PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Storm Drain Work
Upgrading the storm drains is essential, and to our community's credit, we passed a measure a few years back to make it happen. Aged infrastructure, leading to flooded street... |
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on Dec 9, 2012 at 1:28 pm by whine, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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More HSR Nonsense
US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, formerly a Republican Congress Member from Illnois, is in California this week, promoting the High Speed Rail project in this state.... |
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on Feb 9, 2012 at 10:31 am by Craig Laughton, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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High Speed Rasputin
It took a great deal of effort by certain Russians to kill Rasputin, the minion of the final Czar of Russia. The guy did not go down easily or peacefully, nor does that appe... |
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on Dec 2, 2011 at 10:52 am by Robert, a resident of Stanford |
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Thanksgiving Reflections—Around PA Dinner Tables
Thanksgiving is the best holiday we have in the United States.
What follow are not necessarily my opinions, just a pulse taking around these parts.
Here are some crypt... |
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on Nov 17, 2011 at 3:58 pm by Ronald L., a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Local or Regional Solutions?
I tend to have a bias toward local problem solving.
And there are instances when local problem solving does not make sense.
This Byxbee Park composting project is the cu... |
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on Mar 27, 2011 at 10:17 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park 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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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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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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Boomer's Entertainers Are Starting to Die
I am not describing an epidemic. It's just that some folks that I saw on TV and heard on radio in the '60s and 70's are reaching the end of life.
Mary Travers, of Peter Pa... |
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on Sep 17, 2009 at 7:04 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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"Cash For Clunkers" Car Buying
I fervently hope that this program is having the purported positive impact on car sales and the general economy that led Congress to add $2 billion before they all went home t... |
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on Aug 9, 2009 at 7:01 pm by anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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World Music Sunday In Downtown PA
Did you have a chance to go downtown on Father's Day Sunday afternoon?
World Music was out in force this weekend, not only in Palo Alto, but worldwide. This was the first ... |
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on Jun 22, 2009 at 4:16 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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PA City Council's Use of Commissions and Advisory Boards
I read about the PA City Council’s Policy and Services Committee discussion about banning smoking in some or all Palo Alto Parks in their recent meeting.
Fine topic, well w... |
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on Mar 21, 2013 at 12:14 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Facebook IPO
I admit I don't entirely get Facebook.
Some of it is generational, some of it is how I choose to use my time, some of it is a matter of personal privacy, and likely some ot... |
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on May 31, 2012 at 8:02 pm by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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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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Verde at PALY
My kids both attended PALY last decade, and enjoyed great experiences, went on to terrifc colleges and now as young adults are on their own with meaningful jobs. Thank you PA... |
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 8:30 pm by Yes, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Natural Disasters, et al
Stuff happens. I am thinking about this as the Northeastern US is getting pummeled by a major snow storm. I am safely ensconced here in the SF Bay Area, and I have been part... |
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on Feb 9, 2013 at 2:00 pm by Prevention, a resident of Portola Valley |
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