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Polls: Trump not trustworthy - no trust in judicial picksPerhaps because he declared an accomplished American federal judge of Mexican descent to be unfair? Called him a "hater"?...
Original post made by Trump trolls GOP on Jun. 28, 2016Last comment by Pietra RC, on Jun 28, 2016 at 1:38 pm | 1 comment | 1869 Views
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Study shows lower lifetime earning for pandemic-era studentsStudents nationwide face lower earnings over their lifetime because of a loss of education during the pandemic, a Stanford...
Original post made on Jan. 1, 2023Last comment by Resident, on Jan 6, 2023 at 3:15 am | 1 comment | 1869 Views
MENLO PARK
Newspaper racksDoes 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, 2016Last comment by Disgusted, on Jul 27, 2016 at 1:20 pm | 5 comments | 1867 Views
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park: Two history professors discuss Trump and Hitler comparisonAbout 35 people came to Kepler's Books in Menlo Park on March 23 for an hour of conversation with radio veteran Angie Coiro...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2016Last comment by Trumpnchange, on Mar 30, 2016 at 12:31 pm | 2 comments | 1865 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: City awards $600K contract for Middle crossingSomehow, this doesn't appear worthy of making news on Town Square: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/15/menlo-park-city-awards-600k-contract-for-middle-crossing/ Score...
Original post made by oldtimer on Mar. 17, 2017Last comment by MPer, on Mar 17, 2017 at 2:29 pm | 1 comment | 1863 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, 2014Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Oct 24, 2014 at 4:30 pm | 1 comment | 1861 Views
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Trump panders by visiting Mexico before he changed his immigration policies againa 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, 2016Last comment by SQL data, on Aug 31, 2016 at 2:23 pm | 2 comments | 1860 Views
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The Piggish Truth about Animal CrueltyIt was a surprise to see Ken White, the president of the Peninsula Humane Society, jump in the Pig Scramble debate and take...
Original post made by Christopher Robin on Mar. 24, 2017Last comment by Yet More Of The Same Nonsense, on Mar 24, 2017 at 7:07 pm | 1 comment | 1859 Views
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Why I will vote for Senator SandersThe 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, 2016Last comment by Dee, on Jun 3, 2016 at 10:51 pm | 2 comments | 1858 Views
AROUND TOWN
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, 2016There are no comments yet. 1858 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, 2017There are no comments yet. 1857 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Portola Valley Theatre Conservatory 2017 Access GroupWANTED: a team of high school actors with cognitive and/or learning disabilities to explore, create, and perform with us...
Original post made by Madeline Napel on Apr. 27, 2017There are no comments yet. 1857 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, 2015Last comment by volunteer, on Feb 19, 2015 at 12:39 pm | 1 comment | 1857 Views
AROUND TOWN
Measure M - No EIR, No public hearings, No traffic studyVoters 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, 2014Last comment by Menlo Voter, on Sep 4, 2014 at 7:50 pm | 2 comments | 1857 Views
MENLO PARK
No 3rd Term for Rich ClineWhen 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, 2014Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Oct 3, 2014 at 8:06 pm | 2 comments | 1855 Views
MENLO PARK
High Speed Rail Around the World Requires Government Subsidieshttp://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, 2016Last comment by Martin Engel, on Apr 19, 2016 at 2:34 pm | 2 comments | 1853 Views
AROUND TOWN
When disaster strikesAfter 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, 2014There are no comments yet. 1853 Views
MENLO PARK
Tis The Season To Be JollyDuring 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, 2015Last comment by Tunbridge Wells, on Dec 11, 2015 at 12:42 pm | 2 comments | 1852 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Oakland police sex scandal: Criminal charges filed against copsIf 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, 2016There are no comments yet. 1852 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, 2015There are no comments yet. 1851 Views
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