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Commentary: Illustrating Why Davis Needs Jobs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 21, 2020
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Commentary: Illustrating Why Davis Needs Jobs

One of the key questions that the economic development project, formerly known as Aggie Research Campus ( ...

One of the key questions that the economic development project, formerly known as Aggie Research Campus (ARC) and now renamed Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus (DISC), has to address is the h ...

May 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Survey by Chamber Shows Extent to Which COVID and Related Shutdown Hurting Business

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 12, 2020
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Survey by Chamber Shows Extent to Which COVID and Related Shutdown Hurting Business

Over the past two months, the Davis Chamber of Commerce has been in frequent communication with its membe ...

Over the past two months, the Davis Chamber of Commerce has been in frequent communication with its members, trying to assess the impact of COVID-19 on local business. In order to gain better understa ...

May 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Toward More Balance in the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 11, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Toward More Balance in the City

Even before COVID the Vanguard for years has been warning that Davis was in a precarious position and ult ...

Even before COVID the Vanguard for years has been warning that Davis was in a precarious position and ultimately unsustainable. For years we were carrying deficits in the ability to meet basic infras ...

May 11, 2020
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Letter: Former Mayors Criticize BrightNight Deal

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 28, 2020
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Letter: Former Mayors Criticize BrightNight Deal

by Robb Davis, Joe Krovoza, Ann Evans, Mike Corbett and Bill Kopper On March 24, the City Council voted 4 ...

by Robb Davis, Joe Krovoza, Ann Evans, Mike Corbett and Bill Kopper On March 24, the City Council voted 4-1 to direct the city manager to execute a Lease Option with BrightNight LLC for 235 acres of C ...

April 28, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why is the Council Majority Blind On BrightNight?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 27, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why is the Council Majority Blind On BrightNight?

For the life of me I never really understood the decision by the council to approve the BrightNight propo ...

For the life of me I never really understood the decision by the council to approve the BrightNight proposal – it seemed rushed for no great and compelling reason. The notion that this was a site tha ...

April 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Lee and Carson Explain BrightNight from Their Perspective

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Lee and Carson Explain BrightNight from Their Perspective

Over the last two council meetings, as many as 40 different people have spoken during public comment—expa ...

Over the last two council meetings, as many as 40 different people have spoken during public comment—expanding the full range of Davis’ political divide—to complain about BrightNight and the council a ...

April 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Leery of Fiscal Costs, Moves Forward on Long-Range Planning of Sports Parks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2020
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Council Leery of Fiscal Costs, Moves Forward on Long-Range Planning of Sports Parks

Council acknowledged it was a strange item to take up in the middle of the slowdown due to COVID-19, neve ...

Council acknowledged it was a strange item to take up in the middle of the slowdown due to COVID-19, nevertheless, the need for sports parks remains acute in the community and council was at least wil ...

April 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 4 of 4

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 20, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 4 of 4

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to t ...

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to the City of Davis entering into a lease option agreement with BrightNight to develop a solar pro ...

April 20, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 3 of 4

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 19, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 3 of 4

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to t ...

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to the City of Davis entering into a lease option agreement with BrightNight to develop a solar pro ...

April 19, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 2 of 4

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 18, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 2 of 4

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to t ...

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to the City of Davis entering into a lease option agreement with BrightNight to develop a solar pro ...

April 18, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City Releases FAQ, Signs Lease Option Agreement for Solar Farm

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 16, 2020
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City Releases FAQ, Signs Lease Option Agreement for Solar Farm

(Editor’s Note: this is the city’s release on the FAQ with the PDF attached). City of Davis Signs Lease O ...

(Editor’s Note: this is the city’s release on the FAQ with the PDF attached). City of Davis Signs Lease Option Agreement for Solar Farm April 15, 2020 – The City of Davis announced today an update of ...

April 16, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 1 of 4

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 1 of 4

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann On Tuesday night, 22 people called to comment to the City Council in opp ...

