PALO ALTO ISSUES
The Race Card
The race card has been pulled again. This time by the President of the United States, Obama without knowing all the facts (Obama's own admission) has called a sworn officer of... |
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on Aug 22, 2009 at 12:21 pm by Bob Dylan post, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Strong vs weak American presidents
Ronald Reagan stood strong in favor of liberating the socialist slaves behind the Iron Curtain. He backed up his rhetoric with real power. Ask Lech Walesa or Natan Sharansky. ... |
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on Aug 4, 2012 at 12:51 pm by Bin Ladin dead, GM alive, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Good News! California Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage
Web Link
This is great news for a minority that deserves every right that their heterosexual counterpar... |
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on May 21, 2008 at 5:25 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Guest Opinion: Palo Alto's long debate on library branches is history -- let's move ahead
Welcome to 2008, the year that Palo Alto finally gets its libraries right. I am delighted that the final library proposal will soon come before the City Council.
Read the ... |
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on Jan 23, 2008 at 9:12 am by 2manybranches, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Legalized marijuana wafts toward Palo Alto ballot
Marijuana dispensaries could sprout at up to three Palo Alto locations, if the City Council or voters were to approve an ordinance legalizing medical marijuana within city lim... |
Editor |
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on Nov 5, 2012 at 7:43 am by A Social Crusader, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents ask Palo Alto to be anti-stress role model
Frustrated parents Tuesday challenged the Palo Alto Board of Education to make local schools "a role model nationally" in stress reduction.
Read the full story here http://w... |
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on Jun 8, 2011 at 5:44 am by newcomer, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Thirty teens dropped from Palo Alto school rolls
Thirty students were dropped from Palo Alto public school rolls this fall when their parents were unable to verify their residency in the school district. In a crackdown on no... |
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on Oct 21, 2010 at 7:02 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Area Democrats laud 'historic' health care bill
A bill reforming America's health care system, what one Bay Area congressman said was "one of the most important bills in the past 40 years," was approved Sunday night by the ... |
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on May 23, 2011 at 2:40 pm by Alfred E Newman, a resident of Atherton |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Paly students face suspensions for egg fight
Palo Alto High School students held a protest this morning following the reported suspension of several students for participating in an egg fight among Paly students on the G... |
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on Oct 30, 2009 at 1:18 pm by Parent that lives in Barron Park, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PA school language plan may cost too much
A detailed new plan to start teaching foreign languages in elementary schools may be too expensive for Palo Alto, school board members told a study group Tuesday night.
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on Apr 23, 2008 at 1:26 pm by Paly reporter, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City staff defends maligned Web site
Nearly three months after the City of Palo Alto's debuted its new, widely unpopular Web site, three of the site's managers maintained Wednesday that the new site is an improve... |
Editor |
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on Nov 8, 2007 at 10:05 am by Cant find, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
Council is manipulative in combining library, police station bonds
Separate them out, please! Palo Alto residents should be able to vote on two individual ballot measures: one for improved libraries and the other for a new police station.
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on Mar 30, 2007 at 11:24 pm by Concerned citizen, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Condoleezza Rice hints at returning to Stanford
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggested Thursday that she will return to her faculty position at Stanford University once President George W. Bush leaves office in Janua... |
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on May 30, 2008 at 5:11 pm by Peter, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Why does Anyone Think Palo Alto is a Quiet Suburb?
When I moved to Palo Alto I knew a lot about the place I was going to live. I knew about Stanford where I was going to graduate school. I knew PA was a university town, that S... |
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on Jul 26, 2009 at 6:41 pm by Irvin, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Gunn 16-year-old died in car crash early July 6
He just finished his sophomore year at Gunn - one of my child's best friends - I am frightened and at a loss on how to deal with this. Does the PAUSD district do any counselli... |
Southgate neighbor |
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on Nov 12, 2007 at 5:09 am by <3, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto considers shutting down animal shelter
Palo Alto's Animal Services Center, a fixture on East Bayshore Road for the past four decades, could be shut down or relocated to make way for an auto dealership under a new p... |
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on Apr 19, 2012 at 9:05 am by Iyen, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto mulls opposing high-speed rail project
Palo Alto may soon take a formal stance against California's proposed high-speed-rail line and begin lobbying state legislators to halt the voter-approved project.
Read the f... |
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on Sep 2, 2010 at 5:13 pm by The vote, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Bold downtown plan spurs debate over Palo Alto's growth
A colossal proposal by billionaire developer John Arrillaga to build a theater and four office towers in downtown Palo Alto as part of a new "arts and innovation" district is ... |
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on Nov 5, 2012 at 9:31 pm by More about Pat Burt, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
Scale down the library proposal
As the cost of renovating and redoing three of our libraries in Palo Alto keeps rising, my enthusiasm for the project keeps falling.
Once proposed as a $45... |
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on Mar 3, 2008 at 8:58 pm by Real Mike Is Right, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: Vote YES on Measure N for libraries in our lifetimes
For decades a debate has raged in Palo Alto about whether the branch-library system should be abandoned in favor of "one really good library" to replace two half-century-old l... |
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on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:14 pm by Actually Gunn is strongly opposed, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
California Avenue trees get the axe
The planned removal of 50 mature street trees lining the California Avenue business district has some residents, shoppers and merchants upset. Photo by Veronica Weber/Palo Alt... |
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on Mar 23, 2010 at 12:45 am by Lauren, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents demand probe of 'egg war' investigation
Angry Palo Alto High School parents are calling for a probe by the school board and district superintendent into how Paly officials conducted a two-week investigation of the O... |
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on Nov 25, 2009 at 10:13 pm by A Noun Ea Mus, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Can anyone explain Prop 8 to me?
I'm having trouble following the logic of Prop 8. All the signs say "Protect Marriage" but if you read the text of the amendment, it isn't protecting anything. It is actually... |
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on Oct 24, 2008 at 12:38 am by Louise, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
When are they going to outlaw burning fires in fireplaces?
I haven't been able to open my windows for fresh air all evening because someone has been burning wood since this afternoon and now it's 11:00PM and there is still smoke in th... |
Resident |
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on Dec 21, 2012 at 4:27 pm by Think About It, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Eshoo supports Occupy Wall Street protesters
U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, supports the Occupy Wall Street protests and said she is "surprised people weren't out there sooner." In a telephone town hall meeting with... |
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on Oct 29, 2011 at 4:57 pm by Perspective, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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