The city of Palo Alto, California, has long held that critical comments directed toward individual city council members, the mayor or police officers by name are improper and have stated so. Yet city attorney Molly Stump tasked with defending city employees, its mayor and city council from unwanted litigation has remained silent and has...
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“If we say a police officer takes an oath of office to uphold the law, if we require that they must be of good moral character and integrity…then someone who is found to have lied or falsified their notes, can they be said to be upholding their oath? Can they be said to have...
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Policy and Services Committee Member Sid Espinoza was left wondering if Lead Detective April Wagner was ‘”searching for a problem” in light of the fact that there were only 10 reported cases of alleged criminal activities during the past decade involving the Massage Therapy Profession in Palo Alto. April Wagner Chief PAPD Ordinance Investigator...
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To justify their extremely high pay and benefits, Police and Fire Unions tell the public that they risk their lives for us.  First of all, they don’t.  The job is not that dangerous.  And Secondly.  Who asked them to? They chose to work as cops and firemen. And Police and Fire jobs are not risky...
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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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