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Opinion: The police reform idea nobody talks about

July 2, 2021 4:04 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Last year, when the city of Palo Alto’s finances were in terrible shape because of the lockdown, some city employees stepped forward and […]

The Palo Alto Courthouse at 270 Grant Ave. in the California Avenue district. Post file photo.
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Opinion: Palo Alto may soon lose its courthouse

June 25, 2021 12:12 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It looks like Palo Alto is going to lose its courthouse. That’s not the final decision, but the place suffering the death of […]

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Opinion: City’s parking laws raise housing costs

June 24, 2021 11:50 pm

GUEST OPINION By Patrick Siegman My mom and dad bought their first house in Palo Alto for about $16,000. At the time, it cost about five cents per hour to […]

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Guest opinion: Juneteenth holiday is long overdue

June 20, 2021 2:30 pm

GUEST OPINION BY MARK OLBERT In a rare act of near unanimity, Congress voted to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday and President Biden signed it into law this week. […]

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Opinion: If you’re ‘woke,’ this won’t be a joke — these words will make you choke

June 17, 2021 12:21 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The meanings of words are changing faster today than at any time I can remember. This is frustrating. I think we should all […]

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Opinion: With the latest Caltrain fiasco, it’s time to talk about merging railroad with BART

June 9, 2021 12:00 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The news that Caltrain is delaying its switch to electric trains by two years, and that the project is $330 million over budget, […]

Opinion

Opinion: Find a middle ground on housing; city attorney creates unnecessary mystery, and city examines its cybersecurity

May 30, 2021 11:16 pm

Originally published May 17, 2021 in the Daily Post. If you missed this in print, get in the habit of picking up the Post in the mornings. Only a fraction […]

Opinion

Opinion: 55 days later and state DOJ hasn’t complied with records request for information on police radio encryption

May 27, 2021 5:22 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor When a government agency is proud of what it’s done, they’ll have a PR person send the media a press release to trumpet […]

Opinion

Opinion: Important questions about the pandemic remain unanswered

May 7, 2021 8:01 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor As the pandemic fades away, we as a society need to take an unflinching look back at what we did to combat Covid […]

Opinion

Guest opinion: Wrong kind of budget in an emergency

April 29, 2021 11:50 pm

GUEST OPINION BY MARK OLBERT I see the city of San Carlos appears on track to continue its habit of significantly exceeding budget projections. Overall revenues were higher than expected […]

Opinion

Opinion: Bad police work is costly to taxpayers

April 21, 2021 12:25 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If you think of yourself as a fiscal conservative, you ought to be in favor of police reform. A poorly-run police department with […]

Opinion

Opinion: Why is government building EV charging stations?

April 12, 2021 12:34 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’ll admit that I don’t understand this. When the automobile first became popular in the early 1900s, it wasn’t necessary for the government […]

Opinion

Opinion: Council tonight can make the Police Department more transparent

April 5, 2021 2:00 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor One of the messages from last summer’s George Floyd marches was that police departments need to be more accountable. But in the months […]

Opinion

Opinion: Police scanners and Civil Rights

April 2, 2021 12:24 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Police scanners played an important role in the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, according to Mountain View City Councilwoman Sally Lieber. And […]

Opinion

Opinion: ‘Hero Pay’ or ‘Hazard Pay’ proposal is unfair, risky

March 22, 2021 1:04 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s odd that local governments, such as the city of San Carlos, are just now deciding to force grocery stores to boost their […]

Opinion

Guest Opinion: SB9, SB10 are the kiss of death for neighborhoods

March 19, 2021 1:59 pm

GUEST OPINION BY RISHI KUMAR Silicon Valley’s tech exodus is weighing California down. For California’s legislators, the solution is obvious — more housing! With some upcoming bills, state legislators are […]

Opinion

Opinion: Top issues in Palo Alto in 1993 are familiar today

March 13, 2021 1:01 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A friend the other day gave me a copy of a 1993 survey of Palo Alto residents commissioned by the city. The 28-year-old […]

