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Smart College Financial Aid StrategiesDear Dr. LaScala: My son is a high school sophomore and the gap between what we can pay and what a college education costs has widened. He has good grades so we...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Apr. 25, 2012There are no comments yet. 11473 Views
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Gold-plating Stanley BoulevardThe Stanley Boulevard upgrade demonstrates what happens when some government agencies simply have too much money. Surprisingly, there's no federal stimulus funding...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 24, 2012Last comment by Stacey, on Apr 24, 2012 at 10:03 pm | 4 comments | 14486 Views
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Bring your own bag or pay upThe crusaders at Alameda County's waste management board continue to insert their regulations into our daily lives. This is the outfit that convinced the Pleasanton...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 31, 2012Last comment by Casanova_Frankenstein, on Apr 21, 2012 at 11:39 am | 4 comments | 15512 Views
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Pete Stark is feeling some heatRep. Fortney "Pete" Stark may be feeling the heat in the primary challenge from Dublin City Councilman Eric Swalwell in the newly drawn district lines for the...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 19, 2012Last comment by Casanova_Frankenstein, on Apr 21, 2012 at 10:26 am | 4 comments | 16238 Views
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Rising at O-dark 30Was it the same geniuses who decided sunlight at 7:30 p.m. is better than light at 7 a.m. on March 15 who also gave us the awful CFL light bulbs? Both are supposed...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 20, 2012Last comment by Casanova_Frankenstein , on Apr 17, 2012 at 7:41 pm | 5 comments | 17058 Views
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Wrangling about Wal-Mart's neighborhood storeThe long-awaited new anchor store in the Meadow Plaza Shopping Center on Santa Rita Road should finally receive its final clearance at the City Council meeting...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 17, 2012Last comment by Casanova_Frankenstein , on Apr 17, 2012 at 7:19 pm | 2 comments | 13867 Views
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Waitlisted at the UC? What You Should Know Now!Over the past week, I received many questions regarding waitlists. The first point to bear in mind is that colleges build waitlists to help the college, not the...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Apr. 16, 2012There are no comments yet. 18322 Views
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Major spring charity fundraisers coming soonInteresting timing in the mail on last Wednesday—what came to our home were invites to the both the 18th annual Livermore Valley Wine Auction on May 5 and...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 11, 2012There are no comments yet. 15013 Views
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What are the 'right' business downtown?Curious how policies evolve with time. Once upon a time, before the Pleasanton Downtown Association existed, the city of Pleasanton required any financial institution...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 9, 2012There are no comments yet. 14790 Views
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High-speed rail folliesCalifornia's high-speed rail advocates continue to revise the absurdly expensive business plan to try and persuade the Legislature to allocate some of the $9 billion...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Apr. 3, 2012There are no comments yet. 16088 Views
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Dublin's health care cornerLook no farther than the corner of Tassajara Road and Dublin Boulevard to see how competitive the valley's medical scene has become. Three different health...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 27, 2012There are no comments yet. 17827 Views
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Budget guessworkNewspapers and other media outlets reported last week how many teachers had received notices of potential layoff that were delivered by the March 15 deadline prescribed...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 22, 2012There are no comments yet. 15126 Views
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Federal bureaucracy stifling science in LivermoreThe big science that has flourished for years at Lawrence Livermore National Lab is being strangled by stifling federal bureaucracy. That was the message delivered...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 15, 2012There are no comments yet. 17119 Views
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What happened to competitive primaries?Proponents of the open primary and citizens redistricting political districts had hoped the two changes would result in more competitive races. For the last 10...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 13, 2012Last comment by Tim Hunt, on Mar 13, 2012 at 11:35 am | 2 comments | 14917 Views
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Green at what cost?Termed-out Pleasanton Mayor Jennifer Hosterman delivered her final State of the City address to the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce last month. Inevitability...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 6, 2012Last comment by Spacini@comcast.net, on Mar 9, 2012 at 8:28 pm | 2 comments | 13911 Views
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Historic Livermore winery releases its whiskeyThe Democrat party politicians both in Washington D.C. and Sacramento refuse to put a bullet through the engine of the high-speed rail project. The rail...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 8, 2012Last comment by Spacini@comcast.net, on Mar 9, 2012 at 8:08 pm | 2 comments | 13958 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Six Great Reasons to Use a College Admissions ConsultantDear Dr. LaScala, I am frustrated by the lack of attention my junior in high school is getting (or rather not getting) about college and career advice. Should...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Mar. 5, 2012There are no comments yet. 11020 Views
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The two CaliforniasHere's another observation on Rep. Pete Stark. Back in the mid-1980s, he faced a tougher than expected campaign four years after he was elected. A Republican challenger,...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 1, 2012Last comment by Stacey, on Mar 1, 2012 at 9:05 am | 2 comments | 15698 Views
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Facing off for Congressional seatThe race for the valley's new Congressional representative came to Dublin last week when incumbent Pete Stark faced off with challenger Eric Swalwell in front...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 28, 2012Last comment by dublinmike, on Feb 29, 2012 at 9:09 am | 1 comment | 15482 Views
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Off to AfricaRory and Pam Frink's walk with God takes another huge faith step March 6 when they and their family board a plane for Rwanda. The Frinks have been serving...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 23, 2012There are no comments yet. 15676 Views
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