PALO ALTO ISSUES
Full speed ahead on the bike bridge
Check out item 8 from monday's council meeting
Web Link
"8. Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Exe... |
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on Jun 18, 2012 at 8:57 am by Duveneck/St Francis Grandad, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Weekly should look into it
The editors at the Weekly should look into this:
Web Link
And possibly dem... |
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on May 26, 2012 at 4:51 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stop light at Alma Plaza
The Daily Post is reporting today that the developer of alma plaza will be putting in a stop light on Alma Street 600 feet north of the East Meadow Drive intersection. Can so... |
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on Jan 9, 2012 at 5:35 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Lead in reusable grocery bags
This article was in SF Chronicle the other day:
Web Link
"Two separate studies have found elevated lead l... |
svatoid |
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on Jan 31, 2011 at 11:21 am by Bill B, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Disappearing threads
Recently a number of threads dealing with national issues have mysteriously disappeared after being around for at least a day.
Would the editors care to explain why they are ... |
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on Jul 8, 2009 at 8:52 am by svatoid, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Another holy-than-thou is caught
looks like another "holier-than-thou" politician was caught with his pants down:
Web Link
Ensign is apparently a born again C... |
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on Jun 26, 2009 at 7:38 am by Perspective, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
Child UNFRIENDLY Restaurant - Mint Leaf
Hello Everyone.
I am still fuming.... I was "rejected" from Mint Leaf Restaurant last night when I walked in with four children. It was only 5:30pm and the restaurant was ba... |
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on Apr 15, 2008 at 11:45 pm by George, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
US News and World R
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on Apr 24, 2013 at 5:02 pm by Don\'t they know who we are?, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Anyone else had power outage?
We just had all our electricity go out with a strange noise......experienced total darkness for a few seconds, and then everything went back on. Wondering if we have an electr... |
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on Feb 25, 2012 at 2:35 pm by city says, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Looking forward to the new grocery stores
I was so happy to read over the last few days that Palo Alto will be getting a Trader Joes (at Town and Country) and potentially a Wild Oats at Edgewood Plaza. Right now I tra... |
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on Jul 15, 2008 at 10:37 pm by mr mallard, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Library and Police Bond
I am curious how the City Council plans to convince the community to pass a $95 million bond for the library and police station. It seems that the survey says that more people... |
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on Mar 11, 2007 at 10:38 am by Chris, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Does anyone know the schedule at Rinconada Pool after the New Year?
Hi There,
I have not been to the pool for a while since summer. When i called for schedule, there was only a recorded fall schedule available.
Does anyone know the wint... |
swimmer |
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on Jan 10, 2009 at 4:32 pm by Jordana, a resident of Menlo Park |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Romney chooses far right zealot who wants to end Medicare
Romney cowers and makes far right wing choice to try and hold the GOP base.
Paul Ryans plan replaces Medicare as we know it with a coupon voucher.
Once Romney said this ... |
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on Aug 21, 2012 at 9:11 am by B Mac, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Cheese House
Do we like the revamped Cheese House?
I personally miss the British chocolate. I believe they have stopped the homemade goodies too. |
T & C shopper |
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on May 29, 2008 at 4:57 pm by JF, a resident of Menlo Park |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
You're gonna love the guy Bush just nominated for World Bank president.
Robert Zoellick is a big-time PNACer, a former Enron advisor, a former Counselor to Secretary James Baker, former Deputy Secretary of State (2005-2006), a current Goldman Sach... |
Talk About Credentials |
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on May 30, 2007 at 1:11 pm by sarlat, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Feds sue Meg Whitman for fraud and conspiracy
Meg is currently CEO of a large Palo Alto company, but is accused of crimes with a previous company.
Mercury-News report: Web Link... |
talk to Meg |
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on Nov 17, 2012 at 2:41 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Meg speaks, HP tanks
Meg gave a speech at the HP company meeting today, pretty much saying that HP sucks and isn't going to get better any time soon with her in charge. HP stock price is down 13% ... |
talk to Meg |
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on Oct 3, 2012 at 6:57 pm by Jan H., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
British professors approve plan to boycott Israeli academics, Israeli universities
More than 120,000 college-level educators, voted May 30 to pass a resolution calling for a boycott of Israeli academics and universities, as well as a moratorium on European U... |
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on Jun 4, 2007 at 9:36 pm by Tally Ho, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Fox News slams Palo Alto
If you saw the "1/2 Hour News Hour" tonight, but they slammed our town by interviewing some expert from here. I'm upset. They pointed out that those CFL blubs, if broken, will... |
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on Jun 25, 2007 at 9:17 am by Help!, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Hit-N-Run at the Ross Rd YMCA
Hi all,
Tonight(5:15 pm)Tuesday 12/30/08 while I was at the Ross Rd YMCA my van was hit and the driver kept going(South on Ross). I was parked on the street and was in child-... |
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on Dec 31, 2008 at 5:18 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Soundwall along highway 101
Does anyone know why the soundwall along highway 101 does not extend beyond Embarkadero/Oregon exit in the south direction? The noise from highway is very strong in the evenin... |
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on Feb 18, 2009 at 9:41 pm by Joel, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
The Varsity Revival Project
I am a member of The Varsity Revival Project; a group of people who are concerned about the fate of downtown Palo Alto's iconic historic landmark, The Varsity Theater. The ... |
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on Oct 6, 2011 at 9:02 am by Me Too, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Did Mitt Romney not pay any taxes for a decade?
Mitt's dad set the gold standard for politicians when he released 12 years of tax returns, since then, every major presidential candidate has released years of returns.
Mit... |
Tax Payer |
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on Jul 19, 2012 at 1:01 pm by curmudgeon, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
New support for fiber to home
I was surprised and pleased to see the article in today's Weekly written by Larry Klein and Yoriko Kishimoto pushing for a strong municipal role in bringing two-way high speed... |
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on Mar 30, 2008 at 1:13 am by dfhk, a member of the Barron Park School community |
AROUND TOWN
Annoying police traps - what about folks who run lights???
I feel the strong need to vent a bit at the local
police force.
I am a law abiding driver and am very careful when
approaching any & all intersections in this town.
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on Sep 9, 2010 at 7:44 pm by Josh G, a resident of another community |
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