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Guest opinion: Opening Foothills Park to non-residents will create problems

September 3, 2020 8:00 am

GUEST OPINION By CARLIN OTTO Dear Palo Alto residents, as you consider opening Foothills Park to the general public, think about the following points: 1. During the last 20 years, […]

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Guest opinion: Communities need elections like hamburgers need beef

August 29, 2020 5:50 pm

BY MARK OLBERT I was saddened, and disappointed, to hear the San Carlos School District will be filling a vacancy on its oversight board via appointment rather than election. I’m […]

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Guest opinion: Bad policy led to wildfires and blackouts

August 29, 2020 5:42 pm

BY MICKIE WINKLER Believe it or not the phrase “fighting fire with fire” refers to the practice, by pioneers as early as 1850, of starting controlled burns to prevent the […]

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Opinion: The odd case of Greg Tanaka’s donations

August 28, 2020 11:47 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s possible to see the allegations against Palo Alto City Councilman Greg Tanaka as mere paperwork errors. He didn’t file the right form […]

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Opinion: This pandemic comes with its own slogans

August 21, 2020 9:52 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The coronavirus pandemic is bad enough, but why does it have to come with annoying slogans? Here are a few that are grating […]

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Opinion: This should make Caltrain fans furious

August 3, 2020 6:33 pm

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor We won’t know for sure until the deadline on Friday, but it looks like voters won’t see a Caltrain sales tax on the November […]

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Opinion: Nobody’s been jailed for entering Foothills Park; On police reform, DA wants it both ways

August 2, 2020 8:48 pm

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’ve been scratching my head over one of the claims that was made by the group of people who want to open Foothills Park […]

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Opinion: Why is Newsom blaming restaurants?

July 6, 2020 3:39 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The head of the state restaurant association has a simple question for Gov. Gavin Newsom — where’s the data? California was hit with […]

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Post Editorial: Don’t let the county health department cancel high school football, choir, band and cheerleading

July 2, 2020 11:30 am

DAILY POST EDITORIAL Santa Clara County’s chief health officer, Dr. Sara Cody, has told the public schools they can’t allow choir, band or cheerleading this fall. And it looks like […]

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Opinion: City Council’s faulty logic will force the closure of an iconic store

July 1, 2020 12:01 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If you follow the logic the Palo Alto City Council used in passing the tobacco ordinance that will close Mac’s Smoke Shop, it’s […]

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Letter: Community leaders push to open Foothills Park to all

June 8, 2020 3:52 pm

The following letter appeared in the Monday, June 8, edition of the Daily Post. Dear Editor: At this historic time, civic leaders across America are being challenged to reassess the […]

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Guest Opinion: It’s opportunity time for cities

June 5, 2020 10:00 am

BY MICKIE WINKLER The cities on the Peninsula have the opportunity right now to cut costs without cutting services. And right now, all budget-making politicians should be focused on doing […]

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Opinion: Our leaders were repeatedly wrong about the coronavirus

May 20, 2020 8:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor We were told that this shutdown would last three weeks. We were told that the coronavirus was 10 times more deadly than the […]

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Opinion: Gov. Newsom, when does this ‘moment’ end?

May 14, 2020 12:28 am

Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor When the coronavirus shutdown began on March 19, I was among many people who expected it to last for a few weeks as […]

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Opinion: Time to carefully reopen California

April 22, 2020 6:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Gov. Gavin Newsom shut down California a month ago based on bad data, and now he needs to expedite the reopening of the […]

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Opinion: Stay-at-home order points to traffic solution

April 16, 2020 7:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If there’s a bright side to the coronavirus stay-at-home order, it’s the empty freeways. For years the public has been debating how to […]

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Opinion: Stay positive and set a good example

April 9, 2020 7:00 am

Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Three weeks into this stay-at-home order and I think some of my friends are going stir crazy. I’ll get a phone call, text […]

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Opinion: When will the stay-at-home order end?

March 30, 2020 5:02 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Today is the 11th day of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order and we don’t know when it will end. President Trump said he […]

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Opinion: Let’s find ways to help one another

March 19, 2020 8:17 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post editor If you’re over 40, you remember 9/11 and how the country came together afterward. Instead of being a Republican or a Democrat, everyone […]

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Opinion: This illness might just surprise you

March 6, 2020 8:18 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I want to tell you about a respiratory illness that’s spreading throughout the Bay Area, the nation and the world. It causes fevers, […]

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