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The library bond will not give us 21st century libraries.
Here is an article from the Daily showing that the Bond leaves basic library improvements untouched. The Bond is not going to give us a 21st century library, just new building... |
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on Oct 28, 2008 at 4:55 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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How long will the lines be at the polls?
Since we have our own hot topic (N), a hot state topic (8) as well as the national election, I am wondering if our polling places will be ready this time or if it will be anot... |
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on Oct 24, 2008 at 10:15 am by Miriam Palm, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Love the new look Weekly
Really enjoyed my first look at the new Weekly format. More to read even though I check in here every day. The crossword and sudoku are a good idea too. But I got one edition ... |
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on Sep 26, 2008 at 6:34 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Parks and the Health of Great Cities
Program details and online registration are now available for "Body and Soul: Parks and the Health of Great Cities." This event will encourage new ways of thinking about the ... |
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on Sep 10, 2008 at 2:43 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Water prices are rising quickly due to deepening California drought
Because of the uncertainty surrounding the winter rainfall, many of the details surrounding how the California water bank will work - including when the transfers would ta... |
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on Sep 6, 2008 at 6:07 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
The Center for Neighborhood Technology - Web Link -
is a creative think-and-do tank that combines rigorous research with effective solutions. CNT works across... |
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on Jul 3, 2008 at 11:04 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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How Palo Alto politics is done
a graphic method of getting done what you want done and not getting done what you don't want done
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on Jun 30, 2008 at 4:32 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Library Survey
I have just received a survey in the mail today about what I would like to see in improvements to the PA library service.
Am I the lucky one, or does everyone get one?
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on Jun 6, 2008 at 1:08 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Please recommend a tree removal company
Can someone please recommend a tree removal company which can remove an old tree (a big branch fell overnight damaging fense and neigbour's garden). I need someone cheap becau... |
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on May 10, 2008 at 12:26 am by bill, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Keep City Auditor links on City of Palo Alto Website
Will the following links to pages on the City web site continue to be available to the public when the new city auditor has been hired?
1) Service Efforts and Accomplishm... |
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on Feb 11, 2008 at 12:26 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Why the Valley is the World's premier high-tech region
"The conventional wisdom is that the Valley became the world's premier high-tech region through the activities of indigenous garage-based entrepreneurs."
Is this the conve... |
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on Jan 8, 2008 at 2:22 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Happy New Year, Palo Alto
As we look at the year in review, it is also time to look at the year ahead. We have new members on the City Council and School Board. We have many new ventures in the pipelin... |
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on Dec 31, 2007 at 9:46 am by steve levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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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... |
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on Dec 13, 2007 at 8:34 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Large developments and scarce resources
Climate change will make scarce resources, clean water, viable agricultural land even scarcer. Do we want our agricultural land to shrink because we in the Bay Area are ins... |
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on Nov 21, 2007 at 2:28 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Traffic - the "in the know", "tongue in cheek" P.A. excuse or joke?
It seems that anytime anything is mentioned here in Town Square, or in the real world out there, that every idea is given the put down of traffic.
Traffic is a reality of l... |
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on Nov 15, 2007 at 7:19 am by Joe Kott, a resident of another community |
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Dense housing vs healthy bees and healthy people
The people who advocate more and denser housing are wrong. We need to work with the housing stock we have, growing slowly and carefully. We know our air quality is bad, ou... |
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on Oct 30, 2007 at 6:50 pm by Terry, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Electrical outages in South Palo Alto
When our neighborhood lost electricity, I called the City. A recorded voice asked me my telephone number. When I gave my number, the voice said my number doesn't exist in th... |
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on Sep 26, 2007 at 7:25 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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How can we stop thread-muck?
Well, another useful and interesting thread has been shut down because of a rapid devolution into the muck. It was the "Why has my thread been deleted?" one
Web Link... |
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on Jul 12, 2007 at 1:16 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Nov. elections and this Forum
The elections in the coming November are going to be different in one important (I think) way. We now have a new medium, namely this Forum. This Forum is fast becoming a way f... |
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on Jun 23, 2007 at 7:00 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Public Transport Think Tank needed
Due to the possible demise of route 88 and the accident on the overcrowded cross town shuttle, it seems reasonable that a Think Tank should be set up to deal with local public... |
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on Jun 9, 2007 at 2:27 pm by Grandma, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Louis Road Bus Service
Louis Road is going to have no bus service which is going to prove a problem to those using public transport to get to Gunn High School. There is no way that students at Gunn ... |
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on May 22, 2007 at 8:56 am by Resident, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Keep Town Square user Friendly rather than divisive
On chatting with an acquantaince who I knew used this forum daily sometime ago, I discovered that they were not looking at it anymore as it was "full of divisive issues and no... |
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on May 20, 2007 at 11:06 am by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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City Council Job Performance Poll
Lately, there have been several threads on this forum regarding the performance of the Palo Alto City Council. I thought it would be interesting to conduct an informal poll to... |
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on May 17, 2007 at 6:14 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Bowling Alley and Motel Sold
Now that these have officially been sold to a developer what are we going to see? Senior housing, does not on the surface provide more students to our schools, if these are so... |
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on May 15, 2007 at 12:37 pm by eric, a resident of Mountain View |
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Living in a multi-culture community
It is only recently that I have begun to understand what living in a multi-culture community really means. I have always been pleased to see the different ethnic cultures in P... |
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on Apr 25, 2007 at 2:55 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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