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MENLO PARK

Newspaper racks

Does anyone ever pay attention to the newspaper racks in and around downtown Menlo? Especially in front of McDonald's? Broken...

Original post made by Roger on Jul. 25, 2016
Last comment by Disgusted, on Jul 27, 2016 at 1:20 pm | 5 comments | 1907 Views

MENLO PARK

Is There A Better Way To Conduct Menlo Park Bike Trials?

On December 6, 2016 three council members approved a field trial for the Oak Grove-Crane-University Bike Project and instructed...

Original post made by Dana C Hendrickson on Jan. 25, 2017
There are no comments yet. 1905 Views

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Trump panders by visiting Mexico before he changed his immigration policies again

a selection of Donnie's' finest - and you thought it stopped at "rapists and murderers"? ISIS is operating a training...

Original post made by Love thy neighbor on Aug. 31, 2016
Last comment by SQL data, on Aug 31, 2016 at 2:23 pm | 2 comments | 1904 Views

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School parcel taxes on June 7 ballot

"Four school districts have placed parcel taxes on the ballot. Moreland, in West San Jose, is asking voters to extend...

Original post made by Peter Carpenter on May. 31, 2016
There are no comments yet. 1902 Views

MENLO PARK

High Speed Rail Around the World Requires Government Subsidies

http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2016/04/high-speed-rail-around-the-world-requires-government-subsidies/#facebook-comments...

Original post made by morris brown on Apr. 19, 2016
Last comment by Martin Engel, on Apr 19, 2016 at 2:34 pm | 2 comments | 1901 Views

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Why I will vote for Senator Sanders

The reason I want to see Sanders v Trump is because the Donald openly exploits the economic system set up to benefit the...

Original post made by David Smernoff on Jun. 3, 2016
Last comment by Dee, on Jun 3, 2016 at 10:51 pm | 2 comments | 1900 Views

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Oakland police sex scandal: Criminal charges filed against cops

If this happened: http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/09/sex-scandal-alameda-da-files-charges-against-east-bay-police-officers/...

Original post made by Menlo Voter. on Sep. 9, 2016
There are no comments yet. 1900 Views

MENLO PARK

interesting article in the Guardian today about the gentrification of eastern Menlo Park

"Facebook worker living in garage to Zuckerberg: challenges are right outside your door" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/24/facebook-cafeteria-workers-wages-zuckerb...

Original post made by resident on Jul. 24, 2017
Last comment by how do they make it around here?, on Jul 24, 2017 at 2:30 pm | 2 comments | 1898 Views

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Does Measure M freeze ALL the parcels in the Specific Plan area?

A new question has arisen regarding the unknown/unintended consequences of Measure M. Section 3.1 of Measure M states...

Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Oct. 20, 2014
Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Oct 24, 2014 at 4:30 pm | 1 comment | 1898 Views

MENLO PARK

car vs bicycle hit-and-run on Santa Cruz Ave this morning (Saturday 9:46am)

I read on the CHP log that a bicyclist was hit by a car on Santa Cruz Ave at 9:46am on Saturday morning (April 29). The bicyclist...

Original post made by parent on Apr. 29, 2017
There are no comments yet. 1897 Views

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Filoli board relents on volunteer agreement, lets volunteers opt out of 'release clause'

Filoli's governing board on Thursday morning sent an email to all volunteers telling them that they would be allowed to "opt...

Original post made on Feb. 19, 2015
Last comment by volunteer, on Feb 19, 2015 at 12:39 pm | 1 comment | 1896 Views

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Measure M - No EIR, No public hearings, No traffic study

Voters need to know that there was NO EIR done on Measure M, there were NO public hearings and NO traffic study. And the...

Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Sep. 3, 2014
Last comment by Menlo Voter, on Sep 4, 2014 at 7:50 pm | 2 comments | 1896 Views

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Former longtime Ladera resident celebrates centennial birthday

Earlier this week, a small number of friends and relatives made their way to Aptos to celebrate the 100th birthday of Jean...

Original post made on Sep. 18, 2020
Last comment by Linda Craig, on Sep 18, 2020 at 3:43 pm | 1 comment | 1895 Views

MENLO PARK

No 3rd Term for Rich Cline

When I read Cline's statements to the Almanac yesterday, I was shocked. (they are copied below) I voted and supported...

Original post made by former_Cline_supporter on Oct. 3, 2014
Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Oct 3, 2014 at 8:06 pm | 2 comments | 1893 Views

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The "Rolling Stone" rape story finally gets some closure

When "Almanac" blogger Jessica T. posted on her archived "10 to Twins" blog the story titled "Don't fund the Rape Culture...

Original post made by I didn\'t know that on Nov. 4, 2016
Last comment by Mot time, on Nov 4, 2016 at 3:21 pm | 1 comment | 1893 Views

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Our Country Upside Down

Our Country Upside Down Today I saw the American flag flown upside down in my community- Is...

Original post made by A Patriot on May. 16, 2017
Last comment by Yet More Of The Same Nonsense, on May 16, 2017 at 2:55 pm | 2 comments | 1892 Views

MENLO PARK

"Early reactions to Stanford's revised development plans for Menlo Park"

Comments are not working on the article Editor - what happened all of yesterday's comments on the article?...

Original post made by whatever on Oct. 1, 2015
There are no comments yet. 1891 Views

MENLO PARK

Tis The Season To Be Jolly

During the holiday season, we all get our jollies in different ways. For the City of Menlo Park, they may get their jollies...

Original post made by Scrooge on Dec. 8, 2015
Last comment by Tunbridge Wells, on Dec 11, 2015 at 12:42 pm | 2 comments | 1891 Views

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When disaster strikes

After many years of dealing with disaster response and disaster recovery one of the things I have learned is that a key to...

Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Oct. 6, 2014
There are no comments yet. 1891 Views

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Drought and well water

I would like to see our municipal water agencies doing more to educate the public on the effects of using well water to irrigate...

Original post made by Triona on Oct. 14, 2015
Last comment by Menlo Voter, on Oct 14, 2015 at 9:04 pm | 1 comment | 1889 Views
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