DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
Our Palo Alto way to decide
As many of you may have read in Wednesday’s Weekly, I am leaving this paper and my blog to join a new paper in town, the Daily Post, which will be run by former Daily News... |
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on Jul 27, 2011 at 12:06 am by web design company, a resident of another community |
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It's warming up
To escape the soaring temperatures on Sunday, I went to the movie theater to see a film about global warming.
Standing in line, everyone seemed aware of the heat. “It’s 110... |
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on Aug 9, 2010 at 6:22 am by Wondering, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Group think among the political
Sometimes I wonder if ordinary residents who get elected to public office suddenly become part of an “Elected Officials” club and thus feel compelled to support each other.
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on Aug 8, 2010 at 3:56 pm by Blame ourselves, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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"Color of Palo Alto" is costly and still colorless
Colorless. That’s so far what the color of Palo Alto is. Several years ago, artist Sam Yates was awarded a $10,000 grant by Palo Alto’s Public Arts Commission to develop “The ... |
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on Sep 14, 2009 at 2:35 am by Guy that broke into Sam\'s garage once as a joke. Haha, a resident of Portola Valley |
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Should we 'give' our utility rate $$s to the city? Is it legal?
It's happening again. Our utility rates in Palo Alto will be going up nearly 10 percent. They went up last year, the year before and the year before that.
The rate increase... |
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on Aug 25, 2009 at 12:56 pm by Timothy Gray, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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My nomination for the worst road in Palo Alto
Mayor Larry Klein said the other day that the city has built no new facilities for more than 30 years, other than some restrooms at Greer Park. That’s amazing, especially when... |
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on Apr 23, 2009 at 11:35 am by Sarah, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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In search of a restroom
I spent Saturday afternoon walking around downtown Palo Alto looking for a public restroom.
Not that I was in immediate need of one, but the City Council last Monday passed... |
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on Sep 21, 2008 at 5:57 pm by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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No one looks good in never-ending Children's Theatre drama
The more that I read about the Palo Alto Children's Theatre, the police investigation of three of its administrators and the nonchalant way the city over the years reportedly ... |
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on May 13, 2008 at 8:57 pm by pete, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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More ways to get taxes from us
My father-in-law used to say, "We don't have to worry about the government running out of money. It will always find a way to get more taxes from us."
And so it is in Palo ... |
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on Apr 28, 2008 at 3:08 am by Common Sense Mom, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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This is no solution for the creek's problems
The day after the San Francisquito Creek flooded in 1998 in Palo Alto, I happened to call a friend the next morning on a business matter, not even knowing where he lived. “I c... |
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on Apr 25, 2008 at 4:23 pm by Tom Flynn, a resident of Mountain View |
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City’s pensions soar as 55-year-old Palo Alto employees retire
Last year the retirement formula at Palo Alto City Hall was changed. As a result of that change, a city employee retiring at 55 with 30 years service making $100,000 a year wi... |
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on Apr 5, 2008 at 3:54 pm by Henry, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
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Scale down the library proposal
As the cost of renovating and redoing three of our libraries in Palo Alto keeps rising, my enthusiasm for the project keeps falling.
Once proposed as a $45... |
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on Mar 3, 2008 at 8:58 pm by Real Mike Is Right, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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PA City Council should not be politically partisan
Seven of the nine Palo Alto City Council members have this weekpublicly endorsed Sen. Barack Obama as their choice for president of the United States. Why? I thought we had n... |
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on Feb 25, 2008 at 11:09 am by Irene, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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We are the city's priority! Aren't we Palo Altans lucky!
Fellow Palo Altans: In case you were wondering, our number-one city priority for 2008, as determined by our City Council last Saturday morning, is "civic engagement."
Yes, ... |
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on Jan 29, 2008 at 7:26 pm by Mike, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Compromises needed in EPA, not a moratorium
One of the liveliest city council meetings in the area occurs each Tuesday night in East Palo Alto, where decisions are frequently made for political rather than practical rea... |
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on Jan 10, 2008 at 2:05 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Some city spending priorities don't seem fair
It's funny how Palo Alto city officials can come up with money to spend on the things they want rather than what some residents would like.
For example, the nonprofit Palo ... |
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on Dec 18, 2007 at 4:48 pm by PA Mom, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Election reflections
There were a couple of disturbing things about the local elections in Palo Alto.
First was the unprecedented amount of union support for two of the city council candidates ... |
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on Dec 14, 2007 at 7:55 am by MPKid, a resident of Menlo Park |
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See-sawing support for Benest over the years
Frank Benest has resigned. In some ways that is no surprise, because council support and unhappiness with Frank’s performance has see-sawed over the years.
Frank was brough... |
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on Dec 1, 2007 at 8:13 pm by Carol Mullen, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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On Christmas cards and Christmas letters
Dutifully, for most of my adult life, I have sent out Christmas cards to all my friends — and, to my special acquaintances, a Christmas letter, detailing the events of the yea... |
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on Nov 30, 2007 at 11:12 am by Judith, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Slow should not be the way to go in Palo Alto
Slow motion -- that's the way I would describe the pace at which many things get done in Palo Alto.
Slow to get roads repaired, libraries facelifted, Web sites working -- t... |
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on Nov 8, 2007 at 1:21 pm by Norm, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Making Palo Alto attractive to tourists
What makes a town attractive to tourists? A lot more than just declaring our city a tourist town.
City council members want Palo Alto to become a tourist destination. But o... |
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on Oct 23, 2007 at 12:37 am by PA booster, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Housing in PA - should we ask Stanford to supply even more?
As the plans for expanding Stanford University Hospital slowly wind their way through an approval process at Palo Alto City Hall, one of the things the university may be asked... |
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on Oct 10, 2007 at 7:23 am by Sylvia, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Going too green too fast?
Is Palo Alto suddenly going too green? Maybe. And in its haste this past week to achieve a nearly “Zero Waste” goal for the city by 2021, some council members are not even ask... |
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on Sep 25, 2007 at 1:45 pm by Walter\'s Nemesis, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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A call for candor from the city council candidates
Everything seems in place for this fall’s city council election in Palo Alto. We have 12 candidates running for four seats, we have campaign managers and candidate web sites. ... |
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on Sep 22, 2007 at 2:49 pm by bruce, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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State test results show our students have proficiency problems
The news, at first blush, seemed great. The 2007 STAR scores (California Standardized Testing and Reporting Program) were released last week and Palo Alto student scores were ... |
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on Sep 17, 2007 at 11:20 am by yet another parent, a member of the Escondido School community |
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