We beleive, what the Daily Post failed to report and disclose, were all the documents concerning their California Public Records Request Act requests, and subsequent opposing answers from the city of Los Altos. We’ve done that for them now. After all, isn’t that what it’s all about?  Open Government and Transparency in reporting the...
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“The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants to “reinvent” the news media. In a May 24 report, the agency proposed various options for rescuing journalism, most notably taxing websites like the Drudge Report or Huffington Post that link to the news of the day. The government would then give the money to newspapers as a...
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This morning’s Daily Post front page headline reads; “Burt decries ‘succession of falsehoods’. In reality, the true message that city council member Pat Burt was really conveying to opponents of the California Avenue project was that they are all nothing but a bunch of trouble making citizens bent on spreading “falsehoods “or fabricating their...
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Does anybody today really believe this statement? The internet is where the vast majority receive and disseminate news!! Come on Mr. Price. What’s interesting is that the cover story photo was lifted off the internet. We assume from the Associated Press (AP) service as noted.
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And why the need for a Necessity Defense Vehicle Habitation Legal Fund? By some estimates there are now 1.1 million Californians who find themselves unemployed or underemployed. As it stands, over 613,000 Californians have lost all unemployment benefits and it may in fact be years before we see the light of day on any...
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Palo Alto Police Lt. Sandra Brown, I feel compelled to say something for it may be the last time I will ever get the opportunity to given your retirement. I guess I’ll just say that the real trial will begin in no more than 50 years from now. You may think you got away...
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When I think of PaloAltoPatch.com I think of plagiarism and when I think of The Weekly and its on-line version Paloaltoonline.com I think of censorship. Today’s editorial in the Daily Post, “The wrong place for Palo Alto police” was the proverbial journalist straw that broke editor Dave Prices back. Let me be the first to...
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Capt. Mike Denson Sgt. Ben Becchetti Sgt. Brian Philip Sgt. Curtiss Jackson Sgt. Wayne Benitez Agt. Max Nielepko Agt. Kelly Burger Agt. Robert Parham Agt. David Lee Ofc. Eric Bulatao Ofc. Dan Pojanamat Ofc. John Clum Ofc. Ken Dueker (communications) Ofc. Michael Kan Lt. April Wagner These were the names of the PAPD officers...
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Maybe we could start out with one of our civic leaders?  Don’t let the smiles fool you.  They get mad when I call for any comments to the press….In fact they don’t call back at all.  Op’s!! With the exception of Palo Alto City Council Member Greg Schmid. Leave us your personal pet peeve’s in...
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My competitor The Daily Post depending on who you talk to at city hall, only because city attorney Donald Larkin would argue there is no competitor.  City attorney Larkin does not view or recognize paloaltofreepress.com as a reporting news agency.  In fact, he has personally ordered all city staff members to “Blacklist” paloaltofreepress.com and...
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