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann On Tuesday night, 22 people called to comment to the City Council in opposition to the City of Davis entering a lease option agreement with BrightNight to develop a so ...

April 16, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Staff Clarifies Street Selection Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2020
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Analysis: Staff Clarifies Street Selection Process

Last Tuesday, on consent, council was asked to approve a list of streets that the city would be funded by ...

Last Tuesday, on consent, council was asked to approve a list of streets that the city would be funded by the state to repair. On Friday, Alan Pryor submitted a guest commentary objecting to what he ...

March 31, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Council Risks Squandering SB1 Gas Tax Monies on ‘Nice-to-Have’ Neighborhood Street Projects

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Council Risks Squandering SB1 Gas Tax Monies on ‘Nice-to-Have’ Neighborhood Street Projects

Meanwhile our Major Arterial Roadways Deteriorate into 3rd-World Condition by Alan Pryor The following em ...

Meanwhile our Major Arterial Roadways Deteriorate into 3rd-World Condition by Alan Pryor The following email was sent to the Davis City Council prior to last Tuesday's Council tele-meeting requesting ...

March 27, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Staff Wants Council to Approve Two Fire Station Kitchen Remodel Projects for a Minimum of $422,000

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Staff Wants Council to Approve Two Fire Station Kitchen Remodel Projects for a Minimum of $422,000

Over $200,000 each for Kitchen Remodels During these Disastrous Times? - You Have Got to be Kidding Me ...

Over $200,000 each for Kitchen Remodels During these Disastrous Times? - You Have Got to be Kidding Me !!! by Alan Pryor Davis and the entire world are in the midst of an economic meltdown for which ...

March 24, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Carson Discusses Measure Q, City Financial Outlook

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2020
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Carson Discusses Measure Q, City Financial Outlook

The ballot measure that went as expected was Measure Q—in fact, overwhelmingly so. Measure Q kept the cu ...

The ballot measure that went as expected was Measure Q—in fact, overwhelmingly so. Measure Q kept the current one percent sales tax in place, and made it so that the tax did not expire. The measure ...

March 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Local Election Results: Measure Q Passes, Measure G Trails, Provenza Could Be Heading for Runoff in November

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2020
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Local Election Results: Measure Q Passes, Measure G Trails, Provenza Could Be Heading for Runoff in November

One big question after Tuesday night is how many votes remain to be counted in Yolo County. Just under 1 ...

One big question after Tuesday night is how many votes remain to be counted in Yolo County. Just under 12,000 votes were counted in the city of Davis for Measure Q and just under 13,000 in the DJUSD ...

March 04, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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City Names New Finance Director

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 20, 2020
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City Names New Finance Director

(From Press Release) - The City of Davis announced today that City Manager Mike Webb has named Elena Adai ...

(From Press Release) - The City of Davis announced today that City Manager Mike Webb has named Elena Adair, as the City’s new Finance Director. Ms. Adair is currently the Director of Finance for the c ...

February 20, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Costly Public Records Requests – 5G Requests Cost the City Nearly $50K

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2020
| (19) Comments

Analysis: Costly Public Records Requests – 5G Requests Cost the City Nearly $50K

A few weeks ago, the Davis City Council approved a new wireless ordinance. The city was warned by City A ...

A few weeks ago, the Davis City Council approved a new wireless ordinance. The city was warned by City Attorney Inder Khalsa that they had limited room for maneuver and any effort to attempt to block ...

February 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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FBC Chair: We Need to Make the Citizens of Davis Very Aware of Exactly How Large These Liabilities Are

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 05, 2020
| (23) Comments

FBC Chair: We Need to Make the Citizens of Davis Very Aware of Exactly How Large These Liabilities Are

Commission Talks about How to Address City Deficit, among Other Topics, in Joint Meeting with Council The ...

Commission Talks about How to Address City Deficit, among Other Topics, in Joint Meeting with Council The Finance and Budget Commission met jointly with the council last week, and one of the big topic ...

February 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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