Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Israel’s democracy risks failure

Please remove me as well.

Soraida Iwanaga
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From: Marilyn Librers
Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2025 11:17 PM
To: Don Austin ; Palo Alto Daily Post
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Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Israel’s democracy risks failure



Please remove my name from your mailing list immediately.

Marilyn Librers

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From: Don Austin >
Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2025 5:26 PM
To: Palo Alto Daily Post >
Cc: Salem Ajluni >; Aram James >; Henry Etzkowitz >; Firoozeh Dastmalchi >; Trudy Willis >; Charles Spanhook >; Chunyan Zhou >; Brian Good >; Office of the Provost >; Roseline Rasolovoahangy >; Avroh Shah >; Mariza Almeida >; Rebecca Eisenberg >; Hannah Lu >; Ellen Fox >; City Council >; Gerry Gras >; Palo Alto Free Press >; Roberta Ahlquist >; Lotus Fong >; Liz Gardner >; Liz Kniss >; Emily Mibach >; Today EPA >; jason.green@bayareanewsgroup.com >; cromero@cityofepa.org >; Gennady Sheyner >; Doug Minkler >; Gennady Sheyner >; Ed Lauing >; Ed Shikada >; Keith Reckdahl >; George.Lu@cityofpaloalto.org >; Julie Lythcott-Haims >; Patrick Burt >; Vicki Veenker >; board@pausd.org >; board@valleywater.org >; BoardOperations >; jessica@speiser.net >; assemblymember.berman@assembly.ca.gov >; josh@joshsalcman.com >; Mark Turner >; Andrew Binder >; CityCouncil >; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com >; michael.foley@cityofpaloalto.org >; james pitkin >; James Reifschneider >; Linda Jolley >; Donna Wallach >; Donna Wallach >; Mila Zelkha >; Miguel Rodriguez >; Damon Silver >; Sean Allen >; Raymond Goins >; rabrica@cityofepa.org >; craig.lee@cityofpaloalto.org >; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto >; Palo Alto Renters Association >; Geoffrey Blackshire >; Jasso, Tamara >; The Office of Mayor Matt Mahan >; Daniel Barton >; Pat M >; Dana St. George >; Human Relations Commission >; Kaloma Smith >; GRP-City Council >; DuJuan Green >; Anne Cribbs >; Anna Griffin >; city.council@menlopark.gov >; citycouncil@mountainview.gov >; Justin Zalkin >
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Israel’s democracy risks failure



I can also be removed.





On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM Palo Alto Daily Post > wrote:

Hello,

This email was delivered to me in error. Please take me off that list.

