PALO ALTO ISSUES Solar Panel Discounts Portola Valley started a community solar panel discount program to buy solar panels from Solar City. They needed 50 participants and got 77. Since then Menlo Park and Mountai... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by anna, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood, on Apr 21, 2007 at 11:10 pm There have been 54 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 30, 2007 at 10:21 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Thanks for the Marguerite Shuttle Since we moved downtown I have started to use the Stanford Marguerite Shuttle Bus Service. I am writing to express my appreciation to Stanford. The wait time is amazingl;y sho... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood, on Apr 21, 2007 at 5:31 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 22, 2007 at 5:24 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Copycats- how ready are we In the light of the recent Virginia Tech tragedy and now the threats against the PAPD, how ready are we here in Palo Alto and in particular Stanford, for the inevitable copyca... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Curious, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 20, 2007 at 11:18 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 22, 2007 at 9:27 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Living in a multi-culture community It is only recently that I have begun to understand what living in a multi-culture community really means. I have always been pleased to see the different ethnic cultures in P... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 20, 2007 at 10:23 am There have been 47 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 25, 2007 at 2:55 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES New Bayshore Sound Wall The new 14-foot-high, 800-foot-long sound wall along Bayshore at the end of Loma Verde will undoubtedly reduce the noise level at the site of the new condominiums, but I wonde... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Dick, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Apr 18, 2007 at 5:29 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 22, 2007 at 1:11 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Alma Plaza redux Has a miracle occurred in Palo Alto??
The city council actually voted in favor of the development of Alma Plaza:
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=4877
... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Not so fast, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Apr 17, 2007 at 8:58 am There have been 79 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 15, 2007 at 10:28 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Wisdom on forum behavior Jon Carroll wrote a fine column this morning about behavior on on-line forums like this one, based on the experience with the Well, the oldest of Internet gathering places. I... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Peter, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood, on Apr 12, 2007 at 11:59 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 15, 2007 at 10:27 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES $50 million for a police HQ? The city council is proposing to spend $50 million for a
police HQ. That's almost $1000 per resident.
Admittedly, I have no specific expertise with regards to
this issue... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Mondo, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood, on Apr 11, 2007 at 10:02 am There have been 56 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 18, 2007 at 11:55 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Big Foot Siting At Foothills Park Just went for a short run up at Foothills Park, on the Los Trancos Trail,
and was returning when I heard a rustle in the manzanita brush, looked behind
me expecting to see ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Bobby, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood, on Apr 10, 2007 at 9:21 pm There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 13, 2007 at 9:02 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Alma Plaza Planning (More thoughts) It's possible that Albertsons could come back after they get their act together and reorganize, etc.. The store on Mathilda at Maude in Sunnyvale is really a nice store. If t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Rick, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 9, 2007 at 11:04 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 12, 2007 at 9:16 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Tussock moths on Oak Trees. Will the city do anything? The tusock moth problem is so bad this year. I heard Menlo Park city are spraying the trees. Is it true? Will Palo Alto do anything? I guess if the city does not do anythi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Neighbor to Oak Trees, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Apr 9, 2007 at 9:00 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 11, 2007 at 11:52 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES You must fix the City,the whole City I think that the City must be fixed.The storm drains,roads and so much more..Also the people who run this City and hold positions in this city must be fixed also..I hear and ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Fireman, a resident of another community, on Apr 5, 2007 at 12:16 pm There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 16, 2007 at 8:22 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Advice to Palo Altans: Be kind to each other When it comes to embracing the greater good, nobody does it better than the people of Palo Alto.
We recycle, support our public schools and parks, buy Girl Scout cookies a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Blythe Nilsson, a resident of the University South neighborhood, on Apr 2, 2007 at 5:20 pm There have been 57 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 24, 2007 at 7:11 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Macabre Page Mill Road ducks scenario "1001 Page Mill Road is a four-building project surrounded by a park-like setting in Stanford Research Park." This is the enticing description (found on the Mozart Development... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Debbie, a resident of Mountain View, on Apr 2, 2007 at 5:15 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 7, 2007 at 12:15 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES New Fiber To The House Solution New Fiber to the toilet solution for the Palo Alto RFP! Where are they going to find the PHDs to hook these things up?
http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by FTTT, a resident of another community, on Apr 1, 2007 at 8:39 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 2, 2007 at 3:13 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Persian New Year images inspiring What a beautiful presentation of people and their ways and culture the 'Rite of spring' story was (http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=4774). I saw love, beau... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ali, a resident of another community, on Mar 30, 2007 at 9:48 am
PALO ALTO ISSUES Immigration and Deportation Come to Palo Alto This story about family breakup was posted yesterday on Palo Alto Online.
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=4784
I don't see how the family breakup h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood, on Mar 30, 2007 at 7:18 am There have been 43 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 13, 2007 at 12:09 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Alma Plaza editorial Today's issue of the PA Weekly has an editorial calling for decisiveness about Alma Plaza:
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=4804
Boy, if only the ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Not so fast, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Mar 28, 2007 at 8:56 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 30, 2007 at 5:05 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Storm Drain Tax Shortfall: -- A Harbinger for Library and Police Building Bonds? So it turns out that the city won't have nearly enough to fix the storm drains with the "Fee" (I.e. "Tax") increase the blue ribbon committe told us was desparately needed to ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by RS Sampson, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Mar 26, 2007 at 2:17 pm There have been 71 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 2, 2007 at 6:20 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Do Palo Alto Employee Unions Have Too Much Influence? Diana Diamond recently described a City Council Meeting where purple-shirted members of the local City Employees' Union tried (apparently successfully) to forestall the City M... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Chris, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood, on Mar 26, 2007 at 8:40 am There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 28, 2007 at 4:14 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES When will we see 'mostly liberal" in the Weekly? The March 21 Weekly has an article called "The online opinionator". It contains this fragment:
"... where he shares his mostly conservative thoughts on a range of topics ...... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Bill, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood, on Mar 23, 2007 at 8:10 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 29, 2007 at 10:48 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Fact-Based Decision-Making at Alma Plaza Good decisions by policy-makers are based on good information. What information is important to know at Alma Plaza? Facts that should be considered in decision-making includ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Karen White, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Mar 23, 2007 at 3:11 pm There have been 27 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 2, 2007 at 6:16 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Taser Task Force and the Death of Innocence Watching the Taser task force meetings has helped me temporarily put aside my fears about Tasers. Far more frightening than the threat of Tasers is the way that they are being... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by David Taylor, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood, on Mar 23, 2007 at 3:45 am There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 8, 2007 at 2:28 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Great article on Walter_E _Wallis Thank you Molly for your article on our friend Walter.
I don't always agree with him, often don't understand him, but love him for his interest, wit and openness. I feel I ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Fan, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Mar 21, 2007 at 4:58 pm There have been 35 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 26, 2007 at 11:01 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Briones house column There was an a thread a few weeks ago regarding the Briones house and some posters felt that the current owners should be shunned etc. Here is a link to a column in today's Me... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by What news?, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood, on Mar 21, 2007 at 11:47 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 23, 2007 at 8:32 pm.
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