Opinion
County is cooking up yet another sales tax increase
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Could the tax-raisers give the rest of us a break? The San Mateo County Supervisors are moving ahead with plans to put a […]
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Wrong verdict in the Kate Steinle case
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Despite what you may have read or seen elsewhere, the acquittal of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate on murder charges was hardly a surprise […]
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Time to democratize public art
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If you heard cheering Friday morning, it’s because people read our story about the Palo Alto Public Art Commission’s decision to rid the […]
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An important local sex harassment suit targets police chief
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor While sexual misconduct allegations against high-profile figures like Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore have dominated the headlines, a […]
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Mark Zuckerberg’s PR stunt
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I burst out laughing when I got a press release from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative saying it is working on creating “new regional […]
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2 Stanford developments in trouble
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You’ve got to wonder what Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the new president of Stanford University, is thinking right now. The approval of an office building […]
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Local politicians should ask themselves: Have you made people’s lives better?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You probably read that senators Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., announced that they wouldn’t be running next November. This is the […]
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Proposal would take away 80% of residents’ voting rights for City Council
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Menlo Park has a problem because residents from the Belle Haven neighborhood haven’t been able to win a seat on the City Council. […]
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Opinion: Support LBGT rights or get a free trip?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor What a conflict city council members across the Peninsula are facing. The state of California has banned travel by state employees to nine […]
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Opinion: An idea for billionaire John Arrillaga
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You could call this a tale of two cities. Or two cities’ libraries. Menlo Park already has a nice downtown library at 800 […]
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Keep sex offenders out of our schools
Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor There was an important question that didn’t get much attention when outside investigators delivered their report on the Palo Alto Unified School District’s […]
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Don’t be so quick to yell “You’re fired!” — school board needs to think long-term
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I think the Palo Alto school board ought to hold off on firing Superintendent Max McGee. I realize there is a clamor in […]
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Taxpayers stuck with bill for junket
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor First thing, let’s call the trip by the Sequoia Healthcare District to San Diego by its correct name — a junket. As you […]
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Big changes coming to El Camino Real
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor In Palo Alto, 2018 will be the year of El Camino Real. City Councilwoman Lydia Kou recently rattled off a list of 11 […]
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Should a newspaper print expletives?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor How far should a newspaper go when it comes to reporting the profanity-laden rant of Anthony Scaramucci, the incoming White House communications director? […]
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Little accountability in the San Mateo County Community College District
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s astonishing that the San Mateo County Community College District board is thinking about giving Chancellor Ron Galatolo a raise after he covered […]
East Palo Alto
Suit shines light on little-noticed EPA Sanitary District
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Stephanie Griffin, who was an accounting assistant at the East Palo Alto Sanitary District for 10 years, has performed a valuable public service […]
East Palo Alto
A surprise in East Palo Alto — city banks $18 million surplus
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I was surprised to learn that East Palo Alto banked an $18.8 million surplus in the budget year ending last June. City officials […]
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1,000 trees to fall along Caltrain line; will history repeat itself?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Altans were in an uproar in September 2009 when the city chopped down 63 mature trees along California Avenue. The view people […]
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57% parking fee hike is an outrageous overreach
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The recommendation at Palo Alto City Hall to raise downtown parking permits 56.7% to $730 a year is an outrageous overreach by people […]
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Troubling questions in Palo Alto High School sex assault case
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I think people in Palo Alto have been shaken up by the report that a Palo Alto High School student, who was convicted […]
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DA should drop ridiculous plea deal
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The case of former CEO Abhishek Gattani at the Palo Alto Courthouse has been a real eyeopener about how Santa Clara County District […]
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Sex ed can be a touchy subject
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Mortified. That’s the best word I can summon to describe my feelings when, in sixth grade, my gym teacher had all the boys […]
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Local legislators voted for flawed gas tax hike
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor One vote. That’s all it would have taken to stop the 12-cent per gallon gas tax increase and a $25 to $175 increase […]
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San Mateo County supervisors’ priorities are backwards
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor My jaw dropped when I learned that the San Mateo County supervisors were sitting on $700 million, and planned to spend it mostly […]
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Renaming schools creates an opportunity
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The controversial decision by the Palo Alto school board to rename Terman and Jordan middle schools could result in an unexpected financial opportunity […]
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‘Fake news’ battles with reality every day
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor This phenomenon called “fake news” isn’t new at all. Journalists have been battling purveyors of phony stories for years. You haven’t heard much […]
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Why we shouldn’t rename schools
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You may have forgotten that former President Obama opposed same-sex marriage for many years. Other well-known political figures were against it too, including […]
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When do we say the drought is over?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor One of the best things about all of this rain is that it quiets the drought mongers who love to point fingers at […]
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Judge Aaron Persky should be fired
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Judge Aaron Persky ought to be fired for sentencing former Stanford swimming star Brock Turner to six months in jail for raping a […]