During last nights Policy and Services Committee meeting Council members Liz Kniss and Larry Klein and city manager James Keene have resurrected the segregated south by officially recommending that the City of Palo Alto make it illegal for homeless people to possess and or own a vehicle. “Injustice fights with two weapons, force and fraud..  A...
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In an effort to discover who leaked information to Associated Press reporters regarding the details of a CIA operation that squashed a terror plan the Department of Justice secretly obtained 2 months worth of phone records of 20 phone lines in AP offices of which a 100 reporters used. The purpose of the Press...
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Menlo Park Police Chief Robert Jonsen said last night that he wants to follow a consultant’s recommendation to dramatically increase police camera surveillance throughout the city and equip officers with Tasers. Among other things, the report recommended that the city install cameras in high-crime areas as well as a “ShotSpotter” system like the one...
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     When the government can fabricate audio/video recordings in order to incriminate citizens of crimes then we are no longer FREE. When the government can destroy the evidence of their crimes committed against private citizens with impunity, then we are no longer FREE. When the government can appoint judges who have dictatorial powers of ruling against the...
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Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen has found a loophole to compensate his employees for a 5% pay cut by giving attorneys paid time off that doesn’t impact their accrued vacation time, his office confirmed yesterday. In order to skirt 5% cuts for upper management And, after Rosen said he was not only...
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When the unspeakable and the unimaginable occurs; you’re a young female and you’ve just been pulled over by a police officer and you have no idea why?  As he approaches the driver’s side of her car, all seems normal when he asks for her drivers license, registration and proof of insurance. However, during the...
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2013 Award Winner: Chen Guangcheng Chen Guangcheng is a Chinese civil rights activist who worked on human rights issues in rural areas of the People’s Republic of China. Blind from an early age and self-taught in the law, Chen is frequently described as a “barefoot lawyer” who advocates for women’s rights, land rights, and...
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It’s a trend. Governments are releasing embarrassing news on Friday afternoons. This started in the Bush administration and we just keep seeing it happen more and more. The thinking is that people pay less attention to the news on the weekends. On Friday at 2:35 pm., Menlo Park Assistant City manager Sharla Jerome-Robinson posted...
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Long lines of car were forming early this morning in front of East Palo city hall  where three city’s were taking part in a first gun buyback program involving East Palo Alto, Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Funding for the program, fifty thousand dollars, were “privately donated” according to Menlo Park police commander, Dave...
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You be the judge.  Back before the break-up of the Bell System in 1984 it was the view of many including the Federal Government that AT&T had in fact monopolized the nations telecommunication industry.  Many emerging competitors were claiming foul play including MCI. And so it was, Federal Court Judge Green in his historic...
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