PALO ALTO ISSUES Around Town YAKETY-YAK ... Palo Alto City Council Chambers were deserted Tuesday night by the time the council got to its last agenda item � long-winded members. The nine readily agreed... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 25, 2013 at 4:34 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 25, 2013 at 4:34 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES New Mitchell Park library slips further behind Already more than a year behind schedule, the new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center will be even later than that, a city official said. Originally set for completion ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 25, 2013 at 10:14 am There have been 66 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 6, 2013 at 3:12 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Kids health benefit from underground power lines (instead of overhead poles). Read an PA online article about the debate of putting powerlines undergraound:
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Kill High-Speed Rail in favor of Self-Driving Car Autobahn? I listened to the governor's speech and his comments about high speed rail (HSR), and it occurred to me that maybe HSR isn't the way of the future.
I mean, what are the adv... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Forward, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 24, 2013 at 11:30 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 18, 2013 at 1:47 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Letters Arrillaga the philanthropist?
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Few good options on pensions, council is told Despite pension reforms passed in Sacramento last summer, Palo Alto remains severely restricted in its power to rein in the escalating costs of retiree pay because of state la... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 23, 2013 at 9:08 am There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 25, 2013 at 10:09 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Pensions back on Palo Alto City Council agenda The City Council will consider ways to manage pension costs Tuesday, Jan. 22, when it discusses recently enacted state pension reform laws and how they apply to Palo Alto.
Re... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 21, 2013 at 11:28 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 22, 2013 at 3:54 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Noise pollution or music to your ears? While picking up pastries this morning at Paris Baguette I couldn't help but notice loud, piped-in (piped-out?) music filling the Downtown air. It was coming from speakers ou... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Music Lover but..., a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Jan 20, 2013 at 2:38 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 24, 2013 at 5:10 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Editorial: Council follows risky strategy to set aside space for compost plant Harking back to the voters' 2011 decision to set aside 10 acres of the city's defunct landfill for a waste-to-energy plant, the Palo Alto City Council decided Monday to take a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 18, 2013 at 1:21 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2013 at 7:49 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Feature story: Going 'carbon neutral' In 2006, a year after Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans to its knees and six years before Hurricane Sandy transformed New York City's famed subways into fetid swimming poo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 18, 2013 at 12:48 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 20, 2013 at 6:11 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Stanford officials look to solve Searsville dilemma Stanford University officials are facing a mountain of decisions regarding what to do with Searsville Reservoir, which is slowly filling up with silt, in addition to dealing w... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 17, 2013 at 10:46 am There have been 22 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 23, 2013 at 9:29 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Do City Council members talk too much? Worried that lengthy meetings are "undermining public confidence" in the political process, Palo Alto's mayor and two City Council members have called for possible mandatory l... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 17, 2013 at 10:19 am There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 24, 2013 at 11:53 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Oshman Family JCC chooses interim CEO A seasoned corporate and nonprofit leader will serve as interim chief executive officer at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto, center officials announced T... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 16, 2013 at 2:15 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 16, 2013 at 2:15 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Eco-friendly furnishings Most have heard of the 100-mile Thanksgiving, shopping at a farmers market or other "buy local" trends.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES City to test collection of food scraps from homes Starting in April, some Palo Alto residents will be putting their food scraps out on the curb for pickup by the city's waste-management trucks.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Council gives wide berth for possible plant Fifty-one acres of now-defunct Palo Alto landfill will not become parkland in the coming year, the Palo Alto City Council decided Monday night, Jan. 14.
Read the full story h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 15, 2013 at 5:52 am There have been 31 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2013 at 7:05 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Shop Talk: Survey Monkey to anchor 'gateway' The online survey company Survey Monkey has signed on to be the anchor tenant for one of Palo Alto's newest and most ambitious developments.
Read the full story here http://w... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 14, 2013 at 6:34 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 15, 2013 at 2:38 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Editorial: Bridging the flood control debate It has taken more than a decade, but finally work is set to begin that ultimately will protect Palo Alto, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto from floods similar to the one that inu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 12, 2013 at 1:48 pm There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 16, 2013 at 12:14 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Kniss misuses credit cards Both of our other local newspapers had a story yesterday about the fact that Liz Kniss misused her credit card while a county supervisor.
Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Write the story, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 12, 2013 at 12:33 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 24, 2013 at 3:19 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto set to debate future of old landfill site Palo Alto's landfill in Byxbee Park officially closed in the summer of 2011, but the defunct facility continues to puzzle environmentalists and local officials, who will consi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 11, 2013 at 11:51 am There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 13, 2013 at 6:51 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES District explores buying Bowman campus In search of more space for growing middle-school enrollment, the Palo Alto school district is exploring the idea of buying the campus of Bowman International School, an indep... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 11, 2013 at 10:24 am There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 14, 2013 at 4:02 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Greg Scharff's surge to the top To most Palo Alto residents, Greg Scharff was a political wild card in 2009, the year he decided to run for City Council.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 11, 2013 at 7:01 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 12, 2013 at 10:48 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto takes fresh look at downtown growth With commercial developments blooming and parking spots in short supply, Palo Alto officials will start laying the groundwork tonight for a major new study that will consider ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 9, 2013 at 10:54 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 16, 2013 at 7:44 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Residents split at meeting over Newell Road bridge A crowd of community members from Palo Alto and East Palo Alto jammed into the theater at the Lucie Stern Community Center to voice their opinions on the proposed replacement ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 9, 2013 at 6:42 am There have been 59 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 11, 2013 at 8:08 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES #1 priority for our city council The top priority for our council should be to pass a mandatory occupancy law. A concerned citizen, on another thread, has expressesed concern that "foreigners" are buying home... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Not an issue, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:08 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 11, 2013 at 1:55 pm.
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