ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Boyarsky out as North County supervising DA
Jay Boyarsky, the supervising deputy district attorney for northern Santa Clara County for the past 5.5 years, is being reassigned to an undetermined job under a rotation move... |
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on Jun 11, 2007 at 12:15 pm by Mary Ann Parker, a resident of Mountain View |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Blocking of El Camino Sidewalks
Many merchants along El Camino block the sidewalk with signs and merchandise. Some of the worst offenders are the sandwich shops and the florists. Barron Park Florist blocks t... |
Wheelchair User |
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on Jun 11, 2007 at 11:05 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Modern nomads
Exhibit shows Tuareg people of West Africa holding onto traditions, but moving with the times
A camel and a 4x4 truck. Cantor Arts Center director Thomas Seligman li... |
Editor |
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on Jun 11, 2007 at 9:18 am by Paul Rankin, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Powell Calls for Closing Gitmo
Powell calls for closing Guantanamo Bay and using the normal legal system because Gitmo is undermining faith in the rule of law in America. After six years only one person h... |
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on Jun 11, 2007 at 8:29 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Woman's death in fire is ruled accidental
The death of an elderly woman in a Palo Alto house fire on Wednesday afternoon has been ruled by the Santa Clara County Coroner's Office to have been accidental due to smoke i... |
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on Jun 11, 2007 at 3:40 am by Jacques & Beatriz, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Are your teens getting enough sleep?
Three local high schools are beginning to look at the significance of sleep for teens as part of the fight against stress. Would you support a later start time for high school... |
Editor |
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on Jun 10, 2007 at 7:50 pm by Fred, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto Residential Streets on Google StreetView
In Google Maps' new feature "StreetView", every single Palo Alto *residential* street is covered. While I am quite proud of how our city looked, I cannot help but wonder: did... |
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on Jun 9, 2007 at 8:19 pm by RS, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Lets Move On: Rectifying Sloppy Choice Policy
Yes, I agree. Lets move on now. I believe the next order of business is to prevent the board from slinking away from the table and pretending the whole thing didn't happen.
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Neighbrhood School Proponent |
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on Jun 9, 2007 at 3:50 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Public Transport Think Tank needed
Due to the possible demise of route 88 and the accident on the overcrowded cross town shuttle, it seems reasonable that a Think Tank should be set up to deal with local public... |
Resident |
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on Jun 9, 2007 at 2:27 pm by Grandma, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Bush Admin. Visits to Silicon Valley Very Few
There are many Republicans and Democrats here in Silicon Valley. Recently Google as been hosting Presidential candidates from the Democratic side, I don't know what their pla... |
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on Jun 9, 2007 at 11:20 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
JLS Middle School responds to tragedy
Two counselors at JLS Middle School in Palo Alto have been available to meet with students following the highway crash death of a mother of a sixth grade student on Tuesday. <... |
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on Jun 8, 2007 at 9:36 am by JLS Parent, a member of the JLS Middle School community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Over 90% of our money is "magically" created by banks loaning money to us...
Want to delve into the specific mechanics of money creation in the USA? Here's a 47-minute video explains our perverse money system:
Web Link... |
You Won\'t Believe It |
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on Jun 8, 2007 at 7:35 am by Another Citizen, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby gets heckled as he departs sentencing (short video)
"You should go right to jail, Libby... a bunch of criminals in the whole damn administration, got us into this war... Big Liar, Go to jail, go to jail, that's where you belong... |
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on Jun 8, 2007 at 6:45 am by Just Askin\', a resident of Stanford |
AROUND TOWN
Future bleak for deported family
With no job and no possibilities, Isabel Aguirre and Pedro Ramirez and their four children are clinging to a two-room shack in the mountains of central Mexico as their only re... |
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on Jun 7, 2007 at 12:44 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
The Security State is a Good Thing
The recent neutralzing of the of the Islamist planned attack on JFK airport in NYC is only one of several foiled attacks on the U.S. in recent years (pre- and post- 9/11).
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Jim |
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on Jun 7, 2007 at 9:15 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
Have we misplaced our community priorities?
Watching the Palo Alto City Council talk last week about a proposed rebuilding and modernization of the Stanford Medical Center made me wonder if we have misplaced priorities ... |
Diana Diamond |
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on Jun 7, 2007 at 5:57 am by Not so fast, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Kids and a sense of community, Palo Alto vs. LAH
Playing pickup ball and roaming the neighborhood with the kids who lived nearby are some of my fondest memories from childhood, and I always thought that our own child, who no... |
Peninsula Dweller |
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on Jun 6, 2007 at 7:44 pm by KCM, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Declassified documents emerge: Was Israel's 1967 surprise attack on Egypt really necessary?
Web Link
Little-noticed details in declassified U.S. documents indicate that Israel's Six-Day War may not h... |
Oh Oh |
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on Jun 6, 2007 at 1:52 pm by Sarlat, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Bush and Russia's Putin
Condi Rice is an old Soviet expert, so here is a foreign policy situation where advice from the highest places has a solid foundation. The specific issue at hand is the idea ... |
A Boomer |
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on Jun 6, 2007 at 12:01 pm by Yay Stanford!, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Comments/reactions from MI meeting?
Please share your comments and reactions to Thursday night's "town hall" meeting at Ohlone School on the Mandarin Immersion proposal--to be decided next Tuesday by the school ... |
Tyler Hanley |
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on Jun 5, 2007 at 11:39 pm by Briones parent, a member of the Juana Briones School community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Iraq: Best-Case, Most Likely, and Worst-Case
Over the next few days, I'll post a few expert opinions offered to Tim Dickinson (Rolling Stone, 3/22/07) regarding the range of scenarios for Iraq, from best to worst. Let's... |
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on Jun 5, 2007 at 9:37 pm by SkepticAl, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Michael of Homer Street Peet's
I went to Peet's this morning after a three-week trip out of town and a familiar face was missing. In its place was a memorial to Michael, who used to serve me coffee and frui... |
Concerned Peet\'s Customer |
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on Jun 5, 2007 at 8:59 pm by Stephanie Treece, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Paying more for a lunch
This fall, a turkey, cheddar and bacon panini meal will cost 75 cents more at Palo Alto High School, rising to $4.25, while chicken nuggets with the fixings at the elementary ... |
Editor |
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on Jun 5, 2007 at 6:35 pm by Flava full, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Language Immersion Program Compromise Brainstorm
In the interest of being CONSTRUCTIVE and trying to heal our community, I would like to start a thread of MI compromise solution ideas...one of the rules of brainstorming is t... |
Jane |
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on Jun 5, 2007 at 6:03 pm by A.J., a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Why MI at Ohlone is a Good Deal for PAUSD
Every thread associated with Mandarin Immersion recently in the Town Square has been dominated by critics. We have learned a lot about perceived and actual drawbacks. What we ... |
Jerry Underdal |
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on Jun 5, 2007 at 3:25 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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