Gee, and It’s So Easy to Get Your Facts Straight!

I’ve recently been challenging Alexander Kent on his housing stance. He’s a candidate for the San Carlos City Council, on which I used to serve. He apparently doesn’t deal well with criticism :). That’s okay, although, if he does get elected, I hope he finds a way to do so.

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“Originalism” and Voting Rights

Over at The Boiling Frog, Seth and I recently published our 19th podcast, on voting rights. As we do with all our podcasts, we ended that one by offering suggestions about what we all could do to protect what has got to be one of the most important rights in

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November, 2022 Elections: Endorsements

Here are the candidates I’m endorsing in the upcoming election, in no particular order Ray Mueller District 3 County Board of Supervisors I’ve known Ray for years, as he’s a long-term member of the Menlo Park City Council. He’s a staunch environmental advocate, a champion of women’s rights — not

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Alexander Kent: Deleted

Mr. Kent asked me to delete this post — which only concerned his run for the San Carlos, California, City Council in 2020 — for personal reasons. Given that my opinion about his candidacy for local office is now irrelevant, I’ve decided to accommodate his request.

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Ray Mueller for District 3 Board of Supervisors

This is a letter to the editor I wrote which was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal on 10/12/2022. Editor: I was an elected official in San Carlos for almost 20 years, first on the school board and then the city council. On the council I was able to

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Acting Against Domestic Violence

This is a public comment I made to the San Carlos City Council at their 9/12/2022 meeting. Thank you Mayor McDowell and the rest of the Council for giving me this time to address you. Last week San Carlos saw, in the most horrific fashion possible, just how poorly we

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