Opinion

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Well, we made it. Two hundred and fifty years. America is celebrating its Semiquincentennial on Saturday, and while the folks back east in Philadelphia are […]

Correction: The agreed-upon increase for non-teachers in the coming school year is 3.2%, not 5.2%. BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor You know that feeling you get when you get into […]

Published March 25, 2013 BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor One of the things we expect our government to do is combat racial prejudice, not promote it. So I was taken […]

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Palo Alto City Council is scheduled tonight (June 8) to decide whether to put a half-cent sales tax on the November ballot to raise money […]

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor A thought exercise. A police officer apprehends a suspect he’s been trying to arrest for a long time. The officer is so frustrated that he […]

We’re recommending a “no” on Measure B, the Palo Alto Unified School District’s parcel tax.  Despite already enjoying a secure financial position with a general fund balance exceeding $100 million, […]

We are recommending a “yes” on Ravenswood School District’s Measure A bond measure.  Oftentimes, the Ravenswood School District is the adult in the room when it comes to East Palo […]

Redwood City School District’s Measure C is a June 2026 ballot measure proposing a parcel tax of 17.5 cents per square foot annually for eight years to raise $12.2 million […]

It’s unfortunate that second-grade school teacher Chelsea Bonini signed up to run for San Mateo County superintendent of schools. She lacks the correct credential for the position. And, unfortunately, soon-to-be-retired […]

Ray Mueller has brought steady, results-oriented leadership to San Mateo County in his first term as a county supervisor.  His highlight reel includes: • Pushing forward with the removal of […]

The editorial viewpoint of the Daily Post. We’re recommending David Canepa for San Mateo County Assessor-County Clerk Recorder and Chief Elections Officer.  Canepa’s time on the Board of Supervisors  has […]

The editorial viewpoint of the Daily Post. In terms of the race for San Mateo County Superior Court Judge, vote for Brian Donnellan.  Donnellan has spent his entire adult life serving […]

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Palo Altans got a glimpse of how City Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims selects applicants for city’s Human Relations Commission, and it wasn’t a pretty sight. As […]

Politicians like to say they support a free press. We’ll find out Tuesday night (April 28) if anybody on the Menlo Park City Council actually believes in the First Amendment. […]

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Chelsea Bonini, the second-grade teacher who is running for San Mateo County superintendent of education, is firing back at a story in the Post that […]

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Bay Area political leaders have revealed their strategy for getting voters to approve a half-cent sales tax increase for mass transit: Crying wolf. Caltrain said […]

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor I don’t want to believe the allegations against Santa Clara County District Jeff Rosen because, if they’re true, they represent a lapse in ethical judgment. […]

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor The Palo Alto school district is so wildly out of control that the district’s employees secretly conducted an investigation of an elected school board member. […]

A correction appears at the end of this column. BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor With all of the turmoil in the Palo Alto school district, the school board shouldn’t make […]