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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Joe Webb is no stranger to the streets of Palo Alto and nor are his racist views and anti-semitic remarks which grace the chambers of city hall from to time to time. Local city leaders cringe and often criticize Mr. Webbs appearances during oral communications a time afforded all citizen to express their view points...
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We really don’t know whats up the sleeve of the Palo Alto Police Department but this much we already know they have spent what appears to be a considerable amount of time tracking and placing the whereabouts of all Palo Alto Vehicle inhabitants in and out of the city in their efforts to move...
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Events surrounding this case goes back to March 29th,1997 where three Palo Alto police officers used excessive force to beat up Michael Schmidlin for alleged public drunkenness. A jury ultimately found the three officers, Tim Martin, David Trujillo and Burt Milliken had in fact violated Micheal Schmidlin’s constitutional rights awarding Mr. Schmidlin $24,000.00 plus...
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Newly planned vehicle habitation ordinance schedule to come before city council Mid-September designed to deal with the growing population of unwanted over-night parking and those who find themselves inhabiting their vehicles some say, will be enacted soon now dubbed, operation “Hydrant”. At the core of this newly developed city planned ordinance according to city...
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Molly Stump, Palo Alto City Attorney: Public Records Request-Government Code 6250-6270-Vehicle Habitation Ordinance: Given the lack of transparency and cooperation by City Staff in regards to the Vehicle Habitation Working Group I fear that City Staff will recommend that the Vehicle Habitation Ordinance be submitted to City Council for a vote this coming September 2012...
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The only visible different if anything from the previous design would be the color scheme from the industrial complex brown to the anaerobic digestion green.  Disappointing however was the much touted promises by city attorney Molly Stump who during her inaugural speech she assured the citizens of Palo Alto of a new webpage design...
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It was Deja Vu all over again just like the proposed city ordnance to ban overnight parking within the city limits of Palo Alto impacting the disenfranchised. The police, namely Lt. April Wagner aka Chan/Wagner in full uniform with her loaded sidearm clearly stood ready to enforce whatever draconian ordinance is decided upon. I...
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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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“Our goal isn’t to drive anyone out of business” according to city attorney Donald Larkin as reported in The Daily News article, “Foot spa at odds with Palo Alto ordinance”. But the true rub down is the city of Palo Alto has been battling foot massage therapy or otherwise questionable parlors going back to the...
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