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State of the city
Apparently our mayor delivered the "state of the City" address yesterday to, according to the story below, a council chambers full of Palo Alto insiders and current and former... |
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on Mar 21, 2007 at 1:38 pm by Reduce C0/2, a resident of the Triple El neighborhood |
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More housing here won't reduce Central Valley sprawl
I would be more sympathetic with Steve Raney's suggestion (Weekly, March 7 Web Link ) if adding 3,716 homes in Palo Alto me... |
Arthur Keller, member of the Planning and Transportation Commission |
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on Mar 20, 2007 at 10:58 pm by Bob Gardiner, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Alma Plaza--again
From today's PA Weekly:
Web Link
One comment in the story is:
"they'd like to see a "quality, affordable" grocery ... |
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on Mar 19, 2007 at 1:19 pm by Jeremy Loski, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Is There Civic Leadership in Palo Alto?
Reposted from another topic - seemed worth its own thread...
Where is the organized city leadership in Palo Alto? It's the vacuum created by lack of strong, visible leaders... |
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on Mar 19, 2007 at 10:04 am by Carol Mullen, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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What has happened to the Main Library after school?
I went in to the Main Library today late this afternoon to take back some books, and the place was a 'zoo'.
Wasn't this supposed to be an after school study environment and o... |
Bill |
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on Mar 18, 2007 at 5:43 pm by Anonymous Teen, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Barron Park hillside spraying all about money
The lead sentence in the "green" education article on page 3 of the March 7 Weekly Web Link incorrectly presents the "class... |
Peter Deutsch |
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on Mar 17, 2007 at 12:36 am by parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Trying to milk Stanford for money
Thank goodness the council could not get the 5 votes for this
Web Link
Looks like another example of ... |
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on Mar 15, 2007 at 7:42 am by Not so fast, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Homeless shelter reaction ...
OMG.....I was at the end of a list on a previous site here and after reading all the complaints..more and more complaints.. on the homeless people here in Palo Alto ~who actua... |
Another mother here |
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on Mar 14, 2007 at 10:53 pm by Eileen Richardson, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Council's FTTH-related conflicts of interest
Ever since October 24, 2005 (with one exception), whenever Council considers matters pertaining to possibly building a citywide municipal FTTH system, Council Members Kleinber... |
Jeff Hoel |
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on Mar 14, 2007 at 1:45 pm by Jeff Hoel, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Too late for city broadband investment
I hope the members of the City Council will consider very carefully before deciding to go with broadband, no matter who would build it.
They missed their opportunity. Five ... |
Sue Kemp |
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on Mar 14, 2007 at 1:19 pm by Jeff Hoel, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Palo Alto architects' vision different from mine
Architecture, like art, is a matter of taste. As I live in a 100-year-old house in the Downtown North neighborhood and appreciate the history and beauty of my surroundings and... |
Susan Meade |
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on Mar 13, 2007 at 6:14 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto Zero Waste Operation Plan Discussion
The Policy and Services Committee will be evaluating Palo Alto's Zero Waste "Operations Plan". This will be Tuesday at 7:30 PM at City Hall. This is the implementation elemen... |
Bob Wenzlau |
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on Mar 13, 2007 at 4:44 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Taxing our way to prosperity ....here comes the business tax
Having showed themselves to be completely feckless when dealing with the budgetary issues facing Palo Alto, and unable to cut from spending anything that might offend the usua... |
Chris |
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on Mar 11, 2007 at 10:34 pm by pat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Library and Police Bond
I am curious how the City Council plans to convince the community to pass a $95 million bond for the library and police station. It seems that the survey says that more people... |
SW |
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on Mar 11, 2007 at 10:38 am by Chris, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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Stanford asking for blood donors
Please think about being a blood donor.
I am English and although I gave blood many times before I moved to the US, I am not able to give blood here in case my blood has ma... |
Carol |
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on Mar 10, 2007 at 4:59 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Palo Alto - we are screaming for HELP!!!
What is happening to our City. We have divided ourselves in regard to MI and Charter Schools. We cannot get our library situation sorted out, along with other infrastructure. ... |
Resident |
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on Mar 10, 2007 at 8:26 am by Equal Justice, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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What's the glitch?
Seems that I can only view postings from yesterday and the past. No postings today at all?
Is there a technical difficulty here? Estimated time of repair?
Or are we lo... |
where are you? |
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on Mar 9, 2007 at 12:14 pm by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
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Being a Good Remodeling Neighbor
With all the remodeling and building in PA - here are a few suggestions to pass to your contractor if you are remodeling.
Respect your neighbor's quiet - Palo Alto has rest... |
Palo alto mom |
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on Mar 9, 2007 at 10:48 am by Palo alto mom, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Drug Dealer
What is up with Palo Alto? I was down towards E. Savory Street this morning going to a body shop and there were atf, state cops, k9 units, and newswatch 16 was there, all they... |
Kevin |
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on Mar 7, 2007 at 10:06 pm by Kevin, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Editor: What happened to that new thread from yesterday?
Late yesterday I ran across a new thread regarding tonight's PAUSD board meeting. It concerned a charter school issue which was to be on the agenda and was related to recripoc... |
Lorraine Sparaco |
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on Mar 7, 2007 at 9:39 am by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Had a post removed by Palo Alto On-line staff?
[Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.] |
censorship |
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on Mar 7, 2007 at 9:38 am by Fireman, a resident of another community |
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Grow, or die
I just read Becky Trout's reportage about the "Death by 1,000 Cuts" that our city is facing.
Web Link
A follow up to this ... |
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on Mar 6, 2007 at 4:50 pm by pat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Co-investing in a first home
For our Spring Real Estate special section, I'm looking for people who have recently purchased homes together -- parents helping a child, two friends, two people who didn't kn... |
Carol Blitzer -- Asst. Editor, Palo Alto Weekly |
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on Mar 5, 2007 at 2:47 pm by Carl D., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Missing Stanford Student - this is a Palo Alto issue
There is a Stanford Student missing since last Saturday. I have seen nothing about town and very little in the media. This is an issue that affects all of us. Please let us do... |
Palo Alto Resident |
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on Feb 27, 2007 at 11:52 pm by Stanford Alumni \\\'01, a resident of Stanford |
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There seems to be an elephant in the room when talking about the enviroment,air pollution,CO2, dependance on oil
There is a lot of talk about pollution, global warming and dependance on foeign oil, but no one or almost no one is talking about an obvious problem and rather straight-forwar... |
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on Feb 26, 2007 at 5:25 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |