PALO ALTO ISSUES
Save the Palo Alto Recycling Center
We need to keep local services!!!!! Don't let our local Recycling Center be killed. Write Council and tell them we need to keep it.
The future of the Recycling Center is ... |
Cooper |
3459 |
13 |
on Dec 17, 2007 at 3:14 pm by Jayne, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City installs Google search on Web site
Palo Alto's much-maligned Web site recently switched search engines, replacing Civica Software's program with a Google search bar, Chief Information Officer Glenn Loo said Wed... |
Editor |
2560 |
15 |
on Dec 16, 2007 at 11:50 pm by Can\'t find, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Foothills Park to stay closed to non-residents
Councilwoman LaDoris Cordell's attempt to open Foothills Park to taxpaying Palo Alto business owners crashed once it reached the reached the Council Chambers Monday night.
Re... |
Editor |
3035 |
19 |
on Dec 16, 2007 at 3:47 pm by Wondering, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Cost of "Green" in Palo Alto
This may seem like a small issue, but I think it is symbolic of current issues in our city.
I asked my husband to walk down to the local copy shop to order an outdoor banne... |
Sally |
3113 |
29 |
on Dec 16, 2007 at 5:01 am by joyce, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
PA council opposes 'preemptive action' in Iran
Warning of the experiences of Japanese Americans during World War II, Palo Altan Mitra Varza urged the City Council to oppose a preemptive invasion of Iran Monday night.
Rea... |
Editor |
2905 |
68 |
on Dec 15, 2007 at 2:39 pm by joan, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
On Deadline: A long parade of city managers along bumpy roads
Sitting in the seventh-floor office of Frank Benest Nov. 27 talking about his announced retirement involved a sudden rush déjà vu — a feeling of "I've been here before."... |
Editor |
3096 |
8 |
on Dec 15, 2007 at 11:08 am by City employee, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Anti-drunk-driving campaigns begin tonight
Holiday season anti-drunk-driving campaigns begin tonight in both Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, involving police agencies throughout both counties.
Read the full st... |
Editor |
2711 |
6 |
on Dec 14, 2007 at 11:32 pm by Peter, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Police cite six for serving alcohol to minors
Palo Alto police cited servers at six Palo Alto restaurants Saturday night for serving alcohol to minors. Police used teen decoys in the sting operation.
Read the full story ... |
Editor |
2576 |
11 |
on Dec 14, 2007 at 10:00 am by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City nets $11M budget surplus
It is curious that this was the headline in today's Palo Alto Daily News and didn't even make the Palo Alto Online headlines. Why not? The sub heading: Extra funds likely t... |
Just Wondering |
2556 |
4 |
on Dec 14, 2007 at 7:56 am by Joanna, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
PA council approves 'Climate Protection Plan'
Rejecting a proposal by Vice Mayor Larry Klein to set an even higher goal, the Palo Alto City Council voted Monday night to slash the community's greenhouse gas emissions 15 p... |
Editor |
3025 |
24 |
on Dec 13, 2007 at 7:22 pm by James, a resident of the Monroe Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
The new Barney video and our Parks
The fixes below can also guide our city council in fixing, maintaining, and preserving our city parks. When a government entity views parks as wasted opportunities for revenue... |
Resident |
2420 |
0 |
on Dec 13, 2007 at 8:34 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford to recruit faculty to study race
Stanford University has launched a five-year program to recruit young faculty members whose research focuses on the study of ethnicity and race.
Read the full story here http... |
Editor |
2646 |
3 |
on Dec 13, 2007 at 7:25 am by Phil Lanthrop, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
web site revisited
Happened to run across this while reading about Fred Thomson's wife, a la today's Doonesbury, and of course it made me think of the city web site cost. Ten years ago, but sti... |
janette |
2468 |
8 |
on Dec 12, 2007 at 2:35 pm by eric, a resident of Mountain View |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
ABAG assignments unlikely to change, staff says
Palo Alto is almost certainly stuck with an assignment to plan for 2,860 housing units by 2014, city staff members told the Planning and Transportation Commission Wednesday.
... |
Editor |
5095 |
196 |
on Dec 12, 2007 at 12:18 pm by The Real Anna, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Pacific Art League deal finalized
The Pacific Art League has inked a deal with local developer Jim Baer to purchase and rehabilitate its nearly 80-year-old Ramona Street building, a spokeswoman announced Frida... |
Editor |
2781 |
27 |
on Dec 11, 2007 at 4:54 pm by Disgusted, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
NO on PAL building wins
Well, NO on PAL building has won. Funny, not exactly democratic, I mean for all we know they were 20 people out of 600. But they got their way. Never got to test a vote.
W... |
PAL member |
3300 |
28 |
on Dec 11, 2007 at 4:52 pm by Mixed Media, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto City Council plans to discuss Iran
On Monday, the Palo Alto City Council plans to discuss the landfill, Foothills Park, green building, the proposed Environmental Commission and Iran.
Read the full story here ... |
Editor |
3375 |
59 |
on Dec 11, 2007 at 2:39 pm by Amy, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Council shuns environment entity, by any name
Despite emphatic support from a trio of council members -- all of whom will return next year -- the Palo Alto City Council rejected a proposal to create either an Environmenta... |
Editor |
2395 |
6 |
on Dec 11, 2007 at 12:48 pm by Not so fast, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
ABAG: City Council Shows True Colors - Green Isn't Among Them
st evening's Council commentary on a letter of rejection (of housing requirements) to be sent to ABAG was enlightening - especially as it followed an earlier debate about whet... |
Mike |
2475 |
2 |
on Dec 11, 2007 at 10:06 am by Bebe, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Overtime costs necessary, but still too high
By working extra hours in 2006, Palo Alto Police Agent Adrienne Moore earned nearly $210,000, $18,000 more than Police Chief Lynne Johnson.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
Editor |
2527 |
7 |
on Dec 11, 2007 at 6:23 am by Alex, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Climate report aims at 5 percent emission cut
A 144-page action plan released over the Thanksgiving holiday by the City of Palo Alto -- which outlines ways to cut the community's greenhouse-gas emissiona -- was greeted wa... |
Editor |
4019 |
93 |
on Dec 10, 2007 at 3:53 pm by Greg, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Foothills Park Entry for Non-Resident Business Owners
Retiring Council Members Cordell, Kleinberg, and Mossar have placed a request on the City Council agenda for Monday, December 10, 2007, to refer to the Policy and Services Com... |
Herb Borock |
2772 |
3 |
on Dec 10, 2007 at 12:03 pm by please explain, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
LaDoris Cordell reflects on four years of City Council service
LaDoris Cordell didn't think she'd make it through her first two years on the Palo Alto City Council. Recovering from unanticipated back surgery when she was elected in Novemb... |
Editor |
3486 |
19 |
on Dec 8, 2007 at 12:54 pm by Cordell admirer, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Are you sure you heard us right, Chairman Martin?
This piece was written by a high school journalist (Me!) and published in a high school publication in the Bay Area, the Paly Voice. I have not seen an article about this issu... |
Jordan Brown |
2380 |
3 |
on Dec 7, 2007 at 8:19 am by Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Supervisor urges improvement in fire protection
Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager today called for new county fire protection regulations in the wake of last month's devastating wildfires in Southern California.
Rea... |
Editor |
2691 |
2 |
on Dec 6, 2007 at 11:45 am by Fireman, a resident of another community |
View in an RSS Reader