East Palo Alto

Opinion: Kudos to local leaders who are fighting to get more vaccines to East Palo Alto

March 11, 2021 1:59 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Five local officials deserve a round of applause for calling attention to the fact that East Palo Alto residents are getting far fewer […]

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Opinion: Eshoo’s ‘questions’ a pressure tactic

March 4, 2021 3:26 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor We don’t need the government to decide what TV channels we watch, what newspapers we read or what websites we can visit. The […]

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Opinion: Encryption isn’t a ‘mandate,’ it’s a choice

February 14, 2021 1:02 pm

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The dispute over the decision by Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos to encrypt their police radio frequencies may just boil down to […]

Opinion

Opinion: Police aren’t required to encrypt their radios

February 8, 2021 9:08 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The dispute over the decision by Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos to encrypt their police radio frequencies may just boil down […]

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Opinion: Reopening schools isn’t as easy as it might sound

February 6, 2021 11:20 am

This was originally published on Jan. 25 in the Daily Post. BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Last week I wrote about the irony that scientists could produce a Covid […]

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Opinion: County shouldn’t keep Covid death statistics a secret

February 4, 2021 11:05 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor San Mateo County’s leaders have made little progress in stemming the spread of Covid-19 in East Palo Alto and North Fair Oaks, with […]

Opinion

Opinion: City should postpone construction of police station

February 1, 2021 1:01 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor This doesn’t make sense. A few months ago, the Palo Alto city budget was so tight that the Fire Department was forced to […]

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Opinion: Newsom and the vaccines — failure to plan is planning to fail

January 19, 2021 4:51 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor America developed a vaccine for Covid-19 in record time. Nobody thought the scientists and pharmaceutical companies could come up with vaccines in a […]

East Palo Alto

Opinion: Full court press needed to deal with alarming Covid rate in East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks

January 15, 2021 10:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Government, business and nonprofit leaders need to make a full court press to stop the surge of Covid cases in East Palo Alto […]

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Editorial: Police decision to encrypt radio transmissions reduces transparency

January 8, 2021 12:34 pm

Daily Post Editorial Palo Alto police have decided to encrypt their radio transmissions, a move that will severely limit the ability of journalists to do their jobs. Moreover, members of […]

Opinion

Opinion: We’re not doing a year-in-review story for 2020

December 26, 2020 1:29 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Somebody in our newsroom suggested that we put together the “year in review” story for 2020. It’s a staple of newspapers and TV […]

Opinion

Guest opinion: Time to turn the page on Foothills Park

December 16, 2020 8:34 am

GUEST OPINION This guest opinion piece originally appeared in Friday’s Daily Post. To keep up on what’s happening locally, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 mid-Peninsula locations. […]

Opinion

Opinion: Re-open the restaurants

December 15, 2020 11:53 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody hasn’t presented any data to justify her decision to stop restaurants from operating outdoors. Experts […]

Los Altos

Opinion: How did Chris Jordan last four years as city manager?

December 7, 2020 3:48 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I don’t understand how Chris Jordan survived for four years as city manager of Los Altos. Why City Council put up with him […]

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Opinion: Highlights, surprises from local elections

November 13, 2020 12:58 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor On Election Night everyone was riveted on the presidential race, which is understandable, but several interesting local contests were decided too. The big […]

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Opinion: If you lose, here’s what you do

November 4, 2020 10:58 am

OPINION This was printed in Monday morning’s Daily Post. BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor With tomorrow’s election, many of us are dreading the vote-counting and litigating that could go […]

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Opinion: Does every vote count? Local election officials didn’t count 10,000 ballots in March primary

October 31, 2020 1:38 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Politicians like to say that every vote counts. But when it comes to mail-in voting, not so much. In the March primary, California […]

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Opinion: Candidates should decline certain contributions

October 26, 2020 1:29 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If we want to reduce the influence of money in local politics, here’s a suggestion. City Council could have a rule that says […]

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