PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG A Call to Serve on Palo Alto Commissions I have been on the City of Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commission since 2004, and I am applying again as my term expires the end of this year. I am hopeful that City Counc... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, 20 hours ago There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent 8 hours ago.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Obama’s Afghanistan Decision What is the truly brave (not bold) action our President should take?
If it were me, I would tell our capable military leadership that the strategy is to focus on the mounta... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Nov 2, 2009 at 4:59 pm There have been 34 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 9, 2009 at 8:57 am.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Artwork at a Time of Employee Cutbacks As a Parks and Recreation Commissioner, I felt very uncomfortable this past Tuesday night at our monthly regular meeting.
It was the day after City Council had approved a $... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Oct 28, 2009 at 11:37 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 3, 2009 at 5:27 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Viva Quidditch! I have a daughter who attended PALY and now is a sophomore at Middlebury College in Vermont.
Her school hosted the "Quidditch World Cup" this weekend, hosting a number of o... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Oct 25, 2009 at 2:25 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 27, 2009 at 6:20 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Next City Council Has a Labor Problem.... So who are the best choices to deal with it?
I could use this posting to provide my own thoughts, but I will refrain this time.
Please provide your point of view. READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Oct 22, 2009 at 7:10 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 27, 2009 at 10:54 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG How to Sort Out Tragic Events In PA There has been another Gunn High School student lost by suicide at the Meadow train tracks. The fourth suicide this year, and it would be five had one of them not been averte... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Oct 20, 2009 at 11:07 pm There have been 21 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 27, 2009 at 3:35 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Obama's Undeserved Peace Prize This is not about Obama.
The Nobel folks decided, rightly or wrongly, to send the message that the United States as a country is important, and the Obama leadership is welc... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Oct 10, 2009 at 4:01 pm There have been 30 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 21, 2009 at 2:30 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Get Ready for a Palo Alto Character Change
I write this with a heavy heart.
I think the vast majority of people who live in Palo Alto really love this place. Given how expensive it is on the one hand, and the gre... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Oct 10, 2009 at 3:49 pm There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 23, 2009 at 9:16 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG On Things Collective On Things Collective—Wisdom, Bargaining, Folly, and Sailing
Many of us in Palo Alto have sailed in San Francisco Bay. I had a week’s vacation in the mid-1990’s when I took... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Oct 3, 2009 at 3:13 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 4, 2009 at 3:38 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG How to Differentiate and Select CPA Council Candiates On occasion, I am described as being as an "insider," which makes me laugh. I am willing to offer up a point of view on this blog and as a member of the Parks and Recreation ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Sep 24, 2009 at 6:17 pm There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 5, 2009 at 9:07 am.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Wither Daytime TV Soap Operas? I can remember when I stayed home sick from school that my mother would always watch "As the World Turns," a daily soap opera, one of many back in the day.
I heard on NPR t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Sep 18, 2009 at 4:33 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Sep 19, 2009 at 6:06 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Boomer's Entertainers Are Starting to Die I am not describing an epidemic. It's just that some folks that I saw on TV and heard on radio in the '60s and 70's are reaching the end of life.
Mary Travers, of Peter Pa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Sep 16, 2009 at 11:25 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 17, 2009 at 7:04 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG More on Health Care: Public Options Co-Ops, Other I will admit that I have little or no expertise around health care policy. I have tried to stay engaged and informed these past few months.
And my small company that I run... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Sep 8, 2009 at 6:11 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 12, 2009 at 6:19 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Obama, GW Bush, FDR and Presidential Leadership Some of my thinking here is based upon some opinions by national columnists and other readings of late, so it is not entitely original.
I have learned in recent readings th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Sep 5, 2009 at 1:42 pm There have been 41 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 10, 2009 at 10:48 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG High Speed Rail Needs to Slow Down I am not crazy about litigation and courts getting involved in matters of public policy, unless it is necessary.
The law not on the books is the law of unintended consequen... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Aug 27, 2009 at 4:07 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 28, 2009 at 5:52 am.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Aligning Public Objectives with Public Solutions There are too many sacred cows.
There are too many things that take on a life of their own once they are instituted, and they don't have Sarah Palin's "death panels" to pas... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Aug 24, 2009 at 5:21 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 26, 2009 at 9:09 am.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG PA Employees and Actuarial Matters This is a Third Rail Matter, and I understand that as I write this.
The retirement programs that Palo Alto and most other local government entities in California are actuar... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Aug 21, 2009 at 4:35 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 25, 2009 at 9:15 am.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG "Cash For Clunkers" Car Buying I fervently hope that this program is having the purported positive impact on car sales and the general economy that led Congress to add $2 billion before they all went home t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Aug 8, 2009 at 6:23 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 9, 2009 at 7:01 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Cyber War -Vs- Conventional War http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/us/politics/02cyber.html?ref=todayspaper
This is a fascinating NYT article about how vulnerable the world is to cyber warfare.
We are i... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Aug 2, 2009 at 2:41 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 7, 2009 at 5:16 am.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG National Health Care Policy This clearly is a complex, contentious, and at times confusing subject facing the country right now.
One thing I have not heard or read a great deal about is whether there ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Jul 29, 2009 at 5:02 pm There have been 75 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 14, 2009 at 12:22 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Local Employers Levi Strauss & NUMMI Good news and bad news. Levi's will remain HQ'd in San Francisco for at least 10 more years. GM has pulled out of the joint venture with Toyota at the NUMMI plant in Fremont... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Jul 13, 2009 at 4:12 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 23, 2009 at 2:09 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Seeing the CA Budget Impasse at Grass Roots Level One of the things that gives me a good feeling about the business I own and run is that I am able to outsource a portion of the work we do to an agency in Santa Clara Country ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Jul 9, 2009 at 12:13 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jul 9, 2009 at 1:44 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG World Music Sunday In Downtown PA Did you have a chance to go downtown on Father's Day Sunday afternoon?
World Music was out in force this weekend, not only in Palo Alto, but worldwide. This was the first ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Jun 21, 2009 at 9:41 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 22, 2009 at 4:16 pm.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Iran Election Debacle This is very problematic.
I had some hope that the current Iranian President, whose name I can neither spell or pronounce, would get drummed out of office, or at least get ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Jun 15, 2009 at 6:11 pm There have been 62 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 6, 2009 at 2:35 am.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Tragedy at Holocaust Museum--Bay Area Implications This one really hit home. I am not Jewish, but a Jewish friend of mine and I were at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco to take in the excellent exhibit on displ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Jun 11, 2009 at 3:31 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 14, 2009 at 4:02 pm.
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