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About this blog: So much is right — and wrong — about what is happening in Palo Alto. In this blog I want to discuss all that with you. I know many residents care about this town, and I want to explore our collective interests to help ... (More)
About this blog: So much is right — and wrong — about what is happening in Palo Alto. In this blog I want to discuss all that with you. I know many residents care about this town, and I want to explore our collective interests to help do the right thing. My goal with this blog is to help the public better understand what really is happening, and more important, how residents living here may be affected by these local decisions. I've been a journalist most of my life, first as a reporter and then managing editor of a Chicago newspaper, followed by a wonderful year at Stanford as a recipient of Knight Journalism Fellowship. I then went to the San Jose Mercury as an editorial writer and columnist. I also worked for the State Bar of California as the first editor in chief of "California Lawyer" magazine, and then spent a decade at Stanford involved in public issues affecting the university. In the late 1990s, I sequentially wrote columns for all three local newspapers here in Palo Alto. Born in a small community on Long Island, I attended Middlebury College, graduated from the University of Michigan, got married, had four boys in four years, and then started working. I moved to Palo Alto in 1979, and have been involved in the community on several nonprofit boards. (Hide)
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I want an accurate housing audit. Why?
Jul 25, 2023 7:54 pm
Comments: 43 | Views: 4,956
Several years ago, I asked then-Palo Alto Planning Director Hillary Gitelman whether there was any data on the percentage of residents living in... More
Jul 25, 2023 7:54 pm
Comments: 43 | Views: 4,956
Several years ago, I asked then-Palo Alto Planning Director Hillary Gitelman whether there was any data on the percentage of residents living in... More
What to do about Cal Ave.?
Jul 18, 2023 5:18 pm
Comments: 38 | Views: 7,975
Once again, I hear that old refrain that California Avenue needs our attention. This time the Palo Alto City Council will consider in August what... More
Jul 18, 2023 5:18 pm
Comments: 38 | Views: 7,975
Once again, I hear that old refrain that California Avenue needs our attention. This time the Palo Alto City Council will consider in August what... More
Why I changed my mind about abortion
Jun 24, 2023 6:03 pm
Comments: 56 | Views: 6,798
One year ago today, June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision and left it up the states to individually decide on abortion. In its Dobbs... More
Jun 24, 2023 6:03 pm
Comments: 56 | Views: 6,798
One year ago today, June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision and left it up the states to individually decide on abortion. In its Dobbs... More
Do People Care?
Jun 14, 2023 5:23 pm
Comments: 42 | Views: 4,928
I recently watched a documentary film on Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, in which Ellsberg, who copied and released the secret Pentagon Papers to the press,... More
Jun 14, 2023 5:23 pm
Comments: 42 | Views: 4,928
I recently watched a documentary film on Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, in which Ellsberg, who copied and released the secret Pentagon Papers to the press,... More
Bike lanes don’t belong on El Camino!
May 23, 2023 4:55 pm
Comments: 38 | Views: 11,211
City officials from Redwood City, Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Mountain View have for years been considering bike lanes on a north-south bicycle route... More
May 23, 2023 4:55 pm
Comments: 38 | Views: 11,211
City officials from Redwood City, Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Mountain View have for years been considering bike lanes on a north-south bicycle route... More
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