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Guest opinion: Bad policy led to wildfires and blackouts
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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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Opinion: Reject the 2020 version of Prop. 13
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Perhaps the sneakiest thing on Tuesday’s ballot is a proposition that is getting almost zero attention from the news media. It’s called Prop. […]
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Opinion: Advice I wish I had given Capt. Perron
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen will have a sit-down tonight (Feb. 24) with the City Council to talk about “crime statistics, recent […]