PALO ALTO ISSUES
Keep City Auditor links on City of Palo Alto Website
Will the following links to pages on the City web site continue to be available to the public when the new city auditor has been hired?
1) Service Efforts and Accomplishm... |
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on Feb 11, 2008 at 12:26 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
MOVIES
When they make the movie of this election, who will play the leads?
Since we have such a dramatic election, with so many larger than life candidates on both sides (and the fact that there are candidates on both sides) when the movie is made, ... |
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on Feb 1, 2008 at 12:53 pm by Danny, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Mtn View Library closing for one month renovations.
It seems that the very new and up to date library in Mountain View needs some renovating and technological updates. This means that their library will be even better than ours... |
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on Feb 1, 2008 at 12:53 am by Anna, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
cable,alternatives, digital TV: tech savy people, help
I'm terribly confused about the switch to digital TV.
Comcast is too expensive even now. Those of you who have tried alternatives, such as Dish TV or Direct TV, etc., DO YOU ... |
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on Jan 20, 2008 at 1:25 pm by janette, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Why the Valley is the World's premier high-tech region
"The conventional wisdom is that the Valley became the world's premier high-tech region through the activities of indigenous garage-based entrepreneurs."
Is this the conve... |
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on Jan 8, 2008 at 2:22 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Happy New Year, Palo Alto
As we look at the year in review, it is also time to look at the year ahead. We have new members on the City Council and School Board. We have many new ventures in the pipelin... |
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on Dec 31, 2007 at 9:46 am by steve levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
The new Barney video and our Parks
The fixes below can also guide our city council in fixing, maintaining, and preserving our city parks. When a government entity views parks as wasted opportunities for revenue... |
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on Dec 13, 2007 at 8:34 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Large developments and scarce resources
Climate change will make scarce resources, clean water, viable agricultural land even scarcer. Do we want our agricultural land to shrink because we in the Bay Area are ins... |
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on Nov 21, 2007 at 2:28 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Traffic - the "in the know", "tongue in cheek" P.A. excuse or joke?
It seems that anytime anything is mentioned here in Town Square, or in the real world out there, that every idea is given the put down of traffic.
Traffic is a reality of l... |
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on Nov 15, 2007 at 7:19 am by Joe Kott, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Dense housing vs healthy bees and healthy people
The people who advocate more and denser housing are wrong. We need to work with the housing stock we have, growing slowly and carefully. We know our air quality is bad, ou... |
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on Oct 30, 2007 at 6:50 pm by Terry, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Plans for New Police Station Underway
I was flipping through channels the other day and came across a meeting between a city review group and a architectural company where they were discussing possible scenarios f... |
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on Oct 9, 2007 at 4:12 pm by Carol Mullen, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
One Person...Same Topic....24 hour period!
One person has submitted the same topic three times in a 24 hour period. Perhaps the editor could condense those three into one comment. It's annoying that someone is allowe... |
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on Oct 4, 2007 at 4:22 pm by Resident, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Guiliani's fundraiser
I find it very interesting that we have had several very popular threads with people having a lot to say about Rumsfield and no one has as yet made comments about Guiliuni's f... |
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on Oct 1, 2007 at 3:21 pm by Not fit to print, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Electrical outages in South Palo Alto
When our neighborhood lost electricity, I called the City. A recorded voice asked me my telephone number. When I gave my number, the voice said my number doesn't exist in th... |
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on Sep 26, 2007 at 7:25 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
College Admission Help
Has anyone used the local Admissions Academy for help with college admission issues? Would you recommend them? |
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on Sep 18, 2007 at 9:47 am by parent, a member of the Gunn High School community |
AROUND TOWN
Best Of Categories, often predictable, but thanks anyway
Just finished reading through the Best Of winners in today's Weekly.
They were often predictable, particularly in sections where there is so little choice. Still, it makes en... |
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on Sep 4, 2007 at 6:21 pm by impatient, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Rules of the Road and Bicyclist
As I was crossing Everett St. this morning at University, I see this spandex covered bicyclist yelling at a woman in a car at the top of his lungs as he himself crossed Everet... |
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on Aug 27, 2007 at 4:00 pm by Andy, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Local Dog Kennel Suggestions
Does anyone have a suggestion for a local dog kennel that they have used and could recommend? I have a small dog (15 pounds) and am looking for a spot that will take very goo... |
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on Aug 9, 2007 at 9:26 pm by Kathy, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Around Town/Palo Alto Issues
I have no idea if there is supposed to be a difference between these two topics or what they may be. I know I am confused about them and I can see evidence of confusion to oth... |
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on Jul 24, 2007 at 12:39 am by Leslie, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How will Supreme Court decision affect PA schools
We now have the ruling of Supreme Court that a child's race will not affect where a child goes to school? I see it that there are two different ways that will affect us here. ... |
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on Jul 23, 2007 at 11:29 am by News Junkie, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Route 88 appears to be saved.
Web Link
It is good to know that on this occasion we have been heard and our wishes have been taken into account. Th... |
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on Jul 22, 2007 at 10:26 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
How can we stop thread-muck?
Well, another useful and interesting thread has been shut down because of a rapid devolution into the muck. It was the "Why has my thread been deleted?" one
Web Link... |
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on Jul 12, 2007 at 1:16 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Why was my post about Al Zawahari removed?
Please explain why you have twice removed my post about the Al Zawahari tape. I kept a copy of my post this time, and I want to understand what your reasoning is so I can post... |
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on Jul 11, 2007 at 10:37 pm by Dr. Ferragamo, a resident of Stanford |
AROUND TOWN
Sound of fireworks, smell of smoke, sound of sirens.
Is there a fire somewhere around, the smell of smoke is pretty strong round here. |
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on Jul 6, 2007 at 7:23 pm by Resident, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
The Iraqi "Nation"
Web Link.
An Editorial by Robert McFarlane that tells the story of a meeting of 70 Clerics in I... |
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on Jun 28, 2007 at 7:16 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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