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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I’m a little bit confused and dismayed by this statement, “News you can’t get on the internet”.  It’s where just about everybody receives and disseminates news these days.  And most all newspapers have gone on-line for national and international news. Governments have been shaped by the awesome power of the internet.  One only needs...
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Not exactly “Head Line” news, taking a back seat to “Angry night before murder”.  Especially after Glenn Roberts portrayed the Daily Post as fiction writers at last nights Palo Alto’s city council retirement ceremony. “Its obviously not the truth, so it must be fiction”  -Glenn Roberts-   I would nominate this to be quote of...
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