Category Archives: Plato’s Republic

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

ConnectMenlo is OurPaloAlto is Soylent Green is People?

Posted on March 19, 2015 by markweiss86

I noticed that there is a meeting tonight at Belle Haven center in nearby Menlo Park, an outreach to an effort to update the Menlo Park Comp Plan or General Plan, called ConnectMenlo, and posted to inMenlo the question on … Continue reading →

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New zoo review in Palo Alto

Posted on March 19, 2015 by markweiss86

It’s a New Zoo Review in Palo Alto, coming right at you. For only X million dollar, we can replace a yucky old building with a new spiffy one! Mr. Dingle, the friendly elderly postman, had no comment. The big … Continue reading →

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Ned and Mindy

Posted on March 19, 2015 by markweiss86

I am actually sitting thru an ARB meeting, about signage at Stanford Shopping Center, and there is also an item about rebuilding our aging Palo Alto Zoo, but I am digressing, and really backsliding to post a picture of Mindy … Continue reading →

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Unfamiliar grounds

Posted on March 17, 2015 by markweiss86

Don’t get me wrong,I am so excited about the private opening today at HANAhaus at the beloved and historic Varsity Theater, 456 University Avenue, even if I put about 500 hours into trying to wrest the lease from Chop Keenan … Continue reading →

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Genius grant laureate Ned Kahn is stumping for our new bridge, but I still think it is a pork barrel project

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Not that guy, this guy: and I: Ned Kahn was MacFound class of 2003 along with visual artist Karen Tze, future president of Dartmouth Kim Jim and composer Oscar Golijov. This team is also responsible for the Mary Avenue / … Continue reading →

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Two seconds of Led Zep in honor of Palo Alto’s Bridge debate, at tonight’s meeting

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I played two seconds of “The Crunge” from “Houses of the Holy” because of the tossed off line “where’s the confounded bridge?”. The song they say is a James Brown homage. Phyllis Wasserman a former commissioner turned around and I … Continue reading →

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Scooby Doo nature of Palo Alto politics

Posted on March 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Five years in with my “constructive engagement” project, which comprises three runs at Council and now five runs for commission or boards and I have to admit I don’t think I know what is actually going on here. Even becoming … Continue reading →

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HANAhaus in da house

Posted on March 13, 2015 by markweiss86

The SAP Labs HANAhaus cafe and Blue Bottle coffee at 456 University, The Varsity, that Chop Keenan assured me, as Gennady notes, would “rock” opens next week, Tuesday March 17, 2015 and so we can give it until Labor Day … Continue reading →

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Dan Adler for Congress catnip for anti-semites

Posted on March 13, 2015 by markweiss86

Let’s get this straight: I am a small time operative in the music biz, as Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto, since 1994 and I am about 300 miles from LA, 35 miles from SF even, and about $500 from New … Continue reading →

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Third Eye Blind July 25 at San Francisco Masonic

Posted on March 13, 2015 by markweiss86

Kudos for Steve Jenkins, my Gunn and Terman schoolmate, for keeping his rock and roll fantasy alive to middle age. I remember Dorothy Bradshaw, my 8th grade drama teacher looking out the window at Steve and a kid named J.T. … Continue reading →

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