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Yolo County Man Faces Third Strike For Stealing Cheese Monday, 08 February 2010 A Yolo County Man, Robert Ferguson is facing life in prison for a third strike in part for stealing cheese from Nugget Market. Prior to that he was convicted for petty theft at a 7/11 for stealing a woman's wallet. Sentencing will occur on March 1 to see if indeed he is given his third strike in which he would spend 25 years in prison, essentially a life sentence for a man in his mid 50s.Mr. Ferguson was previously convicted back in 1982 for three separate counts of residential burglary, at the time he was age 25 years old. Six years later he pled guilty to a single count of 1st degree... 30 CommentsRead more...Teachers Defend Their Role in the Budget Process Sunday, 07 February 2010 For the past year and a half these pages have been a bit critical of Davis Teachers. This was not due to any animus towards the teachers. Nor was it from any widely held belief about teacher salaries. We have been very critical of the salaries and escalation of the upper tier of city employees, but that clearly does not extend to teachers who we feel are underpaid.Indeed we showed just last week that teachers in Davis on average make less than most City Departments on average. Nevertheless, we have been pushing for teachers to take concessions. Why? Because the only thing... 12 CommentsRead more...City, County, and Schools Face Very Bleak Picture: This May Be the Worst We Have Seen Saturday, 06 February 2010 While the economy across the nation and even in California to a lesser extent seems to be very slowly turning the corner, one has to wonder if it's too late. The news on the local level is devastating. We have focused much of our attention on the follies of the Davis City Council. The news there is not great, plans are underway to cut spending should the sales tax measure not pass in June.The city as we have reported repeatedly to little effect has failed to deal with the two 800-pound gorillas staring it in the face--the unfunded medical liability soaring at between 42 and 65 million... 103 CommentsRead more...Resignation of Covell Village Consultant in Op-Ed Raises More Questions than Answers Friday, 05 February 2010 I read the op-ed in the Enterprise written by Robert Chason a few days ago entitled "Political Ills Found Locally, Too" and I came away completely perplexed by its purpose. Was he trying to criticize local government? Was he resigning as a paid consultant to the Covell Village developers John Whitcombe and Bill Streng? Was he decrying the problems of local governance?Covell Village is expected to return to the Davis radar as the developers are revamping a proposal for an 800-unit, Sun City-style, retirement community on the property whose last project was handily defeated by the Davis... 31 CommentsRead more... |
