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Opinion: Police scanners and Civil Rights

April 2, 2021 12:24 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Police scanners played an important role in the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, according to Mountain View City Councilwoman Sally Lieber. And […]

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Opinion: ‘Hero Pay’ or ‘Hazard Pay’ proposal is unfair, risky

March 22, 2021 1:04 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s odd that local governments, such as the city of San Carlos, are just now deciding to force grocery stores to boost their […]

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Guest Opinion: SB9, SB10 are the kiss of death for neighborhoods

March 19, 2021 1:59 pm

GUEST OPINION BY RISHI KUMAR Silicon Valley’s tech exodus is weighing California down. For California’s legislators, the solution is obvious — more housing! With some upcoming bills, state legislators are […]

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Opinion: Top issues in Palo Alto in 1993 are familiar today

March 13, 2021 1:01 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A friend the other day gave me a copy of a 1993 survey of Palo Alto residents commissioned by the city. The 28-year-old […]

East Palo Alto

Opinion: Kudos to local leaders who are fighting to get more vaccines to East Palo Alto

March 11, 2021 1:59 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Five local officials deserve a round of applause for calling attention to the fact that East Palo Alto residents are getting far fewer […]

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Opinion: Eshoo’s ‘questions’ a pressure tactic

March 4, 2021 3:26 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor We don’t need the government to decide what TV channels we watch, what newspapers we read or what websites we can visit. The […]

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Opinion: Encryption isn’t a ‘mandate,’ it’s a choice

February 14, 2021 1:02 pm

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The dispute over the decision by Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos to encrypt their police radio frequencies may just boil down to […]

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Opinion: Police aren’t required to encrypt their radios

February 8, 2021 9:08 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The dispute over the decision by Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos to encrypt their police radio frequencies may just boil down […]

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Opinion: Reopening schools isn’t as easy as it might sound

February 6, 2021 11:20 am

This was originally published on Jan. 25 in the Daily Post. BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Last week I wrote about the irony that scientists could produce a Covid […]

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Opinion: County shouldn’t keep Covid death statistics a secret

February 4, 2021 11:05 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor San Mateo County’s leaders have made little progress in stemming the spread of Covid-19 in East Palo Alto and North Fair Oaks, with […]

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Opinion: City should postpone construction of police station

February 1, 2021 1:01 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor This doesn’t make sense. A few months ago, the Palo Alto city budget was so tight that the Fire Department was forced to […]

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Opinion: Newsom and the vaccines — failure to plan is planning to fail

January 19, 2021 4:51 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor America developed a vaccine for Covid-19 in record time. Nobody thought the scientists and pharmaceutical companies could come up with vaccines in a […]

East Palo Alto

Opinion: Full court press needed to deal with alarming Covid rate in East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks

January 15, 2021 10:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Government, business and nonprofit leaders need to make a full court press to stop the surge of Covid cases in East Palo Alto […]

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Editorial: Police decision to encrypt radio transmissions reduces transparency

January 8, 2021 12:34 pm

Daily Post Editorial Palo Alto police have decided to encrypt their radio transmissions, a move that will severely limit the ability of journalists to do their jobs. Moreover, members of […]

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Opinion: We’re not doing a year-in-review story for 2020

December 26, 2020 1:29 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Somebody in our newsroom suggested that we put together the “year in review” story for 2020. It’s a staple of newspapers and TV […]

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Guest opinion: Time to turn the page on Foothills Park

December 16, 2020 8:34 am

GUEST OPINION This guest opinion piece originally appeared in Friday’s Daily Post. To keep up on what’s happening locally, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 mid-Peninsula locations. […]

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Opinion: Re-open the restaurants

December 15, 2020 11:53 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody hasn’t presented any data to justify her decision to stop restaurants from operating outdoors. Experts […]

Los Altos

Opinion: How did Chris Jordan last four years as city manager?

December 7, 2020 3:48 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I don’t understand how Chris Jordan survived for four years as city manager of Los Altos. Why City Council put up with him […]

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Opinion: Highlights, surprises from local elections

November 13, 2020 12:58 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor On Election Night everyone was riveted on the presidential race, which is understandable, but several interesting local contests were decided too. The big […]

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Opinion: If you lose, here’s what you do

November 4, 2020 10:58 am

OPINION This was printed in Monday morning’s Daily Post. BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor With tomorrow’s election, many of us are dreading the vote-counting and litigating that could go […]

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