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Articles by Nancy Shepherd
Transforming from Coordinator to Manager: Essential Responsibilities of a Successful Residency Program Manager
The role of program manager continues to grow in complexity with increased knowledge and training now needed to become a productive and thriving member of the program leadership team. All authors participated in the research and preparation of the manuscript and will sign a statement attesting authorship, disclosing all potential conflicts of interest, and releasing the copyright should the manuscript be accepted for publication. The authors report no external funding source for this study.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Foreign ownership and Amendment 3 are both bad ideas
As a family farmer here in Missouri, I’ve seen firsthand how complicated politics surrounding agriculture policy can get and the way things interconnect, even when — at first glance — they look unrelated. For example, take the seemingly separate issues of Amendment 3 on the November ballot and foreign corporate ownership of Missouri farmland. On the face of it, you might miss the connection, but there definitely is one.
Guest Opinion: Dare to clean up part of Prop. 13? Vote 'yes' on Prop. 15
by Nancy Shepherd / Uploaded: Tue, Oct 6, 2020, 2:41 pm In 1978 Palo Altans voted against "The Peoples Amendment to Control Taxation" aka Proposition 13. This historic constitutional amendment was placed on the ballot during a time of soaring real estate prices and out of control property tax assessments ranging between 2.5% and 3.5%. Proposition 13 pinned all property tax assessments at 1% of existing value or purchase price when property sold. This created a new base valuation methodology.
Guest Opinion: Local solutions for traffic and congestion
A few years after Joni Mitchell wrote "Pave paradise and put up a parking lot" (1969), the San Jose freeway expansion interchange was halted by then Governor Jerry Brown at highways 680 and 101, which created the iconic "Monument to Nowhere" structure. Who could forget the picture of three isolated, independent freeway ramps hanging stoically in the sky over the farmlands of San Jose, ready for traffic yet to be generated.
Guest Opinion: Local solutions for traffic and congestion
A few years after Joni Mitchell wrote "Pave paradise and put up a parking lot" (1969), the San Jose freeway expansion interchange was halted by then Governor Jerry Brown at highways 680 and 101, which created the iconic "Monument to Nowhere" structure. Who could forget the picture of three isolated, independent freeway ramps hanging stoically in the sky over the farmlands of San Jose, ready for traffic yet to be generated.
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