PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Diary of a Swing State Precinct Walker
I spent the weekend before the election in the Reno, Nevada area, canvassing for the Obama campaign. Got home election night, and went to sleep shortly after the President wa... |
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on Nov 8, 2012 at 7:29 am by Gary, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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"Occupy," Tea Party, and Pepper Spray
I attended college at UC Davis during the Viet Nam era. Plenty of anti-war rallies and demonstrations. Never a damaged bookstore like Stanford experienced, let alone some of... |
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on Dec 13, 2011 at 3:18 pm by Edgarpoet, a resident of Mountain View |
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Rail CEO pledges transparency, accountability
California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Roelef van Ark vowed this week to keep updating state legislators about the progress of the high-speed rail, even if the reports aren'... |
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on Oct 17, 2010 at 8:09 pm by Clem, a resident of another community |
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Artwork at a Time of Employee Cutbacks
As a Parks and Recreation Commissioner, I felt very uncomfortable this past Tuesday night at our monthly regular meeting.
It was the day after City Council had approved a $... |
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on Nov 3, 2009 at 5:27 pm by Anna, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Cyber War -Vs- Conventional War
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/us/politics/02cyber.html?ref=todayspaper
This is a fascinating NYT article about how vulnerable the world is to cyber warfare.
We are i... |
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on Aug 7, 2009 at 5:16 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Details released of Facebook draft agreement with Menlo Park
Just what Facebook will be asked to provide to Menlo Park in return for being allowed to house as many as 6,600 employees on its current campus will be addressed by the Menlo ... |
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on Apr 14, 2012 at 3:50 pm by Emily, a resident of Menlo Park |
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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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Where Do US Senators and Reps Live While in DC?
My impression: many of them cannot afford to keep a house in their home district and another place of residence in our Nation's capital. DC is not a cheap date, rent or mort... |
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on Mar 6, 2010 at 11:13 am by Peter, a resident of another community |
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Thoughts on MLK Weekend
How far we have come, how far we have to go.
Here is a link to Dr. King's speech in 1963. Watch the entire thing, not just the "free at last" conclusion.
http://www.ml... |
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on Jan 24, 2010 at 6:56 pm by Dr. Gary Gechlik, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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Public Media Pledge Time!
I am a National Public Radio junkie. I don't watch TV, and when I do, it tends to be more along the lines of PBS than Dancing With The Stars.
We are in Pledge time right n... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 8:28 pm by homeless , a resident of another community |
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Put CA High Speed Rail to Death
I think it is too late, unfornately, for a ballot measure to be part of this November's election, but we need ASAP need to put this High Speed Rail in California to sleep.
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on Jan 28, 2013 at 12:48 pm by Forwrd, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Recycling Medications
What do you do when you want to dispose of a medication—especially prescription, especially those that are known for effective treatment when used properly, and subject to abu... |
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on Jan 12, 2012 at 3:15 pm by joey, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
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Royal Wedding , and "The Hats"
I watched the wedding after the fact this Saturday morning, and it was very well done. It clearly lifted the spirit of British subjects, and I am sure in these difficult time... |
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on Aug 18, 2011 at 2:06 pm by Former Brit, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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We Need High School Intramurals
Let us celebrate the chanpions Palo Alto schools have this year.
And let us think about most of the students who are not part of that cohort.
I remember when I was in co... |
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on Mar 21, 2011 at 10:36 am by Pop Warner, a resident of another community |
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Adios Newsweek, Hola Economist
My Newsweek magazine subscription that I have had since college is up for renewal. I will let it lapse.
I plan instead to subscribe to the Economist.
I no longer subscr... |
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on Mar 11, 2011 at 10:19 am by Journalism degrading, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Facebook and College Terrace and Palo Alto
FACT: the office complex that Facebook has occupied of late was several years ago negotiated to change to housing for Stanford employees. Agilent/HP was the previous tena... |
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on Feb 12, 2011 at 8:50 pm by Joe, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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HSR Get Nationwide Rejection
We in the Peninsula, the Bay Area, or California are not alone in our skepticism about High Speed Rail.
I am an NPR listener and there was a feature on its Friday evening n... |
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on Dec 3, 2010 at 12:09 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
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Vayan Gigantes!
I write this after getting off a Skype phone call from my son who was following the SF Giants game from Korea. What a great series against the Phillies, and how excitng that ... |
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on Oct 26, 2010 at 9:22 pm by anonymous, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis 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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Miss America Is Old
I remeber getting an "A" on a paper I wrote for my high school English class around 30 years ago about how the Miss America Pageant was rife with flaws, from the treatment of ... |
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on Jan 31, 2010 at 4:37 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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More on Health Care: Public Options Co-Ops, Other
I will admit that I have little or no expertise around health care policy. I have tried to stay engaged and informed these past few months.
And my small company that I run... |
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on Jan 10, 2010 at 9:53 am by Get back to what works, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Street Cleaning Days--No Parking!
Between storm drain repairs and home renovations in my neighborhood the last several weeks, there have been all sorts of working vehicles parked on my block.
The consequenc... |
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on Apr 29, 2013 at 10:58 pm by WilliamA, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Sequester
I lean strongly to the notion of the closer and more local the government is able to meet the needs of local residents and voters, the better.
More Jeffersonian than Hamilt... |
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on Mar 20, 2013 at 11:22 am by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Simitian’s High Speed Rail Hearing
I like Joe, and I must him give him credit for vetting the High Speed Rail concept almost to a fault. Hearing after hearing, town meeting after town meeting.
Enough is eno... |
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on May 8, 2012 at 10:13 pm by Robert, a resident of Stanford |
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The Autumn Leaves
I lived for a time in New England, and still get there for various reasons. The foliage there this time of year is spectacular, and we actually have something along those lin... |
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on Oct 7, 2011 at 4:17 pm by kathy H, a resident of Mountain View |
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