Opinion
Optimism and observations for 2019
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 […]
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Los Altos
Opinion: Los Altos council can start the year by sending the right message
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
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
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 […]
Opinion
Opinion: Hotel President buyers not that smart
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
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 […]
Opinion
Editorial: Suspicious sales tax vote should be investigated
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 […]
Opinion
Opinion: Showdown over new housing expected tonight
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 […]
Opinion
Opinion: Don’t spend city surplus on bonuses
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 […]
Opinion
Opinion: A landslide of local incumbents lost
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 […]
Opinion
Guest opinion: Stanford is quietly buying up houses
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
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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Opinion: SamTrans has a lot of chutzpah rolling out expensive new buses before Measure W vote
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You’ve got to hand it to the people at SamTrans. They have a lot of chutzpah. They’re asking people to approve Measure W, […]
Opinion
Opinion: Prop 8 goes too far, interferes with medical care
OPINION BY TOM ELIAS Daily Post Columnist Suppose for a moment that your favorite relative – father, mother, aunt, uncle, brother or sister – were getting urgently needed cancer treatment […]
Atherton
Editorial: Our recommendations for the Menlo Park fire board
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Four excellent candidates are running for three seats in the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, which also includes Atherton, west Menlo Park, North Fair Oaks and East […]
Mountain View
Editorial: Siegel, Showalter, Inks for Mountain View council
DAILY POST EDITORIAL The two Mountain View City Council incumbents, Lenny Siegel and Pat Showalter, deserve applause for aggressively promoting the construction of housing. They were key players in reaching […]
Opinion
Editorial: No on Measure E
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Palo Alto’s Measure E seems like a tax inspired by a Monty Python skit. In one episode, a politician in a bowler hat says, “To improve the […]
Opinion
Editorial: Holman best choice for Midpen open space board
DAILY POST EDITORIAL The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space district doesn’t make the headlines very often, and it’s even more unusual to have a hotly competitive race for a seat on […]
Menlo Park
Editorial: Our choices for Menlo Park City Council
DAILY POST EDITORIAL If you’re a Menlo Park resident, ask yourself a few questions. Has your life improved in the past few years because of actions by the city government? […]
Opinion
Editorial: No on Measure F, a disastrous idea
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Measure F on the Palo Alto ballot is a reckless attempt by a labor union, SEIU-UHW, to gain more bargaining power by reducing medical services available to […]