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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Skeptics, Dupes, and ParanoidsI am a natural-born skeptic. I like to question things and play devil’s advocate, so much so that for a while some friends called me “Sherry Contrary”....
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 1, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 9, 2019 at 9:41 am | 33 comments | 19050 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Vehicles turning right pose a danger to cyclists and pedestriansLast week I biked to Ace Hardware, just over a mile from my home, and when I came back I thought “Whoa, that was not fun.” There are some big four-way...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 20, 2022Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Mar 30, 2022 at 7:38 pm | 33 comments | 19917 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Why net metering is such incredibly bad policyAre any of you getting sticker shock when shopping for holiday flights? Yeah, me too. It made me wonder what it would be like if California ran an airline the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Nov. 13, 2022Last comment by PH, on Nov 20, 2022 at 11:07 am | 33 comments | 12216 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
Housing for Low Income Residents and Affordable HousingI want to make two points. One, housing for low income residents and affordable housing are overlapping but DIFFERENT categories Two, there are negative consequences...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Jun. 18, 2016Last comment by MPer, on Jun 23, 2016 at 3:27 pm | 33 comments | 16312 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Los Altos standby The Boardwalk to close after 38 yearsAfter 38 years of serving classic burgers, pizza and cold beers in a comfortably unpretentious setting, The Boardwalk in Los Altos is closing its doors. Michele...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Jun. 2, 2014Last comment by Tom Mueller , on Jul 10, 2016 at 8:02 pm | 33 comments | 69428 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Foie gras returns to Peninsula menusAfter the news broke Wednesday that California's ban of foie gras, the prized fattened liver of a duck or goose,
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Jan. 9, 2015Last comment by Roy Thiele-Sardiña, on Jan 20, 2015 at 5:14 am | 33 comments | 36803 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Like Horse PenisI've been playing around with Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus lately (lactic acid bacteria.)
Original post made by Laura Stec on Jul. 2, 2015Last comment by MP observer, on Jul 9, 2015 at 1:43 pm | 33 comments | 36393 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Feeling Crabby About The Season?Feeling crabby about the season, or should we say the non-season? On November 6, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) made an emergency ruling...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Nov. 13, 2015Last comment by D. Lish, on Nov 21, 2015 at 5:55 am | 33 comments | 24108 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Is Palo Alto too generous in paying its staff?Palo Alto spends $6 million a month on employee salaries plus health benefits. Just a little over a week ago, the Palo City Council decided, somewhat abruptly, to...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Apr. 14, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Apr 21, 2020 at 1:02 pm | 33 comments | 16591 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Nov. 3 -- a critical election -- and now your comments on the first debateLET ME INADD TO THIS ORIGINAL BLOG HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES OUR COUNTRY HAS EXPERIENCED -- THE FIRST SEPT....
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 29, 2020Last comment by perceived diminished mental faculties, on Oct 6, 2020 at 6:36 pm | 33 comments | 13098 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Problems within the Palo Alto Police DepartmentThe lack of transparency in the Palo Alto Police Department is increasing month by month, now in a worrisome way. For the past two-plus years, the city council...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Dec. 19, 2021Last comment by Diana Diamond, on Dec 26, 2021 at 1:03 pm | 33 comments | 14503 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Let’s play a simple(?) game “Morality v. RealitySetting: your living room: Question: How flexible are you in your political thinking? I’d like you to play a game today – first, alone, then...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Oct. 13, 2022Last comment by John Donegan, on Oct 21, 2022 at 8:34 am | 33 comments | 6928 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Our politics – and our elections – are running amokWhat is happening to the people in our country? Why are the partisan fights and arguments escalating? Why is the far right so fiercely fighting their self-defined...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Nov. 1, 2022Last comment by Division's in the Mirror, on Nov 8, 2022 at 6:52 pm | 33 comments | 6657 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
America‘s crises are escalating. What can we do?Passivity prevails. During the past several years, two new crises – increased violence and an acceptance of political (and personal) lying in our country are...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Feb. 20, 2023Last comment by Raja Lodhi, 15 hours ago | 33 comments | 4156 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Are you trying to use less gas?Some days (weeks) you just want to keep your eyes closed. You don’t want to watch the news, you don’t want to look at gas prices, you don’t want...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 13, 2022Last comment by Erlinda , on Mar 20, 2022 at 8:43 pm | 33 comments | 17191 Views
OFF DEADLINE
On hunting imaginary lionsSomewhere deep inside I've always been a lion hunter. And the recent episode of the lion hunt in and around Palo Alto's Foothills Park and the Los Trancos Woods...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Jul. 22, 2008Last comment by lion, on Sep 22, 2008 at 9:49 pm | 32 comments | 15618 Views
OFF DEADLINE
On hunting imaginary lionsSomewhere deep inside I've always been a lion hunter. And the recent episode of the lion hunt in and around Palo Alto's Foothills Park and the Los Trancos Woods...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Jul. 22, 2008Last comment by lion, on Sep 22, 2008 at 9:49 pm | 32 comments | 8941 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
A reprehensible political adThis is not so much about a particular set of lies at the core of one political ad, but more about Palo Alto's political environment. When very prominent people...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Nov. 2, 2014Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Nov 8, 2014 at 3:45 pm | 32 comments | 13676 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
El Camino: Another scheme to increase congestion?The risk that either alternative will actually be implemented is minimal: Both call for substantial widening of El Camino, which requires taking private property...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Nov. 12, 2018Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Nov 19, 2018 at 11:44 am | 32 comments | 8316 Views
TWO DECADES OF KIDS AND COUNTING
Delay in de-laning Paly 9th grade English is unfortunateThe Paly English department's recent proposal to de-lane 9th grade English has generated a lot of controversy. Today,
Original post made by Sally Torbey on Feb. 11, 2014Last comment by Paly mom, on Feb 21, 2014 at 7:44 pm | 32 comments | 12129 Views
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