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About this blog: So much is right — and wrong — about what is happening in Palo Alto. In this blog I want to discuss all that with you. I know many residents care about this town, and I want to explore our collective interests to help ... (More)
About this blog: So much is right — and wrong — about what is happening in Palo Alto. In this blog I want to discuss all that with you. I know many residents care about this town, and I want to explore our collective interests to help do the right thing. My goal with this blog is to help the public better understand what really is happening, and more important, how residents living here may be affected by these local decisions. I've been a journalist most of my life, first as a reporter and then managing editor of a Chicago newspaper, followed by a wonderful year at Stanford as a recipient of Knight Journalism Fellowship. I then went to the San Jose Mercury as an editorial writer and columnist. I also worked for the State Bar of California as the first editor in chief of "California Lawyer" magazine, and then spent a decade at Stanford involved in public issues affecting the university. In the late 1990s, I sequentially wrote columns for all three local newspapers here in Palo Alto. Born in a small community on Long Island, I attended Middlebury College, graduated from the University of Michigan, got married, had four boys in four years, and then started working. I moved to Palo Alto in 1979, and have been involved in the community on several nonprofit boards. (Hide)
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Lucky Palo Alto voters – maybe two tax increases to approve in November
Aug 2, 2022 3:36 pm
Comments: 18 | Views: 2,692
There’s a duplicitous November ballot measure the Palo Alto City Council is considering -- asking voters to approve a natural gas usage rate tax charged by the... More
Aug 2, 2022 3:36 pm
Comments: 18 | Views: 2,692
There’s a duplicitous November ballot measure the Palo Alto City Council is considering -- asking voters to approve a natural gas usage rate tax charged by the... More
The Delay, Delay, Delay Attitude in Palo Alto
Jul 17, 2022 3:39 pm
Comments: 24 | Views: 5,168
If any of you have taken a national survey, you know the first question is something along the line of, “Do you think the country is on the right track?” Answer... More
Jul 17, 2022 3:39 pm
Comments: 24 | Views: 5,168
If any of you have taken a national survey, you know the first question is something along the line of, “Do you think the country is on the right track?” Answer... More
Is this the kind of America we want to live in?
Jul 5, 2022 4:09 pm
Comments: 101 | Views: 4,111
For more than a decade, I worked in downtown Highland Park, IL daily, in an office on Sheridan Road, just around the corner from where the gun massacre happened... More
Jul 5, 2022 4:09 pm
Comments: 101 | Views: 4,111
For more than a decade, I worked in downtown Highland Park, IL daily, in an office on Sheridan Road, just around the corner from where the gun massacre happened... More
The questionable morality of abortion
Jun 27, 2022 3:07 pm
Comments: 7 | Views: 3,163
==I Note: The recent Supreme Court ruling banning abortion has been a major concern in this country the past several days. While abortion is not a specific local... More
Jun 27, 2022 3:07 pm
Comments: 7 | Views: 3,163
==I Note: The recent Supreme Court ruling banning abortion has been a major concern in this country the past several days. While abortion is not a specific local... More
Comcast, what are you doing to us?
Jun 23, 2022 11:41 am
Comments: 17 | Views: 4,899
The problems started a week ago – it was a Tuesday. I was sitting in front of my computer when I suddenly could not connect to any internet site. And across the... More
Jun 23, 2022 11:41 am
Comments: 17 | Views: 4,899
The problems started a week ago – it was a Tuesday. I was sitting in front of my computer when I suddenly could not connect to any internet site. And across the... More
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