When the Palo Alto City Council voted Monday to formally endorse Measure K, which would create a business tax, the most striking comments were the ones that weren t spoken.
Each of Palo Alto s seven candidates for City Council is officially running an independent campaign and is not a party to any slate. Campaign finance data, however, points to two distinct political blocs.
College Terrace neighborhood resident Doria Summa is well-known around town for both her skepticism of development, her neighborhood activism and her perfect willingness to be the sole dissenting vote.