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Opinion: Judge should have allowed video coverage of Corpus hearings

August 19, 2025 11:28 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor You won’t be allowed to watch a video stream of the hearings on whether San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus should keep her job. Retired […]

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Opinion: Corpus didn’t help herself by hiring a big shot D.C. attorney

August 19, 2025 11:25 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, who is facing removal from office on corruption charges, did herself no favors by adding former Democratic National Committee […]

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Opinion: Stanford will keep admitting legacy students and pay a fine

August 12, 2025 9:45 am

This column originally appeared in the Monday, Aug. 12, print edition of the Daily Post. BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Stanford has revealed its priorities in a roundabout way.  You […]

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Opinion: Public deserves more time to vet new county sales tax

August 5, 2025 10:27 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Slow down.  Somebody needs to tell that to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, which appears hell-bent to beat a Friday (Aug. 8) deadline […]

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Opinion: Transit bailout backers using loophole to get new tax passed

July 28, 2025 10:22 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Bay Area politicians have decided they want to raise the sales tax by a half-cent to as much as 10% to bail out BART, Caltrain, […]

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Opinion: Sheriff’s use of court’s backdoor angers judge

July 21, 2025 6:30 am

(Read Capt. Fogarty’s email.) BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor One of the rules in any courtroom is that you never use the door behind the judge’s bench. It’s meant only […]

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Opinion: If you doubt there’s a God, just wait a minute

July 16, 2025 7:34 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Sometimes I wonder if there is a God. And then God does something to make it clear that He’s here. In December 2020, everybody was […]

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Opinion: Why bother with beautification when we can make money?

July 1, 2025 6:53 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor After banning new billboards along Highway 101 years ago, the Redwood City Council now wants to put up a billboard of its own on the […]

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Opinion: Sheriff is desperately trying to save her job

June 18, 2025 6:49 am

San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus is desperately fighting to keep her job amid corruption allegations. Last week, she ran to court to avoid testifying before the civil grand jury. […]

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Opinion: Maybe the city needs more consultants

June 4, 2025 8:54 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor With all the talk about how the many consultants the city of Palo Alto has hired, I predict that at the next City Council […]

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Opinion: Supervisors’ shouldn’t have donated tax funds to political group

May 21, 2025 1:55 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Santa Clara County government officials say their budget is tight and they will be cutting grants to charities, like those who feed the poor. […]

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Opinion: Time to get going on firing Sheriff Corpus

May 13, 2025 12:18 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor It’s taking longer than expected to fire San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus. First, it was going to take three months. Now, the estimate […]

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Opinion: Cities should join forces to fight the ‘Builder’s Remedy’

May 13, 2025 8:28 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Menlo Park and Palo Alto residents don’t have to accept the idea that a 30-story skyscraper is going to be built on the former […]

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Opinion: City’s downtown housing projects shouldn’t reduce parking — housing and parking can coexist

April 29, 2025 2:57 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Palo Alto city leaders should be applauded for wanting to build housing atop downtown parking lots. It will put housing where it is needed in […]

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Opinion: Sheriff Corpus brings Aenlle back to work

April 22, 2025 7:09 am

This column originally appeared in the Monday, April 22, print edition of the Post. If you want important local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 […]

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Opinion: Palo Alto should sponsor bill to combat huge Builder’s Remedy developments

April 7, 2025 1:20 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Palo Alto and other cities should get behind state Sen. Josh Becker’s bill to rein in the Builder’s Remedy, a state law that has led […]

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Opinion: Trump’s tariffs will hurt local newspapers (with update)

March 31, 2025 1:57 pm

OPINION Editor’s note: After this piece was printed, the White House announced on Wednesday (April 2) that newsprint, the paper used for printing newspapers, will be exempt from both the […]

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Opinion: County may force sheriff to personally pay punitive damages

March 24, 2025 8:19 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor This isn’t widely known, but San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus may be facing more consequences than what meets the eye. It’s expected that the […]

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Opinion: Stanford’s preparing for a storm

March 17, 2025 8:31 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Stanford is preparing for a withering storm. Consider the following events: • Early January — Stanford removes all references to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs from […]

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Opinion: Caltrain thumbs its nose at law requiring open records

March 10, 2025 5:27 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor A cornerstone of good government is the California Public Records Act, which requires government agencies to release public documents with limited exceptions.  The law promotes […]

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