Opinion

Editorials in the Daily Post represent the opinion of the newspaper’s management and in no way reflect the views of the reporting staff. Of the 11 candidates in the March […]

Los Altos City Council made the right decision by rejecting a request by Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng to have the city pay $3,000 for a trip she would take to […]

By Dave Price Daily Post Editor Politicians and the media are scratching their heads, wondering why people are fleeing California. The cost of living is one big factor. Property taxes […]

OPINION By Dave Price Daily Post Editor Palo Alto City Manager Ed Shikada has locked down City Hall and members of the public can’t visit most parts of the building […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor City officials hate it when you bring up their surpluses. When voters hear that Redwood City, for instance, banked a $58 million surplus, they […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor High rents and the ability to find an apartment. Over the years, those seem to be the two problems renters have encountered. So […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Onetta Harris, who died in 1982 at age 57, was a volunteer and activist who ran a teen program that kept youth away […]

This was originally published March 13, 2023, in the Daily Post. BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’ve received a couple of emails asking me to write an editorial against […]

OPINION Sept. 25, 2023 BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Former Peninsula Congresswoman Jackie Speier has made it clear that she’s the kingpin of San Mateo County politics. But at […]

Sept. 11, 2023 BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s always a good idea to turn off your phone at church. Not just for the obvious reason — you don’t […]

Aug. 7, 2023 OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You’ve got to wonder who fell asleep at Stanford and didn’t move the university the Big 10 or the Big […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The announcement that the Bay Area may vote on a $10 billion to $20 billion housing bond measure next year left me with […]

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s a coin flip as to whether the state Fair Political Practices Commission will exempt Palo Alto Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims from the law that […]

OPINION By Dave Price Daily Post Editor In 2019, the Mountain View Whisman School Board decided to name an elementary school after local Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. Mountain […]

This was originally printed in the Daily Post on March 13, 2023. OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I don’t mind tipping for service, having worked once as a […]

Opinion By Dave Price Daily Post Editor I wonder whether the artificial intelligence craze, popularized by the new app ChatGPT, is just another gimmick that will fade away in the […]