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PENINSULA FOODIST
Chick-fil-A quietly starts delivering out of DoorDash kitchen in Redwood CityFast-food chain Chick-fil-A has started delivering its chicken sandwiches and other fare on the Peninsula out of DoorDash's
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Nov. 15, 2019Last comment by So Proud of CFA, on Nov 22, 2019 at 5:41 am | 61 comments | 29111 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Are we losing our common sense?In our collective concern about coronavirus, some decisions are being made that defy common sense. Our roads are emptier the past couple of weeks, since everyone...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Apr. 20, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Apr 29, 2020 at 7:05 pm | 60 comments | 22741 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Palo Alto’s business tax: A forever tax that we will be paying for==I “So, what if Palo Alto imposes a business tax on all retail businesses in this city? That’s fine with me if they pay money to run Palo Alto –...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jun. 7, 2022Last comment by vanessa, on Jul 14, 2022 at 11:04 pm | 59 comments | 9445 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
My Home Was Built by a DeveloperTown Square is full of angry comments about developers who have built office buildings recently in Palo Alto and council action with regard to these developments. I...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Feb. 12, 2014Last comment by Garrett83, on Feb 20, 2014 at 10:02 am | 58 comments | 28037 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Sure, the traffic mess in town is a complicated problem, but I want a solutionWow! Palo Alto’s new Office of Transportation will have 15.5 employees to solve all our traffic problems in our city – that’s a lot of people to...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Dec. 10, 2019Last comment by Resident, on Dec 19, 2019 at 4:37 pm | 58 comments | 13141 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Constantly coping with the virus: We need a total lockdown nowWe can't go on like this. Weeks go by, and then months, and instead of getting better, more and more of us have gotten the coronavirus -- or have died. The nationwide...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Aug. 11, 2020Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Aug 18, 2020 at 4:53 pm | 58 comments | 17200 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Is telling the truth simply an old-fashioned idea?As the story has been told over the years, our first president, George Washington, said, as a youngster to his lather as both looked at a cherry tree, “I cannot...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jan. 19, 2023Last comment by Raoul Montez, on Jan 30, 2023 at 12:30 pm | 58 comments | 4861 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
When will this end?Who would have ever thought that a tiny little virus, a microorganism, would have the wherewithal to cause our entire world to come to a standstill? Hundreds of...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on May. 12, 2020Last comment by Resident, on May 25, 2020 at 11:25 am | 56 comments | 20478 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
The dual dilemma for students and adults – will working from home really work?The big conundrum facing us this summer and well into the autumn months is: a) should our kids go to school and risk exposure to the corona virus or can they be...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 7, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Jul 23, 2020 at 9:10 am | 56 comments | 16435 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
Would You Support a Housing Bond in Palo AltoOn Tuesday the residents of Emeryville passed a $50 million dollar housing bond meaning that more than 2/3 of voters supported the bond. The details I could find...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Jun. 8, 2018Last comment by Sanctimonious City, on Aug 22, 2018 at 6:14 pm | 55 comments | 13167 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Afghanistan: Why did this all happen?==I NOTE: American attention the past few days has focused on the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Many of our friends and neighbors are talking about what happened....
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Aug. 17, 2021Last comment by Bystander, on Aug 26, 2021 at 9:06 am | 55 comments | 11988 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
'Working from home’ — a new work world creates societal problems.I am envious – maybe a bit jealous – of all the high-tech employees today who can decide when and where they work, how much vacation time they want,...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Nov. 21, 2022Last comment by Jennifer, on Nov 29, 2022 at 12:45 pm | 55 comments | 7436 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
Population GrowthThe state Department of Finance released population estimates for 2013 on December 12, 2013. Here are some of the key results relating to Bay Area growth. Since...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Dec. 15, 2013Last comment by Steve Levy, on Jan 3, 2014 at 3:21 pm | 54 comments | 32862 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Persky's recall: a loss for our nation's judicial systemEmotionalism won; judicial understanding lost. By a 60-40 margin, Judge Aaron Persky was recalled from office Tuesday. That is an unfortunate loss for our judicial...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jun. 6, 2018Last comment by Revenge, on Jun 8, 2018 at 8:34 am | 54 comments | 15819 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
How Much More Growth Should Palo Alto Allow?To grow more, or a lot more: That is the question that Palo Alto voters will face in November, when a ballot measure will ask us whether we should cap this city’s...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 25, 2018Last comment by @GM, on Aug 2, 2018 at 11:04 am | 54 comments | 14298 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Absurdly long waits for doctors' appointments are an escalating health care problemI don’t know whether I should laugh out loud as I think about the iabsurdly long waits we now encounter in getting a doctor’s appointment -- or bury my head...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Apr. 19, 2022Last comment by Jesus, on May 6, 2022 at 2:21 pm | 54 comments | 17444 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Are our elections unfair? Should we fix them? What will work?All it took was one sentence on p. 3 of Saturday's, Nov. 7, NYT to finally convince me that my long-held stance on eliminating the Electoral College in the U.S....
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Nov. 10, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Nov 18, 2020 at 8:38 am | 53 comments | 18107 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Palo Alto v. Stanford: City demands are over the topAn undercurrent of antagonism between the city of Palo Alto and Stanford University has been in play for decades. It is seldomly discussed aloud, but it is there....
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Dec. 11, 2022Last comment by Crescent Park Rez, on Dec 27, 2022 at 4:34 pm | 53 comments | 9146 Views
A TEEN'S PALO ALTO
George Floyd's tragedy exposes tense polarization between Americans“Please, I can’t breathe.” George Floyd, nicknamed the “gentle giant” by family and friends, was a 46 year old black man who passed...
Original post made by Jessica Zang on May. 28, 2020Last comment by Michael D, on Jun 21, 2020 at 12:03 am | 53 comments | 13385 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
The Palo Alto Bicycle Lobby: Impeding more and safer bicycling?I did a lot of around-town bicycling from the late 1980s through the early 2000s (foot#4) and became involved in the City's bike planning. I found myself often in...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Mar. 16, 2014Last comment by pat, on Mar 31, 2014 at 11:47 pm | 52 comments | 45133 Views
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