PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto Launches Management Fellows Program
Yesterday, October 15, 2007, the Palo Alto City Manager's Office issued a press release announcing a Palo Alto Management Fellows Program that would pay recently graduated mas... |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 2:57 pm by FIREMAN, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" opens 10/18 at M-A High School
M-A’s International Thespian Society presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” the next two weekends on the Menlo-Atherton High School campus.
Four young lovers meet in a moon... |
M-A Drama Booster |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 1:14 pm by M-A Drama Booster, a resident of Menlo Park |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'C' is for campaign
School-board candidates discuss their views on enrollment growth, foreign languages, and avoiding future conflict
Faced with rising enrollment and plans for new cu... |
Editor |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 1:05 pm by example of poor thinking, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
NSA sought warrantless wiretaps months before 9/11
According to the former Qwest CEO, the Bush Administration sought warrantless wiretaps Feb 27, 2001, months before the September terrorist attack. Then NSA allegedly canceled... |
TorturersRUs |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 12:45 pm by eric, a resident of Mountain View |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
One Year After the Elections: Still think gas prices weren't manipulated?
Here's a chart of gas prices for the last year. Please write about the seasonal factors, refinery maintenance, crude prices and the unusually warm weather.
Web Link... |
Anonymous |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 12:37 pm by eric, a resident of Mountain View |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
PA woman killed in Montecito crash; driver faces charges
A 21-year-old Palo Alto woman and a 26-year-old Santa Clara woman were killed early Sunday morning in Santa Barbara County when a Camaro driven by a 29-year-old Palo Alto man ... |
Editor |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 10:38 am by Phyllis and Quentin, a member of the Gunn High School community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Around Town
DID SOMEONE SAY 'WMDs'? ... Councilman Jack Morton, one of five members continuing on the council next year, has heard quite enough about infrastructure from campaigning counc... |
Editor |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 9:15 am by Bob Davis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
About the candidates
About the candidates for the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education.
Read the full story here Web Link posted T... |
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on Oct 16, 2007 at 8:15 pm by pa mom, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Allergy restrictions gone too far
There is a boy in my child's class with a nut allergy. I'm OK with letting the kids know, asking the kids in the class not to bring nuts in their lunch, and asking parents to... |
Not a Nut |
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on Oct 16, 2007 at 5:49 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
ABAG housing projections split PA City Council
Pitting the preservation of Palo Alto -- as we know it -- against the need to combat greenhouse gas emissions and crowded freeways, the city's assignment to add at least 2,860... |
Editor |
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on Oct 16, 2007 at 5:14 pm by anonymous, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD Board of Education Voting Records
Below I have outlined the PAUSD Board of Education Voting Records for Calendar years 2004 and 2005 when Barton, Kroymann, Lowell, Price & Townsend were members. I could do the... |
Lynn Magill |
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on Oct 16, 2007 at 1:45 pm by Thank you!, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mobility Scooters - how are they to be treated?
As I walk my child to school each day I see at least two of these mobility scooters (electric wheelchairs?) riding in the bike lane, one has a driver and school age passenger ... |
Parent |
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on Oct 16, 2007 at 12:33 pm by just thinking, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stewardship Of Trees
As winter approaches it is wisdom for us to get our trees trimmed. More and more people are depending on the sun for their electriciy and hot water. Those who don't have ... |
Jackie Leonard-Dimmick |
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on Oct 16, 2007 at 10:50 am by Jackie Leonard-Dimmick, a resident of Atherton |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Car Collision with a Deer--Lessons Learned
I was driving in rural Washington State this past Friday at dawn, and struck and killed a deer that jumped in front of me as I was driving around 65-70MPH on a state highway. ... |
Paul Losch |
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on Oct 16, 2007 at 10:48 am by Richard, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
PA Website Is A Joke
This past Monday, my kid had the day off for Columbus Day. Looking for something to do, I thought of both the PA Jr. Museum and the remodeled Children's Library that I recentl... |
Amazed |
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on Oct 16, 2007 at 3:19 am by paw, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Traffic slowdown this week
Traffic delays are expected on Middlefield and Charleston roads beginning Thursday, Oct. 11, through Sunday, Oct. 14. The City of Palo Alto Public Works Department will resurf... |
Editor |
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 12:57 pm by Driver, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Gore gives Nobel Prize proceeds to Palo Alto nonprofit
Al Gore, who won the Nobel Peace Prize Tuesday, announced in Palo Alto this morning he will donate the proceeds to a Palo Alto-based nonprofit group he founded United Nations'... |
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 12:45 pm by Dave, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Mindego Hill acquired for open space
Mindego Hill, a small mountain that is a major geologic landmark west of Skyline Boulevard above Palo Alto, has been acquired by the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) in a lan... |
Editor |
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 10:58 am by Jack, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
is "Sit-Lie" Law the Answer?
Web Link
I think this is an interesting approach to a complex problem that plagues almost e... |
Clean and Fair City |
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 10:54 am by James, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
This week on Town Square
City won't fall apart
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, October 5, 2007, 12:00 AM |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 6:52 pm by Tim Gray, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PA school board OKs grant for Mandarin program
A nearly $200,000 federal grant will pay for start-up costs of next year's Mandarin-immersion program and for high-school Mandarin instruction, the Palo Alto school board vote... |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 5:43 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Aging parents and special events
I lost my mother a few years ago, and it taught me a lesson. So I got together all those old family pictures – you know, the ones stuck in envelopes piled in boxes probably ... |
Allan Hayes |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 5:04 pm by trudy, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Walgreens arson suspect named
A 45-year-old parolee with a history of mental illness is suspected of starting the four-alarm July 1 fire that destroyed the historic 1900 Walgreens building at 310 Universit... |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 3:51 pm by tom turner, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Candidate's stands on MI?
Does anyone know definitively which candidates in the upcoming school board elections would be opposed to the MI program? Thank you! |
Parent |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 7:50 am by why not?, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Bush Should Get the Nobel Freedom Prize
President Bush should be the recipient of the Nobel Freedom Prize. Who else could compete with him?
He liberated Afghanistan and Iraq (and got rid of Saddam). Now he is m... |
Gary |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 7:20 am by ?, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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