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A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Housing Policy: It's community, not generationalAlthough the debate on housing policy has recently been stated in terms of affordability for Millennials, it is actually one of different cultures, and of questions...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Oct. 20, 2015Last comment by Just Work Here, on Jan 3, 2016 at 5:51 pm | 24 comments | 9994 Views
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Wisdom, Skills, Knowledge, Wits: Not the sameThe 1999 paper Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Dec. 14, 2015Last comment by History Buff, on Dec 27, 2015 at 10:30 am | 4 comments | 13711 Views
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Development Cap: Size, what to count, and whyOn Monday, Council will be discussing the update of Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan to provide guidance to the Citizens Advisory Committee (
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Nov. 1, 2015Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Dec 14, 2015 at 12:12 pm | 14 comments | 7961 Views
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Replacing the defunct Planning and Transportation Commission: Part 1: Cronyism and CorruptionIn a move that was long in coming, but that still managed to surprise, the members of the Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC) abandoned the pretense and...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Aug. 18, 2015Last comment by Conflicts of Interet, on Oct 28, 2015 at 12:34 am | 15 comments | 8729 Views
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Guy Fawkes: Historical vs MisappropriatedA Guy Fawkes mask figured prominently as a symbol in the recent...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Sep. 28, 2015Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Sep 28, 2015 at 2:58 pm | 4 comments | 10504 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Bad question, useless answers: Traffic policy GIGOCity Hall is currently requesting citizen input on fundamental policy related to traffic and transportation issues. The
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Sep. 17, 2015Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Sep 23, 2015 at 10:29 pm | 13 comments | 8429 Views
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A profoundly un-influential speech, 40th anniversaryWe are approaching the 40th Anniversary of a speech that should have had substantial impact on American politics, but didn't. It is interesting to re-read this speech...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Sep. 9, 2015There are no comments yet. 8214 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Brown Act Inhibits Open Government**Update: Better title: "Brown Act being Misused to Inhibit Open Government" ** Open Government has two basic parts: Preventing the public from...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Sep. 3, 2015Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Sep 8, 2015 at 8:18 pm | 18 comments | 9845 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan: Big QuestionsThe Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) will be discussing the draft of the Transportation Element at their September 8th meeting and part of their October 20th meeting....
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Aug. 27, 2015Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Sep 3, 2015 at 12:26 am | 14 comments | 9161 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Recreating the Planning and Transportation Commission: Part 2: Credibility and ConfidenceThe credibility of the Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC) involves its relationship to three groups: (1) the City Council which appoints it and to which...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Aug. 23, 2015Last comment by Richard Alexander, on Aug 27, 2015 at 10:40 am | 7 comments | 8106 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
143 important decisions in 150 minutes by a 20-member committeeThe anticipated blistering pace of decision-making by the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) on the Comprehensive Plan update will be enabled by City Hall not giving...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Aug. 5, 2015Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Aug 9, 2015 at 6:08 pm | 10 comments | 8291 Views
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The Remedy to Inadequate Citizen Input? More of the sameCity Hall is inviting citizen input on the section of the Comprehensive Plan up for review this month. The current attempt is the result of City Council's dissatisfaction...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Jul. 31, 2015Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Aug 7, 2015 at 1:08 pm | 17 comments | 9149 Views
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Choosing meetings on Emergency Preparedness over actual preparednessI expect Palo Alto to continue to be needlessly under-prepared for disasters. Why? Because of consultants, people who love attending meetings, but especially the...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on May. 26, 2015Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Jun 2, 2015 at 12:00 pm | 6 comments | 8449 Views
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"the Summit" (CompPlan): Forewarned is ForearmedLife lesson: "Avoid meetings whose purpose is to have a meeting", and its related admonition ==I "Avoid meetings intended for those who enjoy attending...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on May. 20, 2015Last comment by Thanks for truthtelling, on May 26, 2015 at 2:20 pm | 25 comments | 9898 Views
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Unrepresentative Sample of the Community?"Who are these people? I've never heard of them!" is a comment I often hear about various members of the citizen advisory panels, oversight committees, ? appointed...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on May. 15, 2015Last comment by Observer, on May 20, 2015 at 12:21 am | 9 comments | 8839 Views
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In search of better formulated questions on school policy: part 2Much of the recent discussion of school policy has been a jumble of programs, problems and other details. This is to encourage people to take a step back and think...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on May. 8, 2015Last comment by village fool, on May 12, 2015 at 1:57 am | 6 comments | 8300 Views
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In search of better formulated questions on school policy: part 1In the recent discussions of school policy, both online and in person, I have been repeatedly struck by how unproductive they have been. There are multiple causes,...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on May. 3, 2015Last comment by Douglas Moran, on May 8, 2015 at 1:56 pm | 22 comments | 9142 Views
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LWV City Council Candidate Forum: Interesting PointsThese are my observations about some of what I found interesting at the City Council Candidate Forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters on Tuesday September...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Oct. 1, 2014Last comment by Douglas Moran, on May 1, 2015 at 3:08 am | 4 comments | 10676 Views
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Frustrated with arguments on the parcel taxI am hearing from various of the people I talk to that they are as frustrated as I am with the information being provided on the merits of the PAUSD parcel tax currently...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Apr. 17, 2015Last comment by village fool, on May 1, 2015 at 1:53 am | 76 comments | 13981 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
El Camino/Page Mill intersection needs more pedestrians?The intersection of El Camino and Page Mill is one of the most congested in the city, but no improvements are expected in the foreseeable future.(foot#1) Those familiar...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Apr. 8, 2015Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Apr 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | 13 comments | 11033 Views
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