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INVEST & INNOVATE
Improve Mobility to Address InequalityDiscussions about poverty and inequality are in the news these days. I have been asked about inequality especially in the Bay Area by several reporters recently....
Original post made by Steve Levy on Apr. 4, 2014Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Apr 11, 2014 at 1:46 pm | 36 comments | 66861 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Guns or Butter?Lots of news in the news this week. What-oh-what to write about? There’s Brexit - might make a good Food Party! cuz’ it sounds like breakfast...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Jun. 26, 2016Last comment by What2ndAmendment?, on Jul 2, 2016 at 9:21 pm | 36 comments | 31712 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Plastic vegie bag ban: Pragmatic? -- or simply politically correct?Last June, the Palo Alto City Council, in a 6-0 vote, went along with a suggestion from the Girl Scouts to ban all plastic straws, which they did. A week later with...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jan. 12, 2020Last comment by SJ, on Jan 25, 2020 at 2:20 am | 36 comments | 14101 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Gas use or gas ban? Consider all the good -- and bad -- effectsWe make community decisions all the time. Sometimes we vote "yes" because it seems like the PC way to act. But oftentimes in our patriotic environmental...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 1, 2021Last comment by Bystander, on Sep 8, 2021 at 10:37 pm | 36 comments | 14390 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Propaganda, disinformation invade our lives -- here, and in UkraineThe disinformation about the invasion of Ukraine that is being broadcast by Putin to his people is frightening, to say the least, for the message Putin is spewing...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Mar. 8, 2022Last comment by Russ Wilkins, on Mar 16, 2022 at 11:57 am | 36 comments | 11115 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
What, You're Still Driving?!Yeah, me too. What’s up with that? Aren’t we all supposed to be on bikes and buses? A few months ago I was trying out a friend’s climate app....
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 5, 2019Last comment by 60-years young and still bike., on May 13, 2019 at 2:36 pm | 36 comments | 18120 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
All Families Pay TaxesEvery so often someone on Town Square asserts that half of the population does not pay taxes. They see that many families do not earn enough to owe state or federal...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Sep. 15, 2011Last comment by Tax the man behind the tree, on Dec 9, 2011 at 2:21 pm | 35 comments | 3579 Views
THINKING ABOUT COLLEGE
Gunn Student Posts Video on Student Deaths and StressGunn senior Martha Cabot?s YouTube video comments on the recent death of a classmate and offers insight into what makes high school stressful. Video has gone viral...
Original post made by John Raftrey and Lori McCormick on Nov. 5, 2014Last comment by a parent, on Nov 12, 2014 at 6:38 pm | 35 comments | 35243 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
What is your climate personality?People react to climate change in different ways. How do people in our area think about it? Do we accept it? Fight it? Fight against the fight against it? Are we...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 11, 2019Last comment by Game Over, on Aug 18, 2019 at 1:22 pm | 35 comments | 19813 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
How Can We Fund Below Market Rate Housing for Low and Moderate Income Residents in the Region?Most residents agree that the greatest housing shortages are with below market rate housing reserved for low and low/moderate income residents. This is true even...
Original post made by Steve Levy on May. 13, 2019Last comment by The Business Man, on Jun 13, 2019 at 8:16 pm | 35 comments | 9373 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
What Would it Take to Get Tech Companies to Move Jobs Out of the Region and Is This a Good Idea?This is a very popular idea on many Town Square blogs. Personally I do not support this proposal and I will explain why below. But the main point of the blog...
Original post made by Steve Levy on May. 18, 2019Last comment by Kolkata Escorts, on Jul 3, 2019 at 1:41 pm | 35 comments | 12263 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Microbiotic Bowl - Research Participants NeededDid you know your body is made up of 70-90% the genes of another species? Those genes are the bacteria/microbiome that live on and in us. We are more them than...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Aug. 7, 2018Last comment by Survivialist, on Aug 13, 2018 at 3:04 pm | 35 comments | 15757 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
The Catholic Church must rid this pedophile problemAppalling and outrageous! That’s my reaction to the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report’s conclusion that more than 300 priests committed sexual offenses...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Aug. 16, 2018Last comment by Ann Stokman, on Nov 12, 2018 at 11:20 am | 35 comments | 16632 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
He said, she said, Mark Judge didn’t say: Kavanaugh-Ford Part 2A week ago I wrote about Christine Blasley Ford, calling her a brave woman. After hearing her testimony Thursday, I think she was extremely brave. Hers was a...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 27, 2018Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Sep 30, 2018 at 7:13 pm | 35 comments | 14075 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Bay Area public transit is in trouble: Can our failing systems be saved?Let us imagine that you have just been appointed the chief public transit guru in the Bay Area. You achieved this very important post because the transit committee...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Jan. 11, 2022Last comment by Carolyn Ober, on Jan 21, 2022 at 12:19 pm | 35 comments | 11371 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
Connecting Values and the EconomyI believe that my family and I are connected to generations past and future. I believe this for living in Palo Alto and for living in this world. That is one of...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Aug. 6, 2012Last comment by maguro_01, on Aug 20, 2012 at 2:13 pm | 34 comments | 20752 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
Connecting Values and the EconomyI believe that my family and I are connected to generations past and future. I believe this for living in Palo Alto and for living in this world. That is one of...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Aug. 6, 2012Last comment by maguro_01, on Aug 20, 2012 at 2:13 pm | 34 comments | 2271 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
We are testing geoengineering, and that is a good thingGeoengineering is the “deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change”. (1) It
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 24, 2020Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Jun 1, 2020 at 5:09 pm | 34 comments | 22511 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
My Day at the Comp Plan SummitFirst I want to thank all the staff and volunteers who made the event run smoothly and who were always around to answer questions and help out. Second a shout out...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Jun. 2, 2015Last comment by Crescent Park Dad, on Jun 8, 2015 at 10:50 am | 34 comments | 18106 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Will the power go out during this heat wave?Our local power providers and our grid operator (CAISO) are asking us to conserve electricity over the next few days as record-breaking heat and heavy use of air...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 4, 2022Last comment by Bystander, on Sep 12, 2022 at 1:27 pm | 34 comments | 12620 Views
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