Monthly Archives: May 2015

The Mendoza Line and taxing the payrolls here

Posted on May 29, 2015 by markweiss86

I posted something to Steve Levy’s column today, about San Francisco payroll tax: As of 2012, San Francisco had a 1.5 percent payroll tax, that brought in $400 M to city coffers. What would you estimate, Dr. Levy, the hypothetical … Continue reading →

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Cool public art in the pipeline for Palo Alto (Ala & Binta)

Posted on May 26, 2015 by markweiss86

Ala Ebtekar and Binta Ayofemi (the blue tunnel thingy did not cut and paste from staff report, will update)  (you can find it here, in the staff report, if you scroll down) edit to add: Elise DeMarzo sent me … Continue reading →

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Yo La Tengo and BV

Posted on May 26, 2015 by markweiss86

Yo La Tengo is a rock group based in New Jersey featuring the husband wife duo of Ira Kaplan and Georgie Hubley. They are big in my world, even if you’ve never heard of them. Their name is a baseball … Continue reading →

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Eminent domain is clear moral choice for Buena Vista Mobile Home Park

Posted on May 25, 2015 by markweiss86

t I say eminent domain is the clear moral choice. What the current ownership group intends to do, and I believe that was their plan since they took over, in 2000, is an economic pogrom. Palo Alto meanwhile has protective … Continue reading →

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Pat Monahan rocks Shoreline Friday, photo by Eric Cohen of The Dancing Twins

Posted on May 25, 2015 by markweiss86
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Quodlibet w. litany

Posted on May 22, 2015 by markweiss86

Everybody saw the sun shine, but I saw a dragon fly, while Gretchen said “butter fly” and Eva shook her tuckas, rising towards heaven — posted, May 22, added June 22 Latin what plus it pleases I got to indirectly … Continue reading →

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Adios, AGS

Posted on May 21, 2015 by markweiss86

Even so, we should not renew American Guard Services and encourage the local workers to self-organize, re-bid and give them a raise back to the $14 they were making before AGS. If we have $50 M or whatever for a … Continue reading →

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San Jose artist Mark Tansey sells at auction for $4.9 M

Posted on May 15, 2015 by markweiss86

This is from an ad in today’s Times bout a Edward Curtis book for sale; coinky, Tim Egan has an op rd onTHE popo

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Palo Alto jazz piano prodigy

Posted on May 15, 2015 by markweiss86

Discovered in Jakarta, Indonesia, about three years ago, Joey Alexander moved with his parents to New York last year, with the help of jazz luminaries like the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, who called him “my hero” on Facebook and with whom … Continue reading →

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Big shoe opens at Wing Luke

Posted on May 14, 2015 by markweiss86
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