Category Archives: words

language or etymology

Our Mayor Nancy Scombridae

Posted on August 12, 2014 by markweiss86

I spoke at Council twice yesterday, once on our “parks deficit” and once on the dubious public benefit at the former JJ&F site, and both times Nancy Shepherd botched my name. (She called me “weese” once and “mike”). Reminds me … Continue reading →

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Shazbot

Posted on August 11, 2014 by markweiss86
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Proposed ballot argument against local measure D on council composition

Posted on August 11, 2014 by markweiss86

Shall the Palo Alto City Charter be amended to change the number of Council Member seats from nine to seven, commencing on January 1, 2019? Henry David Thoreau famously said, “who governs best governs least” but in the same essay, … Continue reading →

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Gunn graffiti update or lack thereof, with Herrman here

Posted on August 11, 2014 by markweiss86

I am still researching and trying to get traction on the purported “graffiti hate crime” of May, 2014, that included, as was reported in the Oracle and perhaps here “Thank God Villalobos is gone”. I wrote a letter to Chief … Continue reading →

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The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in Ten songs, by Greil Marcus and Mark Weiss, or Grweisl Markus

Posted on August 11, 2014 by markweiss86

Call me pathetic call me what you will just don’t call me late to Cibo: “America has become amnesiac,” says Henry Giroux, “a country in which forms of historical, political, and moral forgetting are not only willfully practiced but celebrated.” … Continue reading →

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Sane endorsement, strange interlude

Posted on August 9, 2014 by markweiss86

I got a tour of 801 Alma from a resident who felt some dissatisfaction with the management of the new PAHC building, based on the perceived lack of community among the resident, who moved in about a year ago. I … Continue reading →

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Ripple Effect Thursday Aug 21 @ Mitchell Park

Posted on August 9, 2014 by markweiss86
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The Buddy story

Posted on August 7, 2014 by markweiss86

charles n_ tuck 97 miami of amanda.boughman@tuck.dartmouth.edu Mr. N_, Tuck ’97 and Tuck MBA advisory board: I met the Ms. N_, her friend, and her friend’s dog in front of Peet’s Coffee in Palo Alto this a.m., on the strength … Continue reading →

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I love you, Lou Renza: or, The Sun Also Rises, my friend

Posted on August 5, 2014 by markweiss86

I am with Mark Michael, or this version of him, above, in that I am concerned with process, perhaps more than what the outcome is. In that context I would say that 75 to 100 people at the Elks Club … Continue reading →

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Ballot statement take 2 (Mark Weiss for Council in <200 words)

Posted on August 5, 2014 by markweiss86

I am running for Council in the tradition of Simitian, Fazzino and Yeh, who were student leaders here and evolved into public service. I graduated from Gunn( 1982) and Dartmouth College (1986) where I was an English major but also … Continue reading →

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