Carpenters – Plumbers – Electricians – Laborers – Wanted Starting Pay $ 25 – 78 / Hour  but………… I work as a General Building Contractor in California.  And I would like to hire you if you’re a skilled worker.  But if I do,  I could go to jail. Why? The IRS can imprison or...
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Eugene Municipal Code Section 4.816 – Permitted Overnight Sleeping. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code: A. Persons may sleep overnight in a vehicle, camper or trailer in a parking lot of a religious institution, place of worship, business or public entity that owns or leases property on which a parking lot and...
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From the Future, Column A 52 year old Palo Alto resident, John Doe, died in his sleep early yesterday morning while sleeping outside in the elements. The temperature dropped to 27°F and Mr. Doe apparently died from hypothermia. Mr. Doe was active in the movement apposing the City’s “Vehicle Habitation Ban & Program” that...
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Happy New Year! I’d like to begin by thanking everyone who helped make our hearing before the Palo Alto Architectural Review Board (ARB) on December 8th a great success. Your letters, emails, and in-person support led to a unanimous approval of our Distributed Antenna System (DAS) by the ARB members, marking a major step...
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When our email kept getting bounced back, I set out to find out why by asking the head of the Information Technology Department for the city of Palo Alto, Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D., and recent hire. His background is impressive with a long list of accomplishments in the private sector: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Avida consulting and O’Reilly...
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Long time Palo Alto resident Tony Ciampi and local police watchdog claims in his latest email to city leaders he was made the subject of what he feels to be an illegal traffic stop by PAPD officer Thomas Destefano. Based on the information received from Mr. Ciampi in his email he alleges he was detained...
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