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Opinion: Defending free speech isn’t easy — reflections on the MAGA hat incident

April 14, 2019 3:20 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” — A quote commonly attributed […]

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Opinion: Sometimes you just have to say ‘no’

April 2, 2019 8:42 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Whenever you’re negotiating for something — whether it is a new car, a house or a job — and you’re not getting what […]

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Opinion: Stanford needs to be accountable when it comes to admissions

March 22, 2019 12:11 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I think many of us had the same reactions to the news that the FBI had arrested 50 parents, coaches and others in […]

No Picture
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Opinion: Don’t punish a city for its good schools

March 8, 2019 5:59 pm

Originally published Feb. 4, 2019 OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Should the state punish a community because it has high-quality schools? State. Sen. Scott Wiener’s new bill to […]

At left, SNL cast member portrays local Congresswoman Jackie Speier and on the right is the real Jackie Speier.
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Congresswoman spoofed on SNL; Social media buzzing about ‘alien’ in downtown Palo Alto

March 4, 2019 5:25 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If you’re a politician in Washington, you know you’ve made the big time when you’re impersonated on “Saturday Night Live.” But what if […]

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Opinion: School district pays out $190,000 based on a verbal claim

January 31, 2019 7:09 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I was surprised the Palo Alto Unified School District paid a student’s family $190,000 to settle a claim, although no written claim was […]

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Opinion: Midpen’s new offices are a $50 million boondoggle

January 30, 2019 6:08 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District doesn’t get much scrutiny. It’s the ultimate of sacred cows around here. The district was formed in […]

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Opinion: Why a ‘closed door’ meeting on housing policy?

January 15, 2019 8:25 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The invitation looked suspicious. Carl Guardino, head of the lobbying outfit Silicon Valley Leadership Group, sent invitations on Friday to select elected officials […]

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Optimism and observations for 2019

January 13, 2019 2:05 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’d like to begin 2019 with a note of optimism. Yes, the mid-Peninsula has a lot of difficult problems, but I’m optimistic that […]

Los Altos

Opinion: Los Altos council can start the year by sending the right message

December 31, 2018 12:35 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor With the new year and two new City Council members in Los Altos, here’s an opportunity to get off on the right step. […]

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Opinion: A great idea to get traffic moving

December 23, 2018 12:22 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The proponents of Measure W, the San Mateo County sales tax that narrowly passed in last month’s election, are on the hook now. […]

East Palo Alto

Progress made on preventing floods

December 21, 2018 12:27 am

GUEST OPINION BY GARY KREMEN As many of you remember, the 1998 San Francisquito Creek record flood ravaged parts of Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Floodwaters from […]

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Opinion: Hotel President buyers not that smart

December 10, 2018 2:01 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The people who bought the Hotel President in downtown Palo Alto have made a multimillion-dollar mistake. And now they’re asking City Council members […]

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Local author says columnist cracked the JFK case in 1965, just before she was murdered

December 3, 2018 12:02 pm

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Mark Shaw, an investigative reporter and author from Burlingame, is out with a new book that connects the dots in the biggest crime story […]

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Editorial: Suspicious sales tax vote should be investigated

November 30, 2018 7:06 am

DAILY POST EDITORIAL We’re suspicious of the vote counting for Measure W, a half-cent sales tax that would fund SamTrans and various transportation projects in San Mateo County. For two […]

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Opinion: Showdown over new housing expected tonight

November 26, 2018 12:49 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A showdown could happen tonight (Nov. 26) over how much new housing Palo Alto will allow in the future. Palo Alto has arguably […]

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Opinion: Don’t spend city surplus on bonuses

November 21, 2018 6:37 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor San Carlos City Councilman Ron Collins is proposing that the city use part of its newfound $7 million surplus on 5% bonuses for […]

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Opinion: A landslide of local incumbents lost

November 15, 2018 12:26 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Mid-Peninsula voters fired an extraordinary number of city council incumbents in the Nov. 6 election. By my count, at least five of the […]

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Guest opinion: Stanford is quietly buying up houses

November 4, 2018 12:53 pm

GUEST OPINION BY PRIA GRAVES While the public and elected officials are focused on Stanford’s 2018 General Use Permit (GUP) application and their proposed Development Agreement, there is another, quieter, […]

Menlo Park

Opinion: A candidate with ethics, integrity

October 29, 2018 4:39 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Got an interesting phone call the other night from a reader who was moved by the story we printed about Menlo Park City […]

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