Category Archives: Plato’s Republic

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

Andrea Pritchett, Copwatch of Berkeley and I Cant Breathe and them

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I ran into Andrea Pritchett at a folk concert in SF and got her card. I suggested she could do a one-woman show, a combination of song and story. My understanding is that she is a musician and bandleader, The … Continue reading →

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City response to GJR is inadequate and more like a cover-up than the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markweiss86

There was also the potential to explore the addition of a major public benefit through a regional community theater In section 5a of the official response — required by state law — to the Santa Clara County Grand Jury Report … Continue reading →

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Kageyama w. Packer

Posted on December 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I got the news, from City of Palo Alto that Peter Kageyama is booked to either speak, read from his book or maybe it’s a clinic, soon, this winter. Sounds pretty good, but I wonder the backstory. And dear me … Continue reading →

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Ducks and deer cheer $160K additional coverage via Comment Ground of SF

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

The City Council has approved a $160,000 contract with Ash Ahmad and Kate Stoodley, flunkies from what I would call old school Fourth Estate and pr, dba Comment Ground, to help Jim Keene, our city manager, Claudia Keith, our media … Continue reading →

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Nina on Bob or Cultural Red Dog

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

BLUF, and I got this from Michael McFaul my long-ago Deadhead buddy although he is not in McNally but George McGovern is, BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT, as I was packing up to zip off to the movies — either “Gone … Continue reading →

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Near-pin of a Mayoral Proclamation for Chris Horpel and Gunn wrestling, circa 2012

Posted on December 15, 2014 by markweiss86

I wrote this, Palo Alto Mayor and Gunn grad Yiaway Yeh approved it, yet it somehow never found its way from electronic media to official parchment and presentation. (And thanks to Emmie and Julie for their comments and commitments: their … Continue reading →

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I have been floated to this thought this hour

Posted on December 14, 2014 by markweiss86

1. I spent two minutes trying to hear a recording made at a show I produced in 1999 at the Cub, over the ambient music and noise in 2014 a Sunday at Coupa in Palo Alto, and I caught a … Continue reading →

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Neutral Milk, June 2 at Cubberley?????

Posted on December 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Merge Records, celebrating 25 years of not working for you, but working, tips the news that Jeff Mangum and Neutral Milk Hotel are going on the road next spring and summer, for a limited run. There is what looks like … Continue reading →

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Annette Gordon-Reed a good read

Posted on December 9, 2014 by markweiss86

I believe I was first hipped to Annette Gordon-Reed via the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. “The Hemingese of Monticello: An American Family” came out in 2008, but I just got my paws on it last week, from the new Mitchell Center … Continue reading →

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Genuine Filseth

Posted on December 8, 2014 by markweiss86

Earlier or above I had a post called “Not a Genuine Filseth” based on a photo I took of a stranger at Peet’s who I thought resembled Eric Filseth, Here is a recent photo of our council-member-elect. He and Tina … Continue reading →

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