PALO ALTO ISSUES
Report: California shouldn't authorize bonds for high-speed rail
Web Link
Great article by my informed colleg... |
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on Jan 5, 2012 at 9:38 am by Sally12, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
CHP: Speed likely factor in students' crash
Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, October 16, 2008 Web Link
"On Wednesday, the California Highway Patrol r... |
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on Oct 16, 2008 at 6:32 pm by Sam, a resident of Stanford |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Fowler Fouls: Hurricane is God's Favor to Democrats
On a plane from Denver to Charlotte following the Democrats' convention, former National Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Don Fowler and Congressman John Spratt o... |
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on Sep 1, 2008 at 3:40 pm by Anonymous, a member of the Ohlone School community |
AROUND TOWN
Why can't we have ice cream trucks in our neighborhoods?
Why can't we have ice cream trucks drive down our precious streets and sell their ice cream? It's summer for crying out loud! |
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on Jul 22, 2008 at 8:54 am by Ah!, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Americans Overwhelmingly Favor Offshore Drilling
Rasmussen reports that 67 percent of Americans favor offshore drilling, while 18 percent oppose.Web Link... |
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on Jun 23, 2008 at 2:05 pm by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
"When Kennedy Met With Khrushchev, We Were On The Brink Of Nuclear War."
That's Barack Obama from today's incredible press conference where the Illinois senator combined petulance and ignorance in an unnerving display of just how unqualified he... |
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on May 21, 2008 at 10:03 am by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Ban stupid people (and reporters) - not dogs!
Diana Diamond is the worst kind of reporter: the kind who will obscure the facts in a story if she feels it'll make her a better story.
The Fremont "pit bull" is an America... |
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on Sep 12, 2007 at 5:03 pm by News Junkie who Reads voraciously, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Hope for Parents Thanks to a 7yr old's letter to a 49er
Thanks to a 7yr-old’s letter to Kyle Williams!
By Samantha Woo
I hope I will be part of a ripple effect of better parenting. I say this in faith, as I am assuming others ... |
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on Feb 6, 2012 at 10:09 am by mmmMom, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Rep. Zoe Lofgren and her trix
Apparently, Rep. Lofgren thought that her surprise guest, today, at the congressional hearing on illegal workers, was a cute trick. She invited Steven Colbert, the comedien, ... |
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on Sep 28, 2010 at 12:50 pm by bru, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
'Israel doesn't take orders from Obama,' minister Erdan says
Erdan, who is in charge of coordinating between the Knesset and the cabinet, also praised Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who only last week said that Israel was not bou... |
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on Apr 12, 2009 at 9:03 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
GALLUP: 'Record-High 41% of Americans now say global warming is exaggerated'...
As recently as 2006, significantly more Americans thought the news underestimated the seriousness of global warming than said it exaggerated it, 38% vs. 30%. Now, accordin... |
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on Mar 12, 2009 at 4:15 pm by resident, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Black and Latino voters critical to same-sex marriage ban's success
The attempt to link gay rights to the Civil Rights movement seems to have failed dismally.
75% of Black women voters supported Prop 8 as did the majority of Hispanic vo... |
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on Nov 6, 2008 at 6:02 pm by Joel, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Obama Couldn't Be Cleared
"The harsh truth is that the United States is willing to accept presidential candidates like Barack H. Obama who could never gain a Top Secret clearance if he was simply a U.S... |
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on Oct 17, 2008 at 4:11 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Berlusconi Says Leaders May Close World's Markets
Bloomberg
Web Link
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said political leaders are discussing the idea of closing... |
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on Oct 10, 2008 at 10:37 am by Adam Smith, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts From Anchor Seat
NYT Web Link
"MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politicall... |
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on Sep 9, 2008 at 8:33 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Pat Buchanan: Obama Shares My Position on Iran
In light of the smearing of Governor Palin by Obama surrogate Robert Wexler and Obama spokesman Mark Bubriski, both of whom alleged Palin was a supporter of Patrick Buchan... |
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on Sep 3, 2008 at 10:42 am by Paul, a member of the Hoover School community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Obama's Win Tonight : Well Done!
I certainly do disagree with John McCain on some big issues, but tonight he was outstanding in ways Barack Obama is not and cannot be. McCain was substantive, clear, conci... |
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on Aug 17, 2008 at 4:26 pm by Meg, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Schism
Jerusalem — Yesterday, conservative Anglicans announced what they are calling “The Jerusalem Declaration,” which states their intention to erect a new “fellowship of confe... |
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on Jun 29, 2008 at 8:07 pm by thinking of going back to Rome, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Socialists made eugenics fashionable
An exhibition of the history of those scientific ideas that gave a grimy intellectual veneer to the Nazi genocide opened recently at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. http://... |
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on Jun 23, 2008 at 2:09 am by Walter E. Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
The pope, the president and politics of faith
Acting on faith in politics means exactly what it does in personal life: to do what is right even when it is dangerous to do so, when received opinion howls against it, and wh... |
samuel |
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on Jun 17, 2008 at 1:15 pm by Mike, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
China top carbon emitter, Beijing under pressure
China's ranking as top emitter of the main planet-warming gas, carbon dioxide, seemed confirmed by a Dutch report on Friday, putting more pressure on Beijing to come up with... |
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on Jun 15, 2008 at 10:28 am by Greg, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Impeach Bush’ — Not Just for Bumper Stickers Anymore
It's far more likely that Rep. Dennis Kucinich will see another UFO than see his new impeachment effort succeed
Proving that he’s not one to be outdone by the colorful re... |
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on Jun 13, 2008 at 8:40 pm by Gary, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
On the 'Rrrun'
I saw the piece of art called Rrrun near my dentist's office. It is on Alma, by the park. It is very cool and it is big. I like that it is half human, half car. People sho... |
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on Jul 11, 2006 at 1:34 pm by Palo Alto Resident, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Bullying
We are new to the Palo Alto school district. I have a daughter in the third grade at Juana Briones. She has been being bullied by a girl in her class, since school started. We... |
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on Jan 14, 2011 at 6:35 pm by Paly Alum, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Novice Skiiers
I'm a single parent and I would like to take my two teenagers skiing this month. They have never skiied before. (Is that the past tense of 'ski'?) Does anyone have a reco... |
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on Mar 29, 2010 at 7:46 pm by VoxPop, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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