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Do we really have a housing crisis?The repeated refrain these past several years: We have a housing crisis in town -- we have to build more housing units so more people can live in our fair cities. Most...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 23, 2021Last comment by Gale+Johnson, on Sep 30, 2021 at 8:16 pm | 46 comments | 12065 Views
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PA's downtown business problems not simple to solveSome businesses are closing in Palo Alto's downtown; city business revenues the past two years have dropped significantly, and the town's main street connecting...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 15, 2021Last comment by dana hendrickson, on Sep 21, 2021 at 8:07 pm | 8 comments | 11122 Views
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Hey guys, it's your turn now to become mothers!I am tired of those men, particularly the males in the Texas legislature, dictating what women can, and cannot do, with their own bodies. That's been a BIG topic...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 6, 2021Last comment by Zayda, on Sep 11, 2021 at 12:48 am | 20 comments | 8104 Views
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Gas use or gas ban? Consider all the good -- and bad -- effectsWe make community decisions all the time. Sometimes we vote "yes" because it seems like the PC way to act. But oftentimes in our patriotic environmental...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 1, 2021Last comment by Bystander, on Sep 8, 2021 at 10:37 pm | 36 comments | 9773 Views
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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 | 8635 Views
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An almost impossible election?IF Gov. Gavin Newsom is recalled during the upcoming Sept. 14 special election, voters face a ridiculous situation: choosing one of 46 candidates running to become...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Aug. 11, 2021Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Aug 18, 2021 at 10:28 pm | 29 comments | 8035 Views
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Just What Is Sexual Harassment Today?I don’t know what our society thinks sexual harassment is these days. Our standards seem to change over time, and what was “permissible,” say 20...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Aug. 5, 2021Last comment by Harold Beasley, on Aug 11, 2021 at 7:17 am | 37 comments | 7832 Views
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I am a covid coward – and also angry at anti-vaxxersThe reason I obtained my covid shot the second day it was locally available was because I am a coward. I don’t want to suffer through the corona virus --a...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 27, 2021Last comment by Kristy Keenham, on Aug 4, 2021 at 1:24 pm | 65 comments | 19888 Views
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Our feelings are hurt. C’mon, guys!Our feelings were hurt, so we must sue the city of Palo Alto. That is the message I glean from the five Palo Alto police officers who filed a suit against the...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 14, 2021Last comment by Banes , on Jul 25, 2021 at 3:00 pm | 25 comments | 10159 Views
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Abortion in America: a new perspectiveI have never quite understood why the issue of abortion has suddenly erupted into a national issue across America, requiring politicians and presidents to state...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 20, 2021Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Jul 22, 2021 at 11:51 pm | 9 comments | 8120 Views
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Q: In what country is Venice, Italy located? A: Paris. Q: What is the biggest city in the world? A: Asia?A segment of one of Jay Leno’s TVs shows had a man-on-the-street interview, this time with some older teens and young adults in their early twenties. The questions...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 6, 2021Last comment by Devon Wilson, on Jul 14, 2021 at 11:01 am | 37 comments | 11825 Views
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The uncomfortable downward slope toward more conservative Christian churchesOur Christian churches in the U.S. suddenly seem be not only tilting to the right, but rather sliding down a hill to join with the conservative Republican right...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jun. 22, 2021Last comment by Bystander, on Jul 8, 2021 at 9:08 am | 45 comments | 14137 Views
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Can we curb climate change?With soaring three-digit high temperatures suddenly hitting Seattle, Portland and Canadian cities to the north, causing a record heat wave from a stalled heat dome,...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jul. 1, 2021Last comment by Online Name, on Jul 6, 2021 at 8:34 pm | 18 comments | 11275 Views
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Why does it take Palo Alto so long to get things done?A recent headline in one of the local papers declared “City moves swiftly to …” A local city moves swiftly! Wow! I say. Because to me, local cities...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jun. 18, 2021Last comment by Cameron Rivers, on Jun 22, 2021 at 10:23 am | 21 comments | 9557 Views
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Coping with a tragedy — without coddling ourselvesSeveral years ago, I had lunch with a local police chief and realized he was a bit silent. “Everything okay?” I asked. “Well, not quite,”...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jun. 9, 2021Last comment by NanaDi, on Jun 15, 2021 at 11:12 am | 9 comments | 9235 Views
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A quiz: So how much do you really know about Palo Alto?It’s a local newly created zoom game. A small group of Rotary Club of Palo Alto members played it last Friday evening. President Ben Threlkeld, O.D., an optometrist...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jun. 2, 2021Last comment by III, on Jun 8, 2021 at 4:21 pm | 10 comments | 12977 Views
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Gov. Newsom: Impose water use restrictions NOW. City Council: Vote on police encryption ASAPWhy hasn’t Gov. Gavin Newsom declared that we should immediately start cutting down our water usage because California will have a devastating drought this...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on May. 25, 2021Last comment by Lonnie Woods, on Jun 1, 2021 at 9:10 pm | 16 comments | 9307 Views
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Police departments using PR techniques to justify their actionsI am concerned. Police departments around the country are circling their wagons because of recent public criticisms about their officers’ wrongdoings, most notably...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on May. 18, 2021Last comment by Jennifer, on May 19, 2021 at 2:22 pm | 8 comments | 8944 Views
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Why you may not read this columnOnly 10 percent (+ or –2%) of American adults get their daily news from either a newspaper or a TV news show. That means the rest of us don’t. And many...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on May. 10, 2021Last comment by Juliana, on May 18, 2021 at 1:55 pm | 25 comments | 8250 Views
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Union demands too many: Open up the schools now!Should teachers be prioritized over others to get the coronavirus vaccine? Most of us would probably say yes, BUT… and there’s usually a “but” about most...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Feb. 21, 2021Last comment by peppered, on May 16, 2021 at 3:47 pm | 27 comments | 10082 Views
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