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Opinion: 25 years later and a flood-prone bridge hasn’t been replaced

January 21, 2023 9:41 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s sad leaders of Palo Alto, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto haven’t replaced the Pope-Chaucer Bridge over San Francisquito Creek that caused […]

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Opinion: County Board of Supervisors should re-do hiring of new top executive

November 7, 2022 6:34 am

Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The five-member Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has made a mistake by selecting a new county CEO behind closed doors and without […]

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Opinion: Lythcott-Haims shouldn’t be elected to council

October 31, 2022 10:55 am

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor We’ll come out with our City Council endorsements in a future edition, but one candidate has already shown she shouldn’t get the job. Candidate […]

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Opinion: Lauing, Summa, Veenker for council

October 27, 2022 9:00 am

Opinion of the Daily Post In this campaign, three candidates have emerged from the pack as the best choices for Palo Alto City Council — Ed Lauing, Doria Summa and […]

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Opinion: Segal, Dharap for school board

October 27, 2022 8:59 am

Opinion of the Daily Post In the four-way race for two seats on the Palo Alto school board, newcomer Shana Segal and incumbent Shounak Dharap are the best choices. Shana […]

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Opinion: Yes on K and L, both will benefit city residents

October 17, 2022 4:55 pm

Opinion of the Daily Post The Daily Post recommends a “yes” vote on Measure K, a narrowly focused business tax that’s the product of lengthy negotiations with the business community. […]

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Opinion: Trial of Sheriff Smith makes a mockery of the judicial system

October 8, 2022 4:19 pm

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The trial of Sheriff Laurie Smith is a waste of time and money. Smith is accused of corruption — giving gun permits to campaign […]

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Opinion: Candidate for mayor kept public in the dark about $1.8 million in sex harassment payouts

September 29, 2022 3:56 pm

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor An official who tried to keep the public in the dark about a sewer agency’s $1.8 million in payments in a sexual harassment case […]

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Opinion: Action needed on East Palo Alto’s water crisis

September 29, 2022 3:50 pm

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Flint, Mich., Jackson, Miss., and East Palo Alto are three cities that have serious drinking water problems. The first two cities have received a […]

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Opinion: Council shouldn’t operate in secret

September 15, 2022 1:35 am

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

August 26, 2022 4:24 pm

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

August 15, 2022 3:34 pm

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

August 1, 2022 12:05 pm

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

July 27, 2022 12:01 am

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

July 2, 2022 3:44 pm

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

May 30, 2022 8:32 am

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

May 27, 2022 1:52 pm

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

April 26, 2022 12:15 am

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

April 14, 2022 10:03 am

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

March 11, 2022 5:43 pm

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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