Opinion
Opinion: Momentum shifts in recall campaign
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The recall of Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky will be one of the closer races on election night. Momentum has shifted from […]
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Editorial: Our recommendations on the five state ballot propositions
Here’s our view on the five state ballot propositions voters will decide June 5: Prop. 68 — Parks Bonds. No. This would authorize the state to sell $4 billion in […]
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Editorial: Re-elect Mark Church as assessor, clerk, recorder and elections officer
DAILY POST EDITORIAL The word “innovator” doesn’t apply to many people in government, but an exception is Mark Church, San Mateo County’s Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer. Under Church’s […]
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Editorial: Re-elect County Supervisor Don Horsley
DAILY POST EDITORIAL San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley, at age 75, sounds like a young man when he discusses his ambitious agenda if he is re-elected in the June […]
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Editorial: Vote ‘no’ on the toll hike, Regional Measure 3
DAILY POST EDITORIAL We urge you to vote “no” on Regional Measure 3 on the June 5 ballot, which would raise tolls by $3 on seven of the bridges that […]
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Editorial: Nancy Magee for San Mateo County school superintendent
DAILY POST EDITORIAL In the race for superintendent of the San Mateo County Office of Education, Nancy Magee is the clear choice. Both candidates are employees in the Redwood City-based […]
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Editorial: Vote ‘no’ on recall of Judge Persky
DAILY POST EDITORIAL There’s more at stake in the recall election of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky than the six-month jail sentence he gave to Stanford swimmer […]
Mountain View
Pear Theater offers eight plays in 15 minute slices
BY JOHN ANGELL GRANT Daily Post Theater Critic Mountain View’s Pear Theater opened eight world premiere plays over the weekend (May 6-7). Each play is 15 minutes long, and all […]
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Editorial: Cindy Hendrickson for Santa Clara County Superior Court
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Santa Clara County voters will face two questions about the Superior Court in the June 5 primary. The first is whether to recall Judge Aaron Persky. On […]
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Editorial: Carlos Bolanos best choice for San Mateo County Sheriff
DAILY POST EDITORIAL In the June primary, San Mateo County voters will see two candidates on the ballot for sheriff, the first time that’s happened since 1993, when Don Horsley […]
Opinion
Play pokes fun at startup companies
REVIEW BY JOHN ANGELL GRANT Daily Post Theater Critic Do you want to be a billionaire? Of course you do, and that is the Silicon Valley disease. As a result […]
Facebook
Google and Facebook need competition
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Because Menlo Park and the mid-Peninsula is essentially a company town for Facebook, there was an unusual interest here in CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s […]
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The puzzling closure of the Oasis
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The closing of the Oasis Beer Garden in Menlo Park has been puzzling. We all know it was because of a lease dispute […]
Opinion
City should keep council chambers remodel simple, inexpensive
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s hard to know what the Palo Alto City Council’s priorities are these days. Is it a tax increase to fund infrastructure improvements […]
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School board ignored diversity policy while renaming schools
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s bad that the school board removed the names Terman and Jordan from two middle schools in Palo Alto. It’s even worse that […]
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Opinion: Gun buy-back days are an empty gesture
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor In the wake of the Florida high school shooting, the momentum behind more gun control laws is growing. I’m not going to take […]
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Review: ‘Cowboy versus Samurai?’ a powerful play
THEATER REVIEW BY JOHN ANGELL GRANT Daily Post Theater Critic “Cowboy versus Samurai?” Does that mean a play about John Wayne and Toshiro Mifune? No. Instead, “Cowboy versus Samurai” recounts […]
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Opinion: School might get the name of Pearl Harbor mastermind Yamamoto
OPINION Originally published Monday, March 19. BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor An unfortunate coincidence has surfaced in the Palo Alto school board’s plans to rename Terman and Jordan middle […]
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Opinion: Roundabouts spark outrage and 10 more are on the way
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If you think driving is more difficult in Palo Alto these days, it’s not your imagination. In fact, it’s intentional. The city of […]
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Review: ‘Skeleton Crew’ looks at morality amid crisis
BY JOHN ANGELL GRANT Daily Post Theater Critic The collapse of the auto industry in Detroit frames the story of “Skeleton Crew,” a 2016 play by Dominique Morisseau, which opened […]