ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Colonialism and Israel
Prior to the onset of European colonization a century ago, generations of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Palestinians cohabited in the Holy Land with little or no conflict. Zio... |
The Cohen Brother |
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on Jan 26, 2007 at 8:33 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Condi Rice plans return to Stanford where she will "look back and write books"
This is an article from December 2006:
Web Link
An excerpt:
"Once her tenure as secretary of state is over... |
Robin |
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on Jan 26, 2007 at 7:37 am by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
PA sued over 'oversized' 195 Page Mill project
Web Link
Another example of outrageous, frivolous hubris that would keep our city from growing. What a waste of public reso... |
Anna |
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on Jan 25, 2007 at 8:06 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Television reception
I only watch PBS programs couple times a week. I have TV reception problem when watch PBS programs. Is there any ways to have better reception without cable service? |
TV101 |
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on Jan 25, 2007 at 4:07 pm by Douglas Moran, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Federal funding delayed for creek study
"The ultimate goal of the study, whose completion is not expected for more than a decade, is to find a way to protect area communities from flooding while preserving and enhan... |
joyce |
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on Jan 24, 2007 at 10:51 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
Let's have more creativity in town - from playgrounds to downtown
According to recent article in The New York Times about children’s playgrounds, no longer will some NYC playgrounds be a mixture of the same old versions of jungle gyms, swing... |
diana diamond |
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on Jan 24, 2007 at 9:21 am by Bert, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Agony Of Victory
An article in todays Chronicle deals with life after football for the SF 49rs Super Bowl winning roster. Almost all of the players willing to be interviewed suffer from very s... |
green |
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on Jan 23, 2007 at 11:58 pm by SkepticAl, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Immersion Summer School - What do you think?
Now that there is some talk going on at the District level about summer school and language immersion possibilities, I wonder what the community thinks?
Possibly due to my ... |
Carol Rogers |
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on Jan 23, 2007 at 1:30 pm by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
RIP Larissa Keet
I just read the piece on the Palo Alto Online home page about the death of Larissa Keet in Kenya. Web Link
I hope there ... |
Theresa |
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on Jan 23, 2007 at 9:26 am by Theresa, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Hit and run - Did you see a fender bender today?
Today at about 5:25pm, an Asian woman in a white Toyota Corolla rear ended my Volvo station wagon while I was stopped in the left turn lane on El Camino to turn onto San Anton... |
Palo Alto Driver |
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on Jan 23, 2007 at 12:00 am by Palo Alto Driver, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Churchill accident - a reminder to us all
The accident on Monday morning at the railroad tracks on Churchill should be a reminder to us all to behave responsibly while crossing the tracks. For parents of those who we... |
Paly Parent |
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on Jan 22, 2007 at 6:52 pm by karen ewart, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Horses need to be banned on peninsula trails
I did a couple long runs in Huddart, Phelger and Wunderlich parks this week and almost twisted an ankle a couple times in the hoof shaped mud holes. There are mosquito ridden ... |
Bret |
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on Jan 22, 2007 at 6:06 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Somalia
Compounding the Iraq war debacle, the Bush Administration is off and running squandering more lives and US tax money on ill-fated adventures in Somalia. During the cold war al... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 22, 2007 at 5:51 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A NIMBY speaks to Mandarin Immersion
I find it interesting that Karen Karpen and Glenn Krasner had a letter to the Editor published in the Town Talk yesterday about how disappointed they were about the Board bein... |
NIMBY |
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on Jan 22, 2007 at 1:44 pm by anonymous, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
PA Online heavily censored?
The "staff" at PA Online are heavily censoring comments on some of these boards, and are now deleting any posting critical of their sensitivites. How long will this posting l... |
Who\'s afraid? |
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on Jan 21, 2007 at 6:08 pm by Wolf, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Who wants to rename their Street "King Blvd".
I wonder who will pay for Oregon or anywhere else to be renamed King Blvd. in of MLK. I don't have anything against the idea, just wondering if we in Palo Alto can justify sp... |
Not a Fan |
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on Jan 20, 2007 at 8:31 pm by Refer And Hum, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MI -- What can Palo Altans learn from the experience?
What can we as palo alto citizens learn from the MI experience? My most pressing question is how can we create a better "review process" that ensures a fresh supply of ideas ... |
Alexis Hamilton |
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on Jan 20, 2007 at 5:47 pm by A.J., a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Iraq Surge
Our fragile nation, indeed the whole world is in urgent need to protect itself with a ‘surge protector’ from our warmongering president. The newly elected Democrats have vo... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 20, 2007 at 1:05 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Anyone else a victim of teen vandalism?
For the second Saturday night in a row, our house was TP'd and our car was vandalized, presumably by teens thinking this was a harmless joke. A week ago Saturday flour was dum... |
victim |
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on Jan 20, 2007 at 12:51 pm by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Parking Garage
Signs in the parking garages for permit parking need to be improved. The signs are too small and there should be a sign over every parking space that is dedicated for parking... |
Alison |
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on Jan 20, 2007 at 12:22 pm by Alison, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
TORTURE
It is encouraging to learn that Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy and other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are holding Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, ‘feet to t... |
Jag Singh |
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on Jan 20, 2007 at 7:45 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A Simple Question For Mandarin Opponents
I have a very simple question for all those opposing the Mandarin program:
Why are you not also advocating elimination of the Spanish immersion program as well?
Because... |
Outsider |
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on Jan 19, 2007 at 11:17 pm by A.J., a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
MOVIES
KQED airing Beyond the Call
Beyond the Call, a wonderful independent film featured last fall at the UN Association Film Festival @ Stanford, will be aired on KQED channel 9 on Tues.Jan. 23 @11pm on Indep... |
Gloria Schulz |
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on Jan 19, 2007 at 9:15 pm by Gloria Schulz, a resident of another community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stifling Debate: Reflections of the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Explotations of Jewish Suffering
Please join us on Thursday, January 25 at 7:30PM
for an evening with Professor Norman Finkelstein.
Web Link
Title of Event:
Stifling Debate: Reflecti... |
Robin |
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on Jan 19, 2007 at 5:48 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Highlights & reactions to MI school board meeting?
I wasn't able to attend the meeting on the Mandarin immersion proposal tonight and would love to hear about it. What was the tone of the public input and do more people seem i... |
Ohlone parent |
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on Jan 19, 2007 at 4:58 pm by get a grip, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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