This is an op ed I wrote that was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal on July 1, 2022. This Independence Day comes at a disturbing time, with rights being trampled so that personal privileges can be maintained. Underpay people, denying them a decent life while enriching yourself. Require everyone to risk slaughter by […]
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The families suffering from a perfectly avoidable horror in Texas have my sympathy. But I’m not sending thoughts and prayers. Because those are useless, and generally just serve to make the people sending them feel they’ve done something. No, I’m sending something else: anger. Anger at the idiocy of an advanced nation, dedicated on paper
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This is a letter to the editor I wrote which was published on May 17, 2022 in the San Mateo Daily Journal under the title “San Carlos Development Could Have Been Better Managed.” But a better title highlights how planning is a process and, as a process, should be re-done even when major planned-for changes
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This is my letter to the San Mateo Daily Journal supporting Ray Mueller’s bid to represent District 3 on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. Editor: I know, and have worked with, almost all the candidates vying for the District 3 seat on the County Board of Supervisors. I strongly support Ray Mueller. He
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District 3 Board of Supervisors Ray Mueller has the experience, intelligence and above all empathy to represent all of us, not just those who are well-off or well-connected. Because he always does his homework, I am confident any decision he makes will be thoughtful and in the community’s interest, not a ploy to win over
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This is op ed was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal on Monday, April 11, 2022. What you see here is slightly different from the print version because the Journal objected to me identifying the Council member who made the quote I cited1. I don’t agree with their position2 but it is their newspaper
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This is an op ed I wrote which was published in the Palo Alto Daily News on March 3, 2022. It relates to the departure, three years ago, of Silicon Valley Clean Water’s executive director as a result of sexual harassment allegations brought against him by a former employee (SVCW is our local public agency
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This is a letter to the editor I wrote which was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal on March 3, 2022. Editor: Basic economic reality is not always the forte of those who write op eds. When John Horgan argued requiring more affordable housing harms those who don’t quality for it – by raising
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This is a public comment I made at the February 28, 2022 City Council meeting. It relates to nearly $2,000,000 of expenditures by Silicon Valley Clean Water, our local sewage treatment agency, which was hidden from public view until uncovered by the Palo Alto Daily Post. You can read their coverage here, here, and here.
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This is a letter to the editor I wrote which was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal on 2/23/2022. Editor: When I was on the San Carlos City Council and proposed we discuss pausing commercial development on the east side – 2 million square feet and counting! — so we could study the dramatic
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