DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Plodding through the "Palo Alto Process" The proposed expansion of the Stanford Medical Center is beginning to get discussed in Palo Alto – and I do mean “beginning to.” There already have been a couple of community ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Jun 22, 2007 at 11:49 am There have been 29 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 4, 2007 at 8:01 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Public streets, our privacy and Palo Alto’s color Imagine being beaten by Google.
That could be the way Artist Sam Yates feels now that Google has just released its Street View, which shows computerized pictures of practic... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Jun 7, 2007 at 1:25 pm There have been 22 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 24, 2007 at 12:33 am.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Have we misplaced our community priorities? Watching the Palo Alto City Council talk last week about a proposed rebuilding and modernization of the Stanford Medical Center made me wonder if we have misplaced priorities ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on May 23, 2007 at 10:26 pm There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 7, 2007 at 5:57 am.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Rules are stacked against the objectors The rules at Palo Alto City Hall seem to be stacked against both residents and downtown businesses when it comes to objecting to increases in utility rates or objecting to for... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on May 21, 2007 at 10:47 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 29, 2007 at 9:52 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG City makes a lot of money from the utility bills we pay Palo Alto's utility rates will go up once again in July, after increases last year, in what will inevitably be a series of continuing increases.
What many residents don't r... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on May 2, 2007 at 4:13 pm There have been 27 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 1, 2007 at 3:23 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG The Harrison report: it's good that it is public First of all, the city acted correctly in releasing the disciplinary report about Assistant City Manager Emily Harrison to the public. According to two First Amendment lawyers... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Apr 25, 2007 at 8:19 am There have been 32 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 27, 2007 at 3:48 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Would these be your top priorities for Palo Alto?
The Weekly ran a story that listed Palo Alto’s capital improvement priorities planned for June 2007 to June 2008.
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=48... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Apr 6, 2007 at 3:26 pm There have been 51 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 27, 2007 at 6:30 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Why was Emily Harrison suspended? It all seems very strange. Assistant City Manager Emily Harrison has been suspended from her job without pay for three weeks. Council members were notified a couple of weeks a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Mar 28, 2007 at 1:49 pm There have been 62 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 12, 2007 at 1:51 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG City employees aren't guaranteed work for life! "Guaranteed work for life." That sign could be hung on the front doors of Palo Alto's City Hall, courtesy of some of our council members.
Yes, there seems to be a mind-se... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Mar 22, 2007 at 12:10 pm There have been 34 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 24, 2007 at 3:14 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Council is manipulative in combining library, police station bonds Separate them out, please! Palo Alto residents should be able to vote on two individual ballot measures: one for improved libraries and the other for a new police station.
... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Mar 8, 2007 at 8:29 pm There have been 154 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 30, 2007 at 11:24 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG "Color of Palo Alto" is costly and still colorless Colorless. That’s so far what the color of Palo Alto is. Several years ago, artist Sam Yates was awarded a $10,000 grant by Palo Alto’s Public Arts Commission to develop “The ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by diana diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Mar 2, 2007 at 4:40 pm There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 14, 2009 at 2:35 am.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG How 'sustainable' are Palo Alto's new top priorities? Priorities, whether they be personal or those of the Palo Alto City Council, are important.
A priority list brings order out of could-be chaos and organizes what we must... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Feb 27, 2007 at 2:56 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 14, 2007 at 8:02 am.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG No-spanking is not for state to decide The biggest problem that I have with State Assemblywoman Sally Lieber’s (D-Mountain View) proposal to ban parents from spanking a child under the age of 3 is that it is more g... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Jan 19, 2007 at 7:43 am There have been 34 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 20, 2007 at 7:24 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Let's have more creativity in town - from playgrounds to downtown According to recent article in The New York Times about children’s playgrounds, no longer will some NYC playgrounds be a mixture of the same old versions of jungle gyms, swing... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by diana diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Jan 15, 2007 at 1:12 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 24, 2007 at 9:21 am.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG My New Year’s resolutions for the Palo Alto City Council Admittedly, it is much easier for me as just one person to decide what the council’s priorities should be this year – rather than have nine members collectively deciding. I do... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Jan 3, 2007 at 7:29 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 4, 2007 at 10:29 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG On Christmas cards and Christmas letters Dutifully, for most of my adult life, I have sent out Christmas cards to all my friends — and, to my special acquaintances, a Christmas letter, detailing the events of the yea... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Dec 20, 2006 at 9:56 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 30, 2007 at 11:12 am.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Bah, humbug! A dearth of downtown decorations It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – except in downtown Palo Alto. Yes, there are the little white lights on University Avenue that are there all year long, but I loo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Dec 10, 2006 at 5:59 pm There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 29, 2006 at 12:38 am.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Library costs are not adding up Last Sunday I spoke to Palo Alto Library Director Diane Jennings to ask about the preliminary cost estimates of a new Mitchell Park Library, because the cost figures were not ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Dec 2, 2006 at 8:16 pm There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 20, 2007 at 8:41 am.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Are we spoiling our kids by driving them to school? “Were we bad mothers,” my friend asked me at lunch the other day, “because we let our kids walk and bike to school?”
“Certainly not,” I replied. “None of us were driving th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Nov 28, 2006 at 4:42 pm There have been 25 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 2, 2006 at 4:39 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Can you be bought for a cup of coffee? I can’t – and I would guess that you couldn’t, either. I couldn’t even be bought for a lunch.
But if a proposed new policy passes, Palo Alto City Council members will not ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by diana diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Nov 17, 2006 at 3:59 pm There have been 19 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 24, 2006 at 9:36 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Bike overpass is not a priority The Palo Alto City Council unanimously agreed to support the philosophical concept of additional bike and pedestrian bridges across Highway 101, calling it a priority for this... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Nov 14, 2006 at 11:45 am There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 22, 2006 at 11:09 am.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG District needs to resolve conflict sooner rather than later The Palo Alto school board took a much-needed step Thursday night when it agreed to hire an outside facilitator to explore the problems between the district’s middle managemen... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Nov 3, 2006 at 5:12 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 14, 2006 at 1:24 pm.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG Our roads need to be repaired! Back in March 2006, Palo Alto City Auditor Sharon Erickson told the community that we had a $28.7 million backlog in road repairs.
Just driving through town daily, I know ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Oct 20, 2006 at 2:52 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 6, 2006 at 11:19 am.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG What should our school board do? The Palo Alto School District has a problem, and it needs to be solved sooner rather than later. Only the board can solve it.
On Sept. 6 a “middle management” memo was writ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Oct 17, 2006 at 5:00 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 21, 2006 at 3:19 am.
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG ‘Anxious Times’ at Stanford – and in the world I heard a depressing but also a fascinating debate at Stanford University on Saturday morning, Oct. 14, on “Anxious Times – Seeing Beyond a World of Perpetual Threats.”
Mod... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Diana Diamond, Palo Alto Online blogger, on Oct 14, 2006 at 4:51 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 17, 2006 at 6:00 pm.
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