PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
High Speed Rail Disconnects
Off goes a "marketing team" from the HSR Authority to Washington, DC to "spin" a survey that shows potential patrons of a North/South artery of HSR favor it. While the formul... |
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on Aug 5, 2010 at 9:55 pm by Alex Haselden, a resident of Mountain View |
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Sarah Palin at CSU Stanlislaus
I find Ms. Palin to be cut out of the same cloth of Huey Long, George Wallace, and other such populists who presently call themselves "Tea Partiers." Which means I do not hol... |
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on Jul 27, 2010 at 10:47 am by a real perspective, a resident of another community |
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Tea Party at PA Post Office?
I was taking care of some company business this afternoon with Wells Fargo and the downtown PA post office at the corners of Waverley and Hamilton.
Maybe it was the time of... |
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on Jul 20, 2010 at 11:52 am by Perspective, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Chili Cook Off July 4th at Mitchell Park
This has to be one of the most fun events we have annually in Palo Alto.
In my capacity as a Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commissioner, I put in my time with the satisfac... |
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on Jul 7, 2010 at 10:43 am by Hmm.., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Summer Camps-and the Living is Easy, Breezy, Queasy?
I would like to have a community conversation about the summer camp options we have for our kids in Palo Alto. I have no pre-conceived notions about the options families ha... |
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on Jul 6, 2010 at 10:56 am by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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Baseball Mud
We are well into baseball season, Our Little League and Babe Ruth players are into their season's ends and the championships that
follow on.
In the major leagues, there ... |
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on Jun 12, 2010 at 3:10 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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Enjoy Your Pre-Primary Weekend and Monday
I have lost count of the number of canned pre-recorded phone calls I have gotten in the last few days around next Tuesday's California Primary Election.
I have stopped ans... |
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on Jun 6, 2010 at 12:31 pm by Kate, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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A Not So Perfect Baseball Game
This is for those of us who follow baseball, be it the Giants, our kids in T-Ball or anything in between.
There has been a great deal of buzz about how what should have bee... |
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on Jun 5, 2010 at 3:45 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Out of Touch, In Touch
Palo Alto City Government at long last is confronting fiscal realities.
It is not unique to this town, it has been an elephant in many rooms city and state wide for at le... |
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on May 25, 2010 at 10:11 am by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Willie Mays, Local Baseball Hero
I love baseball.
Willie Mays played for the Giants when I was a Bay Area kid, and he was rightly an icon.
There is a new biography about him that just has come out. I h... |
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on May 4, 2010 at 8:43 pm by Bambi, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Calif. GOP Politics At This Point
I want to make it clear that I think all the people running for Governor and US Senator on the GOP side are actually fine people, to be admired for what they have done in thei... |
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on May 3, 2010 at 7:29 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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2010 California US Senator Race
As a follow on from my comments about the race for Governor this year, there was the interesting, but not surprising announcement by Tom Campbell that he has decided to compet... |
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on Apr 29, 2010 at 8:52 pm by PA-Voter, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Go Cardinal Hoops!
March Madness Hoops this year has been great.
I am not one to obsess over sports, but I do appreciate what it can do for young people who participate in it, and the enter... |
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on Apr 9, 2010 at 12:05 am by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford |
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It Isn't Easy Being Green
With apologies to Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street, this Byxbee Park/Composting Facility question is an incredible conundrum.
Well intentioned people/leaders of enhancing... |
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on Apr 7, 2010 at 1:08 pm by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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MBA Absurdity as a Sign of the Times
I had the good fortune to attend a prominent business school, and graduated from it more years ago than I care to admit. It has a great local alumni club, terrific alumni sup... |
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on Apr 5, 2010 at 1:58 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Filling Out the Census Form
I hope everyone has a Good Friday.
It was not lost on me that the US Census form was due to be sent on on April Fool's Day.
I sent mine in a few days back, no big deal t... |
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on Apr 2, 2010 at 6:02 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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DC Beltway Noise
In a way, I miss W. My personal point of view about the man and his Presidency is niether here nor there, but he was pretty consistent and predictable in his policies. Good ... |
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on Apr 2, 2010 at 12:14 pm by The Real Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Catholic Church, Priests and Pedophelia
I was raised Catholic. I attended Catholic schools with scary nuns as teachers until 7th grade, and did a one year stint my high school freshman year at an all boys Jesuit C... |
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on Apr 1, 2010 at 2:32 pm by Not a catholic either, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Time at the Coffee Bars in PA
Each workday, I stop on my way to work in Fremont to one of a handful of Palo Alto coffee places to pick up a brew.
I take a “half caf” which helps me get my day started ... |
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on Mar 29, 2010 at 4:32 pm by Lisa, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood |
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Sarah Palin For President?
Palin -vs- Obama 2012 |
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on Mar 28, 2010 at 5:23 pm by Don, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Irresponsible Israel
This has nothing to do with being Jewish or Muslim. It has to do with sovereign states acting responsibly.
The State of Israel is a bully. It treats the Palestinians like... |
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on Mar 22, 2010 at 12:53 am by casey, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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A Different College Spring Break
My daughter, a PALY grad who now is attending a fine college in New England, related to me her Spring Break plans for later this month.
Cancun? Florida? Other places know... |
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on Mar 10, 2010 at 9:28 pm by MadamHooch, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Texas
I grew up in Houston, Texas, as did current CA Insurance Commissioner and struggling candidate for Governor Steve Poizner.
The State of Texas had its primaries this week, a... |
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on Mar 9, 2010 at 12:38 pm by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Jobs, Small Business, Candidates and Politicians
As a small business owner who has managed to hang on the last couple of years, and with no assurance that things are "coming back," I am tired of the platitudes people in offi... |
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on Mar 9, 2010 at 5:47 am by agree with R Wray, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Best Musical Composition at the Oscars
I am intrigued about how music composers for movies do their trade.
It is Oscars night, which does nothing for me, but I got to thinking about what music composers contribu... |
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on Mar 7, 2010 at 9:08 am by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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