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How to Value the Palo Alto Persona
In recent weeks, I have driven a couple of major roads, and some that are less travelled, here in Palo Alto. It’s disgusting. There is no question that we need major impro... |
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on May 8, 2012 at 6:55 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Re-Organizing How the City of Palo Alto Works
I am for Measure D, I oppose Measure E. Just so readers know, and do not have to ask. And not the point of my observations here.
However you come down on these two Meas... |
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on Oct 30, 2011 at 1:19 am by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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This Year’s Arts and Wine Festival
This event has gotten stale.
I have been going to this event for years, and it is a terrific tradition not just in Palo Alto, but in many communities here in the Bay Area, ... |
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on Aug 29, 2011 at 3:51 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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New Stanford Business School Complex
I had occasion to go on Campus Drive at Stanford the other day, and get a glimpse of the emerging archipelego of buildings that will be the new campus of the Graduate School o... |
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on Nov 12, 2010 at 2:02 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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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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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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25 College Bowl Games? Absurd
This is absurd. 25 "Bowl" games over the course of a week!
I do not follow football at the college or professional level, but out of local interest, I decided to check o... |
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on Jan 6, 2010 at 8:22 pm by Anon, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Viva Quidditch!
I have a daughter who attended PALY and now is a sophomore at Middlebury College in Vermont.
Her school hosted the "Quidditch World Cup" this weekend, hosting a number of o... |
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on Oct 27, 2009 at 6:20 pm by Melissa (oddharmonic), a resident of another community |
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On Things Collective
On Things Collective—Wisdom, Bargaining, Folly, and Sailing
Many of us in Palo Alto have sailed in San Francisco Bay. I had a week’s vacation in the mid-1990’s when I took... |
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on Oct 4, 2009 at 3:38 pm by Dirk, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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Stanford in NYC?
Have you noticed how many universities based in other parts of the United States have planted flags here in Silicon Valley and the greater Bay Area? Too many to mention, but ... |
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on Oct 17, 2011 at 6:03 pm by Think Again, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
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Play Ball!
My son Nathan and I went to the parade last year to celebrate the SF Giants winning the World Series. What a great experience, but it comes from deep roots.
When I was a k... |
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on Apr 4, 2011 at 12:12 pm by AMRW, a resident of another community |
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Adios Blue Cube in Sunnyvale
My afternoon commute between I880 and US101 takes me along CA237 and past the complex of Cold War relics such as the "Blue Cube," which was described back in the day as "Groun... |
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on Dec 20, 2010 at 7:52 pm by Joe, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Tough Choice in Local Assembly Race
How nice it is to have two experienced and seemingly capable people from the major parties seeking to suceed Ira Ruskin.
If I were having the proverbial beer with GOP candi... |
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on Oct 7, 2010 at 4:27 pm by Susan, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Merry Christmas--Except Those Nightmares
I wish to all a happy holiday season.
I write this not to address what the newspapers typically discuss around people down and out at this time of year.
Instead, for tho... |
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on Dec 25, 2009 at 12:09 pm by Sean, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Wither Daytime TV Soap Operas?
I can remember when I stayed home sick from school that my mother would always watch "As the World Turns," a daily soap opera, one of many back in the day.
I heard on NPR t... |
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on Sep 19, 2009 at 6:06 pm by Jarred, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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High Speed Rail Needs to Slow Down
I am not crazy about litigation and courts getting involved in matters of public policy, unless it is necessary.
The law not on the books is the law of unintended consequen... |
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on Aug 28, 2009 at 5:52 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Seeing the CA Budget Impasse at Grass Roots Level
One of the things that gives me a good feeling about the business I own and run is that I am able to outsource a portion of the work we do to an agency in Santa Clara Country ... |
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on Jul 9, 2009 at 1:44 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Palo Alto Still Lacks a Revenue Strategy
I have been concerned about this for a long time, and have written about it before.
There are too many examples over the last 20 or so years where revenue generating enti... |
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on May 11, 2012 at 9:10 am by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Black History Month
I spent my teen age years in Texas. MLK was killed when I was in 8th grade.
There is much reported about that time, and a great deal that african americans experienced p... |
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on Feb 2, 2012 at 6:42 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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PALY Girls Volleyball Are State Champions!
My son Nathan, a 2005 PALY grad, and I went to San Jose Saturday evening to watch the PALY girls volleyball team against Long Beach's "POLY" team compete for the State title i... |
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on Dec 5, 2010 at 1:25 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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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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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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Volunteer for the Senior Games
I have written in the past that I believe one of the elements that contribute to Palo Alto’s character is the active and robust volunteering that takes place here in town. Wh... |
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on Apr 29, 2009 at 12:10 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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