Category Archives: words

language or etymology

Tongiht at 6 with Anthony Discenza sic

Posted on October 15, 2014 by markweiss86
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Walter Winchell, Red Smith, Victoria Thorpe and razor and me

Posted on October 9, 2014 by markweiss86

feel free to read my blog and concoct your own suppositions on who I am and what I stand for, here since 1974 mostly, procrustean or not, and good luck with your project. mark weiss plastic alto blog I contend … Continue reading →

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His platform of neighborhood, no high rise development, rent control and respect for seniors

Posted on October 8, 2014 by markweiss86

we have the power to, we have the power to, we have the power to, like the supporters of Harvey Milk, 1930-1978, FIGHT BACK!!!!! Continue reading →

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If I Had A Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em

Posted on October 1, 2014 by markweiss86

Or: The silver saxophones say I refuse you, PASZ and Measure D considered, with kid gloves Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): Keep Council at 9 not 7, but vote for 5 not 3, who do this for love not money … Continue reading →

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Grand Jury Report, our response and my real time qualms

Posted on September 24, 2014 by markweiss86

I’ve read the Grand Jury Report. I have not seen the response, written by Pat Burt (council),Greg Schmid (council) and Jim Keene (staff, City Manager). Here is a reprint of a speech I gave to ARB two years ago, in … Continue reading →

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Shields 224 (on R.Stern), ‘Damn right I’m no body’ & 10 day schedule

Posted on September 24, 2014 by markweiss86

As I started to write this, waiting for my breakfast burrito, my table overcrowded with books and papers, I knock the plastic case of my reading glasses from the high top to the floor, and bending over I notice that … Continue reading →

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Michael McFaul lecture for World Affairs Council in Atherton, Calif., September, 2014

Posted on September 23, 2014 by markweiss86

Terry and I caught an excellent lecture by Michael McFaul, of Stanford’s Hoover Institution, and the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, for the World Affairs Council, at a private residence in Atherton, California, in September, 2014. McFaul is a Rhodes … Continue reading →

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Magic thinking and the Palo Alto ‘Our…’ process

Posted on September 23, 2014 by markweiss86

The Journal of the American Institute of Planners (July, 1969) outlines “Eight Rungs of Citizen Participation” (See below). I perceive the latest “visioning” exercise to lie on the lowest two rungs. If we want real power (i.e., to stand on … Continue reading →

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The no body in me salutes the no body in you

Posted on September 23, 2014 by markweiss86

Jason- Sorry if I was abrupt on the phone, if you called while things were happening and I was rude. I think there is a shift, fairly abrupt, from office etiquette , where people have receptionists answering the phone and … Continue reading →

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World’s most sly reference to ‘1984’

Posted on September 21, 2014 by markweiss86

For the record, I like John Fredrich and look forward to whatever else he will say or do in the campaign. He taught at Gunn for a number of years, starting just after I left. He ran for council several … Continue reading →

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