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Opinion: Error by county Registrar of Voters may cost candidate the election

November 12, 2024 7:19 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor A big mistake by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters may possibly change the composition of the Palo Alto City Council. While most people […]

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Opinion: The city where democracy is dying

November 5, 2024 8:22 am

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The fad in national politics is to talk about how democracy is dying, or how one candidate or the other is going to end […]

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Opinion: Chiu, Colohan, Salcman for school board

October 8, 2024 8:41 am

With five solid candidates for school board, Palo Altans are probably struggling to learn what sets the candidates apart from each other. All five are all well versed in the […]

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Opinion: Post recommends Burt, Stone, Summa and Reckdahl for council

October 4, 2024 9:25 pm

OPINION When local elections come around, the magic wands of candidates emerge. Often candidates talk about what they will do, as if they possessed a magic wand that could create […]

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Post recommends Liccardo for Congress

September 30, 2024 3:40 pm

In the race for Congress, the difference between the two candidates is like night and day. Sam Liccardo is prepared, experienced and ready to start on Day 1. His opponent, […]

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Opinion: Don’t use county resources for campaign purposes

September 18, 2024 10:40 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A reader brought to my attention an email newsletter from San Mateo County Supervisor Noelia Corzo, sent out on a county government account, […]

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Opinion: Sheriff wrong about her critics

September 17, 2024 8:33 pm

CORRECTION: Recent articles in the Daily Post (Aug. 31, Sept. 6, 8 and 21) about the San Mateo County Sheriff’s office that included references to Victor Aenlle, the Office’s Executive Director of […]

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Opinion: A cringeworthy request from a councilwoman

September 17, 2024 10:32 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor This is a story that will leave your head shaking it’s so unbelievable. Palo Alto Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims says she wants the city to […]

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Opinion: With EPA Sanitary District, follow the money

September 11, 2024 11:28 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A court has ruled that the city of East Palo Alto can seize the mismanaged East Palo Alto Sanitary District, but an important […]

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Opinion: A stupid idea that decreases the rights of voters

September 10, 2024 11:22 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The town of Los Altos has fallen for a scam that will cost taxpayers at least $30,000. A Malibu attorney, Kevin Shenkman, sent […]

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Opinion: A vacancy tax won’t help downtown or Cal Ave.

September 9, 2024 7:22 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto’s two commercial areas, University Avenue and California Avenue, are slowly dying right in front of our eyes. They’re becoming dingy and […]

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Opinion: Google deal won’t save journalism

August 30, 2024 7:45 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Readers are the big loser in a deal that calls for Google to pay $110 million over five years to compensate newsrooms for […]

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Opinion: The 38-story elephant of Menlo Park politics

August 26, 2024 9:09 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Menlo Park City Council won’t have much of a City Council race this year because only three candidates have signed up to run […]

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Opinion: County jail has become a deadly place

August 14, 2024 6:41 am

OPINION By Dave Price Daily Post Editor The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is in crisis, judging from a confidential memo Sheriff Christina Corpus sent her employees on Friday.  Her […]

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Opinion: Drop the $20 billion housing bond issue

August 14, 2024 5:48 am

OPINION By Dave Price Daily Post Editor The newly created regional agency that plans to ask voters for a $20 billion housing bond issue in November made a huge error […]

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Opinion: Hiding Caltrain suicide deaths won’t solve the problem

August 8, 2024 8:33 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor It’s a sad situation that has been repeated in Palo Alto many times. A Caltrain strikes a person on the tracks. Ambulances and police […]

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Opinion: Head tax is a bad idea

August 2, 2024 10:01 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor My head snapped and I did a double take when I read the other day that Redwood City officials want to start taxing businesses […]

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Opinion: Recall of two council members is a wake-up call for other elected officials

August 2, 2024 9:47 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Political leaders on the Peninsula got a wake-up call the other day. Voters in the San Mateo County city of Millbrae recalled two council […]

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Opinion: Lythcott-Haims should step down from City Council

July 16, 2024 10:57 am

OPINION By Dave Price Daily Post Editor Julie Lythcott-Haims should have leveled with the voters two years ago about why she left her job as a dean at Stanford following […]

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Opinion: Five questions for city council candidates

July 8, 2024 9:03 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The goal of a city council member should be to make their city better. A council member running for re-election should be able […]

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