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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... |
Resident |
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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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Cameras for running red lights in PA?
Too many people are running red lights when the signal is CLEARLY already read. Not just turning from yellow to red. I live between Embarcadero Rd. and Oregon Expressway, two ... |
Pro-Big Brother |
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on Dec 9, 2009 at 3:11 pm by jb, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
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Our Town: More about Town Square
This is a response to reactions to the column I wrote last week about the level of rancor that is often evident in the anonymous postings on Palo Alto Online's Town Square for... |
Editor |
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on Jul 15, 2007 at 6:22 pm by one more vote for slashdot.org, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Invoke Mandatory In-Car Testing for Senior Citizens
The tragedy that occurred on el Camino last evening - with yet another senior citizen making a fatal error in judgment - leads one to think about demanding mandatory *on-road*... |
Mike |
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on May 17, 2007 at 10:43 am by Kristi, a resident of another community |
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Edgewood Plaza needs to be scraped
Count me as a strong supporter of tearing down the entire Edgewood Plaza center and starting over with an attractivly designed retail/mixed use development or retail only cent... |
Bill T. |
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on Nov 9, 2007 at 1:24 pm by Whats taking so long, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Affordable Housing Planned for SOFA
The report in today's PA Weekly about the Community Housing Alliance's (CHA) plans to develop an affordable family residential community on Alma in the downtown area brings wo... |
Carol Lamont |
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on Aug 16, 2006 at 10:30 pm by David Lieberman, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Immigration and Deportation Come to Palo Alto
This story about family breakup was posted yesterday on Palo Alto Online.
Web Link
I don't see how the family breakup h... |
stephen levy |
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on Apr 13, 2007 at 12:09 pm by marielena, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Columbus vs Yom Kippur
It is strange how the Palo Alto School District does not recognize Columbus Day, which is a holiday observed by government offices across America including Palo Alto's own. I... |
HypocrisyHater |
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on Dec 12, 2006 at 10:53 pm by , a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Storm Drain Tax Shortfall: -- A Harbinger for Library and Police Building Bonds?
So it turns out that the city won't have nearly enough to fix the storm drains with the "Fee" (I.e. "Tax") increase the blue ribbon committe told us was desparately needed to ... |
RS Sampson |
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on Apr 2, 2007 at 6:20 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Global Warming - act locally
This is non-partisan issue Numero Uno. Action to reduce carbon dioxide saves our quality of life and redirects our national policies. Palo Alto Utilities is to be commended ... |
Hugh MacMillan |
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on Jun 30, 2006 at 11:59 am by Mary Beth, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Facebook moving to Menlo Park--College Terrace happy
Today's (January 5th) Daily Post has an article about Facebook and it's relationship with the neighbors in College Terrace. Naturally, being College Terrace, there are compla... |
Too Much Traffic |
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on Jan 8, 2011 at 9:16 pm by palo altan, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Street Sweeping - What's the Point?
Yesterday morning I watched the Street Sweeper make its way down my block. What a total waste of Palo Alto taxpayer money. Given the dozens of cars parked along my block, the ... |
Palo Alto Bill |
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on Jan 6, 2009 at 10:29 am by Greg K, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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$50 million for a police HQ?
The city council is proposing to spend $50 million for a
police HQ. That's almost $1000 per resident.
Admittedly, I have no specific expertise with regards to
this issue... |
Mondo |
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on Apr 18, 2007 at 11:55 pm by Petey, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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City Manger Performance Review
"It's peformance-review time for the city manager" Diana Diamond reminds us in the headline to her column of Wednesday.
Web Link... |
Fred Balin |
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on Jul 30, 2006 at 10:39 am by Fred Balin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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What's the deal with the city council and housing?
Maybe I'm wrong - I haven't made a study of this but it seems that they keep allowing more and more housing to be built. And at the same time I hear that kids can't go to the... |
Giraffe |
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on Jun 17, 2006 at 12:24 am by enoch choi, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Student Severly Injured After Crosstown Shuttle Accident
Some parents and commuters along Arastradero/Charleston yesterday afternoon may have noticed abnormal congestion near El Camino.
Unfortunately, some time after school a Gun... |
student |
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on Jun 16, 2007 at 6:21 pm by Ken, a resident of the Monroe Park neighborhood |
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Work Trucks and Trailers on streets
Does anyone know if there is any ordinance that prohibits the parking of commercial work trucks, or trailers on public streets. Our neighbors own many trucks, and park all ove... |
concerned resident |
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on Dec 11, 2008 at 12:30 am by john brown, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
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Parking woes prompt permit push
The cost to park at Stanford University for a year: between $216 and $552. The cost to park across Stanford Avenue in Palo Alto's College Terrace neighborhood: free.
Read t... |
Editor |
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on Aug 6, 2007 at 2:33 pm by gary, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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A good trade-off?
Palo Alto developer Chop Keenan is willing to build another parking garage on High St. if the city will allow him to build a four-story building at High and Hamilton (where on... |
Tyler Hanley |
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on Oct 18, 2006 at 11:39 am by Public parking, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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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 ... |
Anna |
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on Mar 6, 2007 at 4:50 pm by pat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Heat closes three Palo Alto libraries early
Three Palo Alto library branches closed early today (Tuesday) due to excessive heat and no air conditioning: Mitchell Park closed at 2:45 p.m., College Terrace closed at 3:30 ... |
Editor |
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on Jul 15, 2008 at 6:30 am by Dave, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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Why Can't Palo Alto Fix Its Libraries?
It seems that whenever anybody tries to do anything positive about the library system, the community instantly splinters and the council washes its hands of the issue.
Why ... |
Concerned Resident |
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on Jun 8, 2006 at 3:11 pm by Very Tas, a resident of the Evergreen Park 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... |
Resident |
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on Nov 15, 2007 at 7:19 am by Joe Kott, a resident of another community |
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What's with all the Liquid Amber and magnloia trees?
I nominate whoever was responsible for planting Magnolias and Liquid Amber trees as "most useless arborist team, ever". Planting those trees had to be a joke played on Palo Al... |
Harumph! |
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on Oct 13, 2008 at 10:34 am by good tree lover, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Flood premium reduction services - is it worth a try?
I am sure many of us in Palo Alto received an offer in mail from Flood Premium Reduction Services, Inc to do a study (for $50) to determine if the property needs to be flood i... |
Natalie G |
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on Apr 24, 2013 at 2:13 pm by Janet, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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