RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE TO SIDNEY A. ESPINOSA AS MAYOR WHEREAS, Sid Espinosa served as Mayor of the City of Palo Alto from January 4, 2011 through January 3, 2012; and WHEREAS, Sid advocated for visionary and much-needed building projects, including the...
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Dear Mayor Espinosa, We, the Community Cooperation Team, would like the Working Group on Vehicle Habitation to be open to the public, to provide for comment by the public, and for the press to be invited.  We request that you include these provisions for the work of the Working Group. We have asked Curtis...
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City of Palo Alto Message from the Mayor. Was I the only one who noticed?…….Apparently the Mayors message got changes real quick………Aftermath link below….. “From the symphony to digital media to children’s art — Palo Alto’s arts scene has never more vibrant!” . “From the symphony to digital media to children’s art — Palo...
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Facebook recently announced that they will be moving their headquarters and several thousand employees from Palo Alto to Menlo Park.    A few years ago,  Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page moved Google out of Palo Alto, to Mountain View.  So there you have it.   Two of the biggest new businesses 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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Tonight’s vote was unanimous.  Sid Espinosa has become Palo Alto’s next city mayor and Yiaway Yeh will be serving next to him as Vice-Mayor. Outgoing Mayor Pat Burt described both as demonstrating “outstanding leadership”  sentiments which were expressed by all city council members before the final vote. As mentioned, this past year the city...
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