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Opinion: Council shouldn’t operate in secret
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor You hear all sorts of people these days saying we have to “save democracy.” But when democracy on the local level is jeopardized, you don’t […]
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County bringing in outside expert to evaluate Covid response
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s encouraging that the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, the five-member panel that includes Joe Simitian of Palo Alto, has hired an outside […]
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Opinion: Ending radio silence was the right move
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor The Palo Alto Police Department has taken a step in the right direction in announcing that it will be dropping the encryption of its radios. […]
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Opinion: A journalist killed for his reporting
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Tomorrow (Aug. 2) will mark the 15th anniversary of the murder of journalist Chauncey Bailey in Oakland. Bailey, 57, was shot and killed […]
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Opinion: Two unrelated topics — Politics gets too dirty for one candidate and it’s time for an audit on how Covid was handled
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Giselle Hale’s decision to withdraw from the Assembly race was a surprise. As reported in Saturday’s Post, Hale said she decided to drop out […]
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Run for City Council only if you want to improve your city
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor This is the time of year when possible City Council candidates begin testing the water to see if they should run in November. […]
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OPINION: City won’t correct false information
OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor The city of Palo Alto unwittingly or intentionally is getting its facts wrong about the encryption of police radios.For 70 years, cities in California […]
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Opinion: And now a word from our sponsor
OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor In the next couple of months, you’re going to be hearing from the heads of nonprofits about that wonderful Willow Village project Facebook hopes […]
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Opinion: Advice to council regarding its flawed business tax
Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Please note that this is not an editorial against the city of Palo Alto’s proposed business tax. I’ll wait to write an editorial […]
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Opinion: Countywide parcel tax is a bad idea for many reasons
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE DAILY POST EDITOR The five-member San Mateo County Board of Supervisors isn’t sure whether to put a parcel tax on the November ballot that would raise […]
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Opinion: Suggestions for picking a police chief and the U.S. should stay out of the Ukraine-Russian war
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto is beginning the search for a new police chief to replace Robert Jonsen, who is retiring. Let me offer five suggestions […]
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Opinion: Secrecy shrouded harassment case
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor When a public agency spends your money, you’re entitled to know how it was spent. The California Public Records Act, or CPRA, allows […]
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Guest opinion: The Opportunity to Purchase Act is a high gamble with a modest payoff
GUEST OPINION BY ANTONIO LOPEZ The struggle to house all in one of the richest places in the world is Silicon Valley’s greatest social riddle; it flies in the face […]
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Opinion: Tall Tree award to Dr. Cody sends the wrong message — let’s find out if the county handled the Covid crisis appropriately
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Every year, the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce has a gala event to honor the recipients of the Tall Tree awards. The recipients […]
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Opinion: New map app didn’t solve the problem of silencing police radios
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A year after Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen decided to encrypt police radios — making it impossible for the public to monitor […]
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Opinion: Redwood City shouldn’t keep applications for pot stores secret; also a reporter is kicked out of Stanford mall and why is the U.S. participating in the Beijing Olympics?
This was originally published Jan. 24 in the Daily Post. OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Why are Redwood City officials keeping secret the locations where cannabis companies want […]
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Opinion: City manager shouldn’t tell council to keep information from the public
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor When Pets In Need told Palo Alto officials they were canceling their contract to run the Palo Alto Animal Shelter, the reaction of […]
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Opinion: Redwood City needs to do a better job scrutinizing applications for cannabis store permits
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Remember Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon, where all of the children are above average? Redwood City has released a list of applicants for the […]
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Opinion: Questions about proposal to build a new city-owned gym
OPINION Originally published Dec. 20, 2021 BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor This is the time of year for gift-giving — and the city of Palo Alto got a big […]
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Opinion: An inexpensive solution to two problems
OPINION December 13, 2021 BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto should start building affordable housing above city-owned parking lots downtown and in the California Avenue district. The benefits […]
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Opinion: Why didn’t other cops report ‘The Fuse’?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s bad enough that a veteran Palo Alto police sergeant slammed a handcuffed man into a car windshield and mocked him for being […]
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Opinion: Slow courts thwart the public’s right to know
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The public has a right to know how its money is spent. And there are statutes and case law that support that principle. […]
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Opinion: Downtown needs an old fashioned Jewish deli
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I admit this isn’t scientific, but it appears that the University Avenue district in Palo Alto is the slowest of the mid-Peninsula downtowns to […]
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Opinion: Why was Foothills president ousted? And county’s ‘hero bonuses’ are an insult
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The community is owed an explanation by members of the Foothill-DeAnza Community College District board about why they didn’t renew the contract of […]
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Opinion: Improvements needed on suicide prevention system
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The city of Palo Alto paid $1.5 million in 2018 to install a system of cameras and sensors to determine if people were […]
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Opinion: City should stop increasing its pension liabilities
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto’s pension liabilities continue to grow, and the city needs to take stronger actions. The first rule of holes is: Stop digging. […]
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Opinion: Fees haven’t ended housing crisis
This column was printed Monday, Oct. 19. That evening the City Council voted 5-2 to increase fees developer of office buildings and R&D facilities must pay into a future housing […]
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Opinion: California’s finally got a courageous attorney general
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor California’s new attorney general, Democrat Rob Bonta, has more courage than I’ve seen in a Sacramento politician in years. A little more than […]
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Opinion: Give Mayor London Breed a break for going maskless
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor People should stop criticizing San Francisco Mayor London Breed for going maskless at a Tenderloin jazz club. “The fact that this is even […]
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Opinion: In the middle of the Covid health emergency, county officials consider total tobacco ban
Word Count: 746 Published Sept. 13, 2021 BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Santa Clara County is still in a “state of emergency” due to the Covid pandemic. The Delta […]
Menlo Park
Opinion: Let the voters decide on a natural gas ban
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The climate change debate is hitting home, literally. Menlo Park City Council on Tuesday (Aug. 31) will discuss the radical idea of prohibiting […]
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Opinion: Don’t kick the little guys when they’re down
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor During the Covid lockdown, beloved local businesses in Palo Alto permanently closed. Many of those that reopened are barely hanging on. So it’s […]
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Guest opinion: Here’s how City Council could revive downtown
GUEST OPINION BY JOHN McNELLIS Once upon a time University Avenue was the main entrance to Stanford University. Not today. Our City Council shut the avenue a year ago in […]
Apple
Opinion: Apple becoming an arm of law enforcement
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Apple has announced plans to scan iPhones for images of child sexual abuse and report offenders to law enforcement. Child protection groups cheered […]
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Opinion: District attorney candidate emphasizes criminal justice reform
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor For the first time since 2010, Santa Clara County residents will have a choice next year for district attorney. Incumbent Jeff Rosen will […]