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Daily Post Editorial: Vote ‘yes’ on P to save downtown

October 3, 2026 12:33 pm

Menlo Park voters face a critical decision regarding the economic survival of our local businesses and the long-term character of our community.  Measure P offers a common-sense solution to a […]

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Daily Post Editorial: Elect Chang, Lauing, Veenker to council

October 3, 2026 12:31 pm

As Palo Alto prepares to fill three seats on the City Council, voters face a pivotal choice between maintaining the status quo or demanding a more responsive local government. While […]

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Opinion: City Council, where’s the Cubberley appraisal?

September 29, 2026 11:53 am

Published Monday, Sept. 28. BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor On Oct. 5, a week from today, ballots for the November election will hit the mail. The city has put Measure […]

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Opinion: Liccardo deserves praise for seeking an investigation of Russian businessman who wants to build a 39-story skyscraper

September 29, 2026 11:20 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Congressman Sam Liccardo deserves high praise for his decisive action to protecting both our local community and our national security. By formally asking Treasury Secretary […]

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Opinion: Why the Post endorses candidates

September 29, 2026 11:01 am

The Post is going to make a number of recommendations for candidates and ballot measures in the next two weeks. Why would the Post — which prides itself on being […]

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Daily Post Editorial: Elect Pete Dailey to Valley Water Board

September 29, 2026 10:51 am

When voters in Palo Alto, Los Altos and Mountain View choose a representative for the Valley Water board, they deserve an effective leader who works collaboratively to protect local communities […]

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Opinion: Liccardo should push for sanctions that would stop the Russian billionaire’s skyscraper

September 22, 2026 7:19 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Congressman Sam Liccardo needs to help his constituents with an urgent problem.  Russian businessman Vitaly Yusufov plans to put up a 39-story skyscraper on the […]

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Today’s editorial cartoon

September 14, 2026 1:38 pm
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Opinion: Mueller eyes DA job; City criticized for new signs to parks; Sequoia district tries to muzzle critics

September 14, 2026 12:02 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor I’m hearing that San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller is considering a bid for District Attorney if longtime DA Steve Wagstaffe decides not to run […]

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Opinion: PAUSD shouldn’t have put ad for candidate on district website

August 25, 2026 5:13 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Well that was curious. On Friday, the Post began working on a story about how Linda Henigin was getting a helping hand with her Palo […]

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Opinion: In school, treat all faiths equally

August 17, 2026 11:15 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Few people would be against high school students learning about different religions. Visiting a mosque on a high school field trip isn’t a problem, if […]

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Opinion: Instead of regulating robots, county should try to attract the robot-making industry

August 11, 2026 4:11 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Science fiction movies like “The Terminator” portray robots as deceitful, murderous or soul-less threats. Lifelike faces and synthetic skin trigger unease, playing on our worst […]

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Opinion: If only the College of San Mateo had a student paper

August 3, 2026 11:02 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor I wonder if students could have uncovered the bribery scandal at the San Mateo County Community College District. Could a student newspaper, with a bunch […]

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Opinion: Congressman who bashes the rich lives in opulent luxury

July 27, 2026 10:54 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Congressman Ro Khanna, who is eyeing a run for president, is the South Bay’s most outspoken critic of the rich. In fact, he co-sponsored the […]

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Opinion: City should release appraisal it used when it agreed to buy part of Cubberley

July 22, 2026 8:07 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor When the Palo Alto City Council asks voters to approve a brand-new sales tax to fund a $65.5 million land purchase, it owes those voters […]

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Opinion: Council should release the Peterson report

July 17, 2026 9:37 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor The city of Palo Alto paid a law firm to investigate a complaint from a tow yard owner who said that Planning and Transportation Commissioner […]

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Opinion: Rent-control group falsely claims it’s ‘grassroots’

July 17, 2026 9:06 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor The group behind the rent control ballot measure in Redwood City, Faith in Action, keeps saying they’re a “grassroots” organization. That’s not true.  The Faith […]

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Opinion: Silicon Valley’s role in the American Revolution

June 30, 2026 11:36 am

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 […]

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Opinion: New school labor contracts are too generous

June 24, 2026 5:45 am

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 […]

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Opinion from the archives: Growth plan makes startling racial assumptions

June 20, 2026 12:28 pm

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 […]

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