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Opinion: How to convince voters to raise taxes? Cry wolf

April 9, 2026 9:18 am

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 […]

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Opinion: A DA shouldn’t be using his office this way

April 2, 2026 5:44 pm

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. […]

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Opinion: School board member secretly investigated by district employees and district’s lawyers

March 24, 2026 6:49 pm

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. […]

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Opinion: School board should wait until after the election to select a new superintendent

March 10, 2026 3:49 pm

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 […]

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Opinion: State trying to tax residents who moved; Cubberley tax is dead; school unions demand far more than inflation rate

February 10, 2026 4:26 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Even if you think you’ve moved out of California, you really haven’t escaped. People who have fled the state are getting letters from the California […]

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Opinion: Time to splurge on the homeless

February 8, 2026 8:58 pm

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Applause all around for the Menlo Park City Council, which has committed $62 million toward the construction of a state-of-the-art homeless shelter. I’m normally […]

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Opinion: Arrogant teachers ignore school board

January 21, 2026 2:52 pm

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The inmates are running the asylum.  That statement applies to the teachers at Palo Alto High School. A group of students who are eager […]

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Opinion: New sheriff shouldn’t have held back information on Caltrain attack

January 7, 2026 5:59 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor I hope this is a one-off, but the new San Mateo County Sheriff, Ken Binder, waited nine days to tell the public that a woman […]

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Editorial: Fligor best choice for county assessor

December 24, 2025 11:33 am

Daily Post Editorial The race for Santa Clara County assessor has been infuriating, to say the least, because of the behavior of the incumbent and one of the candidates. Larry […]

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Opinion: Don’t overlook this act of generosity

December 15, 2025 11:02 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor I’ve heard from people who scoffed at the $50,000 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan gave to the Friends of the […]

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Opinion: Maybe kids shouldn’t read ‘Romeo & Juliet’ in high school

December 2, 2025 11:31 am

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor What do the occasional deaths on the Caltrain tracks have to do with one of William Shakespeare’s most venerated plays? Caltrain is refusing to […]

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Opinion: Taxpayers should know what Corpus cost

November 17, 2025 6:55 pm

Opinion BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus has been fired and members of the Board of Supervisors are congratulating themselves for removing a corrupt official. […]

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Opinion: Is school parcel tax needed? School board should discuss it

November 12, 2025 3:46 am

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The Palo Alto school board needs to have a study session to hear former board member Todd Collins’ arguments about how the $941-per-year parcel […]

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Editorial: A reluctant recommendation for Fligor for Santa Clara County Assessor

November 3, 2025 4:45 pm

Daily Post Editorial We’re not thrilled with having to make this recommendation. In our opinion, neither of Santa Clara County’s ballot measures should be on Tuesday’s ballot. Longtime Assessor Larry […]

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Opinion: Reject Measure A, the new Santa Clara County sales tax increase

November 2, 2025 10:02 am

Editorial of the Daily Post This was originally printed Oct. 13. Santa Clara County residents should vote “no” on Measure A, the 5/8ths-of-a-cent sales tax for a variety of reasons.  […]

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Opinion: County should take back ex-sheriff’s pension money

October 20, 2025 3:25 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Talk about insult to injury for San Mateo County taxpayers. Sheriff Christina Corpus will be allowed to retire with full pension and benefits even though […]

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Opinion: Voters should pick the next sheriff

October 13, 2025 8:38 am

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors have a couple of choices when they decide tomorrow (Oct. 14) how to replace Sheriff Christina Corpus. One, they could decide among themselves […]

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Opinion: Will residents tolerate RV regulation?

October 6, 2025 11:51 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Palo Alto’s got a problem. People are parking their RVs on city streets. They’re dumping their waste in the street gutters, which flows through the […]

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Opinion: Don’t forget to call your birthing person — my, how our language is changing

September 18, 2025 12:17 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor If you want to get drunk on a Tuesday night, tune into a Palo Alto school board meeting. Take a shot every time somebody uses […]

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Opinion: A surprising fact about deaths on the Caltrain tracks

September 9, 2025 2:41 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor  With all the attention teen deaths on the Caltrain tracks are getting, this fact might surprise you. In 2024, 19 people died on the tracks […]

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