Dave Price

> On Aug 6, 2025, at 7:03 PM, Salem Ajluni > wrote:
>
> An even better solution to the insularity and intentional distancing from constituents practiced by nearly all local government (not to mention state and federal government) is to make the key "permanent bureaucracy" positions—especially the City Manager—elected positions.
>
> While were at it, lets make the Chief of Police an elected position as is the case in the City of Santa Clara--the only municipality in California (and perhaps the U.S.) where this is the case.
>
> Santa Clara also has an elected City Clerk, though not an elected City Manager--at least not yet. Palo Alto has no elected Police Chief and no elected City Clerk, these being appointed by the Council like the City Manager.
>
> Salem
> From: Aram James >
> Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 2:49 PM
> To: Henry Etzkowitz >
> Cc: Firoozeh Dastmalchi >; Trudy Willis >; Charles Spanhook >; Chunyan Zhou >; Brian Good >; Office of the Provost >; Dave Price >; Roseline Rasolovoahangy >; Avroh Shah >; Mariza Almeida >; Rebecca Eisenberg >; Hannah Lu >; Ellen Fox >; City Council >; Gerry Gras >; Palo Alto Free Press >; Roberta Ahlquist >; Lotus Fong >; Liz Gardner >; Liz Kniss >; Emily Mibach >; Today EPA >; jason.green@bayareanewsgroup.com >; cromero@cityofepa.org >; Gennady Sheyner >; Doug Minkler >; Gennady Sheyner >; Ed Lauing >; Ed Shikada >; Keith Reckdahl >; George.Lu@cityofpaloalto.org >; Julie Lythcott-Haims >; Patrick Burt >; Vicki Veenker >; board@pausd.org >; board@valleywater.org>; BoardOperations >; jessica@speiser.net>; assemblymember.berman@assembly.ca.gov>; josh@joshsalcman.com >; Mark Turner >; Andrew Binder >; CityCouncil >; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com >; michael.foley@cityofpaloalto.org >; james pitkin >; James Reifschneider >; Salem Ajluni >; Linda Jolley >; Don Austin >; Donna Wallach >; Donna Wallach >; Mila Zelkha >; Miguel Rodriguez >; Damon Silver >; Sean Allen >; Raymond Goins >; rabrica@cityofepa.org >; craig.lee@cityofpaloalto.org>; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto >; Palo Alto Renters Association >; Geoffrey Blackshire >; Jasso, Tamara >; The Office of Mayor Matt Mahan >; Daniel Barton >; Pat M >; Dana St. George >; Human Relations Commission >; Kaloma Smith >; GRP-City Council >; DuJuan Green >; Anne Cribbs >; Anna Griffin >; city.council@menlopark.gov >; citycouncil@mountainview.gov>; Justin Zalkin >
> Subject: Re: Israel’s democracy risks failure
> Hi Henry,
> Youve made some brilliant observations once again. Implementing a more robust participatory democracy, as you suggested with the Town Hall Meeting process, would be an excellent first step. Our city council model in Palo Alto undermines any change at true democracy. The current council seems more focused on protecting the elite, leaving the rest of us with just crumbs.
> Now, how can we prevent "Queen Vicki" from ascending to the throne in January 2026?
> Aram
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM Henry Etzkowitz > wrote:
> Hi Aram
>
> Jeanne Fleming, United Neighbors entrepreneur, has a longer term idea, that she shared during a recent visit to Triple Helix Institute: make the Mayor more responsive to the public and at the same time create a countervailing power to reign in the out of citizen control consultocracy, our de-facto Palo Alto governance modality.
>
> The consultocracy, firms hired by the city Manager, with nominal Council input, provides narrow, virtually indistinguishable options, (cf airport, Cubberly). Operating at the behest of permanent city management, long term direction and priorities as well as specific project design are accomplished through a vitiated representative democratic guise (city council).
>
> Jeanne suggests (presuming it to be in the public domain to reiterate and credit her perspicacity) a more powerful elected Mayor that could be balanced by a yearly town meeting decision making assembly of voters, aka the New England town meeting. Having Participated in and observed this non representative, all citizen,
> Direct democracy format in Nantucket (with its quasi parties, virtually exclusive of summer residents, held in winter); it is nonetheless inspiring and potentially transferable.
>
> Both ideas would surely give pressing public issues like Gaza cease fire now
> And move Palo Alto airport to Moffett field, higher priority. At least that is the hope and intention. Of course there may be other ideas to accomplish the objective of a leaner, more productive, government.
>
> Cheers
> Henry Etzkowitz
> “Back to the Agora”
> 2024 Palo Alto City Council Candidate
> Neighbors for Environmental and Social Justice
> Mark your calendar for One October when Elon Musk/Tesla have a date in San Jose Superior court (civil) judge Monahan has admonished a judgement in default if no show a second time.
> Www.triple https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fhelix.net&c=E,1,12_br6nJ5PL2hADtf4FGeB6JYb9DrhJwi77M2bR2dPrPBNOKPnCofMMokBFfNWaI8PKVQUR6t7y6jW842sF1zZNNiiN4A3KW9l5mvOLBm6Jn5nmeUC6UTKfd&typo=1
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> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 6, 2025, at 8:39 AM, Aram James > wrote:
>
> Another excellent piece, Henry! The coronation of the gutless “Queen Vicki” for mayor in 2026 seems inevitable. What can we do as a community to push her towards declaring in favor of a ceasefire and finally speaking out on the ongoing genocide happening in real time before the eyes of the world. Even the far-white-wing Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene has called the slaughter of Palestinian children a genocide. How can we allow our city leaders to remain silent on this issue without protests and push back.
>
> Avram “Just Say No To Queen Vicki for Mayor in 2026. “ Finkelstein
>
> Source: ajc Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks from party by calling Gaza conflict a genocide https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fshare.google%2fk741qbCv5jWfOMXlY&c=E,1,VRsh-rA05WjkYGNyZ31keglrtUNBUZ0nHBOHMqUe-k9adWSv0hLkkySB2R0HJEyNmbetWtk5STqBkFsMwSRXiRR2DMHiIabc-ODJ6COmX3W8lVZEBQICKaAe&typo=1
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM Henry Etzkowitz > wrote:
>
> >
> > The stellar legitimation of Israel, uniquely democratic among undemocratic states longe has lost face validity. The Knesset and courts have failed to remove Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister, hiding in plain sight from international justice.
> >
> > But failure to follow international rules of justice, although serious, is relatively minor in comparison to virtually uniform active and passive support for a leader who is carrying out a so called “Hannibal policy” against its own citizens, concomitant with steady escalation to a “Final Solution” in Gaza through food deprivation by withholding nutrition rather than air denial by forced
> > gas.
> >
> > Cease fire Now:flood in food!
> >
> > Who will be the contemporary Herbert Hoover to accomplish this objective? Given Stanford’s unique history, iconic tower and Institute in his honour, the University should speak out institutionally as Washington University, St Louis did in leading a university-industry coalition to oppose the Vietnam war
> >
> > In this era and region, Stanford should invite Palo Alto and its Silicon Valley spinoffs to call with one voice for Gaza cease fire.
> >
> > Sincerely
> >
> > Henry Etzkowitz
> > 1766 sand Hill Road
> > Palo Alto CA 94304
> > 646 701 2695
> > Neighbors for Environmental and Social Justice
> > 2024 Candidate for Palo Alto city council
> >
> > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.triplehelix.net&c=E,1,qSkZRdQpIEXRoTLmalujhHAW-sudV3r2Qxr792-PvGAc4avqzNsT-jzXi9FbLaCtAwClYOf5eX4tAdzKuRRohbTDFUnbFVAV4Z7BAi54zLrEl371RZLxXy0,&typo=1




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