DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
Time to ban pit bulls
The deadly attack of a small Maltese dog by three pit bulls last Saturday is yet another in a seemingly unending series of maulings by pit bull terriers over the years.
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on Sep 3, 2006 at 3:53 pm by Dog Lover, a resident of another community |
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Palo Alto's new web site is user unfriendly
So I was really looking forward to the City of Palo Alto’s new web site. After months of development, after several delays (it was to be unveiled in the spring), the site was ... |
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on Sep 14, 2007 at 10:04 pm by Can\'t find, a resident of the Southgate 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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Why was Emily Harrison suspended?
It all seems very strange. Assistant City Manager Emily Harrison has been suspended from her job without pay for three weeks. Council members were notified a couple of weeks a... |
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on Apr 12, 2007 at 1:51 pm by Mike, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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No-spanking is not for state to decide
The biggest problem that I have with State Assemblywoman Sally Lieber’s (D-Mountain View) proposal to ban parents from spanking a child under the age of 3 is that it is more g... |
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on Feb 20, 2007 at 7:24 pm by Ann, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Should we ban pit bulls in Palo Alto? Yes!
I read with horror the story this week of the Fremont mother who was repeatedly bitten by a pit bull while trying to protect her four-month old son.
The 32-year-old woman, ... |
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on Sep 9, 2007 at 5:21 pm by Andrew - Native of Palo Alto, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis 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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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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"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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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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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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Why give ANY bonuses to city employees?
The more I thought about the $17,000 in bonuses that the four Palo Alto City Council-appointed administrators received last week, the angrier I became.
Here we are at a poi... |
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on Nov 16, 2006 at 10:44 am by Former City Employee, a resident of another community |
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Shop Palo Alto?
"Destination Palo Alto is an initiative of the Palo Alto City Council to encourage
visitorship to the city. The effort involves a host of partners, including Stanfo... |
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on Sep 22, 2006 at 4:15 pm by pat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Bah, humbug! A dearth of downtown decorations
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – except in downtown Palo Alto. Yes, there are the little white lights on University Avenue that are there all year long, but I loo... |
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on Dec 29, 2006 at 12:38 am by Another mother here, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Library costs are not adding up
Last Sunday I spoke to Palo Alto Library Director Diane Jennings to ask about the preliminary cost estimates of a new Mitchell Park Library, because the cost figures were not ... |
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on May 20, 2007 at 8:41 am by bob, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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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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Council is manipulative in combining library, police station bonds
Separate them out, please! Palo Alto residents should be able to vote on two individual ballot measures: one for improved libraries and the other for a new police station.
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on Mar 30, 2007 at 11:24 pm by Concerned citizen, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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No bonus for Benest
Well, it looks like Palo Alto City Manager Frank Benest will not be receiving a bonus this year – unless the City Council reverses its very own recommendations at its Aug. 7 m... |
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on Aug 11, 2006 at 11:23 pm by TS, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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‘Anxious Times’ at Stanford – and in the world
I heard a depressing but also a fascinating debate at Stanford University on Saturday morning, Oct. 14, on “Anxious Times – Seeing Beyond a World of Perpetual Threats.”
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on Oct 17, 2006 at 6:00 pm by Alice, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Enron wins again, Palo Alto and other cities lose
Enron wins again! The company that manipulated natural gas and electricity prices, gouging thousands of Californians, including Palo Alto residents, has just won a $50 million... |
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on Jun 22, 2006 at 10:47 pm by Jeramy Gordon, a resident of another community |
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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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Discourse -- or diatribe on blog sites?
Whatever happened to reasoned discourse?
A couple of months ago, I was invited to write a blog for the Palo Alto Weekly. I agreed, and thought it would be fun.
And four ... |
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on Mar 14, 2007 at 2:29 pm by Carol, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Debating criminal issues, the death penalty and sexual offenders
How do you feel about the death penalty? Or the three-strikes-and-you’re-out law in California? Or trying 14-year-olds as adults? Or favoring police officers in the court syst... |
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on Oct 29, 2006 at 10:43 pm by lauren, a resident of Mountain View |
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Would these be your top priorities for Palo Alto?
The Weekly ran a story that listed Palo Alto’s capital improvement priorities planned for June 2007 to June 2008.
Web Link... |
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on Apr 27, 2007 at 6:30 pm by Loma Verde Neighbor, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Do we really need more housing in Palo Alto?
It’s fascinating how what was once such a politically correct idea in Palo Alto – providing more housing, particularly affordable housing – has within the last year experience... |
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on Aug 7, 2006 at 1:02 am by junya, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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