PALO ALTO ISSUES
Natural Gas glut causes collapse in home gas prices, but not in Palo Alto
Web Link
The decline in crude oil prices gets all the headlines, but the first globalized natural gas glu... |
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on Mar 22, 2009 at 5:42 am by observer, a resident of another community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Fannie and Freddie execs got bonuses too
These companies also got massive bailouts and the execs got bonuses. The democrat-led bailout circus never ends. See the Merc article here. Web Link... |
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on Mar 21, 2009 at 11:41 am by QQ more, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Buying a New Car
People want to save money these days, it's understandable. You want to save for the thing that matter: retirement, college tuition for your kids, making the house payments. Th... |
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on Mar 19, 2009 at 11:13 am by resident, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Obama's lopsided Education v. Infrastructure ideas
Obama has long campaigned that during his administration he will work to improve education in America to ensure the future global competitiveness of our children. He also has ... |
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on Mar 13, 2009 at 2:08 pm by resident, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
The Democrats, the Banks, and Your Tax Dollars
The Democrats herald themselves as the party of change, the party of hope, and the New Deal. But while Democrats love to drag the bankers through the streets, rail against the... |
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on Mar 12, 2009 at 5:13 pm by resident, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
When will City Council freeze salaries and make budget cuts?
Stanford has already put a salary freeze and their president has already taken a voluntary pay cut. When will Palo Alto City Council get the message and do the same? Instead ... |
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on Mar 9, 2009 at 9:16 am by citizan, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
SJ Airport Loses 1 M Passengers; HSR Races On
SJ Airport Loses 1M Passengers; HSR Races On
The San Jose airport had 1 million fewer passengers last year.
In 2007, the airport had 10.7 million passengers, but in 2008,... |
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on Mar 6, 2009 at 3:25 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto Kept In The Dark About High Speed Rail Impacts
The city staff of Menlo Park prepared a report nearly a year ago (January 28, 2008) on the upcoming high speed rail. Many citizens from both Menlo Park and Atherton attended, ... |
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on Mar 5, 2009 at 5:14 pm by ma, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Cancel Palo Alto Green in Protest Against Electricity Hikes
Last month when I learned the city would increase the transfer amount from a budget surplus utilities fund in addition to raising gas and electricity rates, I cancelled my Pal... |
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on Mar 5, 2009 at 4:54 pm by Big lie, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Tax Hikes, AIG Bailout
Can someone please explain why AIG gets more than $200 Billion from us for losing money?
Can someone please explain why my taxes will go up for the sake of bailing out this... |
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on Mar 3, 2009 at 9:22 pm by PointOfView, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Where are the PTAs?
With all this talk about housing, opening Garland, expanding Gunn (and Paly), traffic concerns, elementary kids crossing Oregon, mega schools, I wonder why the PTA isn't doin... |
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on Feb 21, 2009 at 12:43 am by A Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
How the City Council can help put healthy food in schools
Tell the City Council "no more dense housing". Increased population causes the restricted flow of water to local farmers. City populations compete for scarse water resources.... |
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on Feb 20, 2009 at 8:00 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Federal Obligations Exceed World GDP
Hail to the chief! We did it guys.
Federal obligations exceed world GDP
Does $65.5 trillion terrify anyone yet?
-------------------------------------------------------... |
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on Feb 17, 2009 at 7:20 pm by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Near Misses on rail track grade crossings
Interesting report and video on near misses on grade crossings (level crossings) in the UK. One car misses by inches, one pedestrian loses a shoe.
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on Feb 11, 2009 at 9:10 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Don't worry kids, Stanford will teach Mom & Dad about Facebook
Interesting class for wannabe techie parents!! Article from the Merc.
Web Link
As a pa... |
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on Feb 9, 2009 at 7:37 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto resident killed
10 o'clock news identified this man as a Palo Alto resident
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on Feb 9, 2009 at 2:51 am by qq, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto needs to follow State
Rightly or wrongly, the Governor has instituted furlough Fridays as a cost saving measure to help California's finances. What does Palo Alto do?
Where are the City's cost s... |
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on Feb 8, 2009 at 10:45 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Car pool lane to SFO
I have just returned from dropping a passenger at SFO for an international flight as public transport to the airport is not an option that makes any sense. We made sure that t... |
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on Feb 4, 2009 at 2:03 pm by Rob, a resident of Woodside |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Democrats to blame for Wall Street Bailout Bonuses
Eshoo and Obama, remember how you all advocated for the "rescue" of the banks? $700 billion in bailout funds were hoisted upon a distrusting public, while it was OBAMA to the ... |
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on Feb 2, 2009 at 11:21 am by Perspective, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Growing Homeless Problem
I just returned from a trip to Italy and was surprised to see less homeless on the streets of Rome and Florence than University Avenue. We have a real, growing problem here i... |
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on Jan 29, 2009 at 1:42 pm by MM, a resident of Los Altos |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
USPS letter - mail delivery alterations
We received a letter from USPS informing us of changes that would be taking place in the delivery of our mail as cost cutting measures. The letter explained that we may receiv... |
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on Jan 26, 2009 at 7:16 pm by Resident, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Way to look up property owner?
Does anyone know if there's a way to look up the owner of a property? As far as I can tell from Santa Clara County's website, some info like assessed value is available free ... |
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on Jan 24, 2009 at 6:53 am by resident, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Neighborhood meeting about East Meadow Circle/Fabian Way
I found a meeting hidden away in last Friday's print version which I assume is about the proposed 2800 units at the above location. I post the details here as I feel many inte... |
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on Jan 23, 2009 at 5:34 am by Resident, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
How come locked topics get obscene comments?
There is one thread here which the editors have locked because the only comments at present are probably obscene weblinks. How come these comments continue when the thread is ... |
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on Jan 4, 2009 at 2:13 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Obama's Snubbed by Official Washington
It is usual for the incoming President-Elect to stay at Blair House before their Inauguration. It turns out that the Obama's need to be in Washington in time for their two da... |
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on Jan 4, 2009 at 10:11 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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