Department is increasing month by month, now in a worrisome way.
For the past two-plus years, the city council... More
Dec 19, 2021 2:44 pm
Comments: 33 | Views: 17,697
The lack of transparency in the Palo Alto Police Department is increasing month by month, now in a worrisome way.
For the past two-plus years, the city council... More
Man-up about stressing-out
Dec 8, 2021 11:00 am
Comments: 28 | Views: 11,446
Thanksgiving week was so stressful, wasn't it?" my white-haired elderly neighbor said as she waked by my driveway. "I just came back from Safeway and I could feel... More
Dec 8, 2021 11:00 am
Comments: 28 | Views: 11,446
Thanksgiving week was so stressful, wasn't it?" my white-haired elderly neighbor said as she waked by my driveway. "I just came back from Safeway and I could feel... More
Please prioritize saving Palo Alto's emptying downtown
Dec 3, 2021 9:30 am
Comments: 50 | Views: 14,756
Once again, Palo Alto residents are being asked to submit a list of their priorities for the city council to tackle in the upcoming 2022 year.
The council has... More
Dec 3, 2021 9:30 am
Comments: 50 | Views: 14,756
Once again, Palo Alto residents are being asked to submit a list of their priorities for the city council to tackle in the upcoming 2022 year.
The council has... More
Americans are angrier this year. Are hate groups contributing to the anger?
Nov 20, 2021 11:54 am
Comments: 49 | Views: 15,811
We Americans are angry, locally and nationally. We have become meaner, more demanding, more defensive and more intolerant. But we also do feel more entitled.
This... More
Nov 20, 2021 11:54 am
Comments: 49 | Views: 15,811
We Americans are angry, locally and nationally. We have become meaner, more demanding, more defensive and more intolerant. But we also do feel more entitled.
This... More
Will winter outdoor restaurants work?
Nov 13, 2021 4:16 pm
Comments: 20 | Views: 13,692
Will the restaurants with their outdoor eating sections survive during the winter? Will California Avenue, the city's second downtown, continue to have the street... More
Nov 13, 2021 4:16 pm
Comments: 20 | Views: 13,692
Will the restaurants with their outdoor eating sections survive during the winter? Will California Avenue, the city's second downtown, continue to have the street... More
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