Category Archives: Plato’s Republic

pertaining to government, the public sector, governance, democracy, politics, issues pertaining to such, like “freedom of speech” concepts

Davey Havok at the Cub, July, 1996

Posted on April 2, 2015 by markweiss86

edit to add: I name-checked AFI in 2012, during my campaign, because the PAW had an item about Tim Gray’s and my campaigns, as “Rage against the machine” – I was quoted as saying Palo Alto has a Chicago-style machine, … Continue reading →

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Total recall (2016)

Posted on March 27, 2015 by markweiss86

The Downtown Cap as prescribed in the Comp Plan, on the books since at least 1998, would dictate a moratorium on further builds there, pipeline be damned. That current council, 5/9s of which were elected as so called “Residentialists”, changes … Continue reading →

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Judy Kleinberg says corporations are people too

Posted on March 26, 2015 by markweiss86

Judy Kleinberg said recently that “corporations are people too” if that helps explain her stance here. She was speaking of the German software giant SAP (market cap $18B) which is now also a tenant on University, running the cafe in … Continue reading →

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Henry Butler is no small, Japanese woman although Mimi Jones is a West Indian ram

Posted on March 25, 2015 by markweiss86

I was Henry Butler’s manager, for six months. (blind piano player from New Orleans) Malcolm Papa Mali Welbourne (who actually got his moniker from his reggae days, dubbed such by Burning Spear himself, because Malcolm or Mali had four kids … Continue reading →

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Scharff: Not a cap, a halo

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

Live from 250 Hamilton, in real time: Council members are taking five minutes each to tell us their latest thinking, on the downtown cap (meaning: LIMIT) which has been on the books since at least the 1998 Comp Plan, general … Continue reading →

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Office versus culture in Palo Alto

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

I am late for the City Council study session on water because I am reviewing the voluminous packet of letters regarding tonight’s later item about a Downtown Cap or a moratorium on office space. I want to chime in, via … Continue reading →

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Down with hateful license plates from Texas and Florida

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

NPR radio had a report about rightwing weirdos and hate-mongers in Texas wanting to use the government to sponsor their views via special license plates and how the Roberts Court is trying to figure whether the First Amendment applies here … Continue reading →

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Media images and the Fabian Way murders

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

This is somewhere between a red herring and besides the point, but I couldn’t help noticing that the Daily News (The Mercury) had two photos Friday that seemed to glorify gun violence, on the day that the double-killing was discovered. … Continue reading →

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Belated kudos to Norm on the mallard stamp

Posted on March 23, 2015 by markweiss86

and1: And kudos to EPA for enforcing the Clean Water Act apropos of the Cargill scheme to develop 1,400 acres of marshland in Redwood City, CA and to KQED forum with Joshua and San Jose Mercury with Paul Rogers for … Continue reading →

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Let’s put Farrah Fawcett on the $20 bill

Posted on March 20, 2015 by markweiss86
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