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Opinion: Stanford made one mistake after another

November 6, 2019 8:30 am

Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Watching Stanford stumble through the process to get a permit for its 3.5-million-square-foot expansion has been painful. I count myself as among those […]

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Opinion: Smell the air! Maybe I didn’t stop smoking after all?

October 29, 2019 11:24 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor These forest fires north of San Francisco have become an annual autumn nightmare. We’re fortunate here on the Peninsula that the only consequence […]

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Opinion: How bribery works in today’s world

October 22, 2019 8:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor America has come a long way from the days of Tammany Hall, when a developer would have to lug a briefcase full of […]

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Opinion: Legislature sticks us with three lousy bills

September 19, 2019 10:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The state Legislature passed three lousy bills last week that are going to create a lot of problems for everyone. 1. Rent control, […]

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Opinion: School board, don’t squelch public input

September 10, 2019 7:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor My column today might seem too wonky, but please follow along. I’ve got an important point to make. I think it’s safe to […]

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Opinion: College district stuck with two very expensive chancellors

August 20, 2019 7:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Facts are slowly beginning to emerge about the decision by the board of the San Mateo County Community College District to remove longtime […]

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Guest opinion: Let’s not repeat the same mistakes again with Plan Bay Area

August 18, 2019 7:14 pm

GUEST OPINION BY LYNETTE LEE ENG For many residents, traffic starts before 3 p.m. while our teachers and service workers struggle with prolonged and extensive commutes. People can’t get around […]

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Opinion: Coincidence or just a case of tit-for-tat?

August 16, 2019 8:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Is this a coincidence or just tit-for-tat? You be the judge. Last fall, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith told District Attorney Jeff […]

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Guest opinion: Protecting the public’s right to know

August 15, 2019 8:30 am

BY MARK OLBERT Earlier this year I became San Carlos’ representative on the Silicon Valley Clean Water commission. SVCW operates the sanitary waste treatment system serving Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood […]

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Opinion: Sewer plant manager’s $875,000 payout is over the top

August 7, 2019 10:56 am

Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I think the public is owed an explanation as to why a government agency, Silicon Valley Clean Water, wrote a severance check of […]

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Opinion: The ugly truth about red-light cameras

July 23, 2019 6:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor San Mateo has finally pulled the plug on its red-light cameras — about 10 years too late, in my opinion. In January 2009, […]

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Here’s what was happening in Palo Alto when man landed on the moon

July 21, 2019 1:01 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor First, I’d like to thank all of the people who wrote to us about their memories of watching the first moonwalk. We received […]

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Opinion: A sad piece of legislation on car camping at community colleges

July 3, 2019 7:00 am

Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Marc Berman, the former Palo Alto City Councilman who now represents the mid-Peninsula in the state Assembly, has introduced a bill that would […]

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Opinion: Google’s $1 billion housing offer not what it seems

June 25, 2019 8:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor “Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.” That observation penned by Plato applies to Google’s announcement that it […]

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Opinion: There’s another way to deal with plastic drinking straws than a ban from city hall

June 22, 2019 6:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor What happened to the idea of simply asking somebody to do something? Instead, people in local government have this mindset that they have […]

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Opinion: Housing moratorium would be a disaster

June 11, 2019 6:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Traffic and development in Menlo Park may have reached the tipping point. The two members of the Menlo Park City Council who were […]

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Opinion: SB50 — Not a victory but an opportunity

May 21, 2019 10:23 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’m sure many mid-Peninsula residents who have been fighting Senate Bill 50 breathed a sigh of relief when they learned the Senate Appropriations […]

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Guest Opinion: Let cities decide where and how to build housing

May 15, 2019 10:18 am

GUEST OPINION BY LENNY SIEGEL East Palo Alto’s leaders aren’t the only ones who believe that Palo Alto and other slow-growth communities need to “step up” and plan for substantial […]

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Opinion: Stanford asks for a second chance

May 15, 2019 8:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Louis Brandeis, who was on the Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939, was famous for saying that sunlight is the best disinfectant. I […]

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When it comes to neighborhood streets, let’s avoid repeating mistakes

May 12, 2019 4:21 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana This month 17 years ago, the leaders of Menlo Park […]

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