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GUEST COMMENTARY: Confirmation Bias and City Council Culture

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|Date: July 24, 2023
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Confirmation Bias and City Council Culture

Can we learn anything from Davis History? By Alan Hirsch The Davis Council on 7/18 approved building a $4 ...

Can we learn anything from Davis History? By Alan Hirsch The Davis Council on 7/18 approved building a $400,000 design of the shade structure in Arroyo Park—just for picnic tables. This high cost ha ...

July 24, 2023
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Commentary: Neville Gets Critical Backing from Enterprise

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 13, 2023
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Commentary: Neville Gets Critical Backing from Enterprise

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the issue of housing has roared into the forefro ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the issue of housing has roared into the forefront in the past couple of weeks, the actual election for city council has been relatively quiet. ...

April 13, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Future of Davis Is on the Line This Week, Stay Tuned

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 03, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Future of Davis Is on the Line This Week, Stay Tuned

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like, since the pandemic, the council has lar ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like, since the pandemic, the council has largely put off some of the tougher conversations until later. But in the last month, we have see ...

April 03, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 6 – Economic Development

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 27, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 6 – Economic Development

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of ...

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of Lucas Frerichs to the County Board of Supervisors. Filing to compete for that seat are two can ...

March 27, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 5 – Declining Enrollment

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|Date: March 20, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 5 – Declining Enrollment

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of ...

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of Lucas Frerichs to the County Board of Supervisors. Filing to compete for that seat are two can ...

March 20, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Does Downtown Davis Need Trees? A First Step in Implementing Urban Forest Plan

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 17, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Does Downtown Davis Need Trees? A First Step in Implementing Urban Forest Plan

By Alan Hirsch, the Davis Lorax Tuesday night at the City Council meeting is a celebration. After hundre ...

By Alan Hirsch, the Davis Lorax Tuesday night at the City Council meeting is a celebration. After hundreds of hours of volunteer time by members of Tree and other city commissions, the Urban Forest M ...

March 17, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 4 – Commissions

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|Date: March 13, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 4 – Commissions

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of ...

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of Lucas Frerichs to the County Board of Supervisors. Filing to compete for that seat are two can ...

March 13, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 3 – Police Stops

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 06, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 3 – Police Stops

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of ...

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of Lucas Frerichs to the County Board of Supervisors. Filing to compete for that seat are two can ...

March 06, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 1

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 20, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 1

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of ...

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of Lucas Frerichs to the County Board of Supervisors. Filing to compete for that seat are two can ...

February 20, 2023
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Council Hears Pushback on Some Proposals Regarding Commissions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 09, 2023
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Council Hears Pushback on Some Proposals Regarding Commissions

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Only in Davis would proposals around commissions gener ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Only in Davis would proposals around commissions generated heated discussion in some segments of the community. Staff proposed a number of changes to ...

February 09, 2023
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Donna Neville Announces Candidacy for Davis City Council District 3

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 02, 2023
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Donna Neville Announces Candidacy for Davis City Council District 3

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA - Donna Neville filed her nomination papers Thursday afternoon, officia ...

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA - Donna Neville filed her nomination papers Thursday afternoon, officially declaring her candidacy to run for the Davis City Council District 3 seat. Donna is a longt ...

February 02, 2023
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Council Adds To, Backs Statement on Nichols Killing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 01, 2023
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Council Adds To, Backs Statement on Nichols Killing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Following the murder of Tyre Nichols, Mayor Will Arnol ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Following the murder of Tyre Nichols, Mayor Will Arnold issued a statement condemning the killing and outlining Davis City efforts at police reform. ...

February 01, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Rethinking Our Failing City Processes

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 19, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Rethinking Our Failing City Processes

How can we build more durable consensuses? By Alan Hirsch Davis has twice as many commissions compared t ...

How can we build more durable consensuses? By Alan Hirsch Davis has twice as many commissions compared to most cities our size, and more than the city of Sacramento with ten times the population. Wit ...

January 19, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Council Out of Touch with the Broader Davis Community?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Council Out of Touch with the Broader Davis Community?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A frequent complaint that we hear a lot is that the Da ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A frequent complaint that we hear a lot is that the Davis City Council is out of touch with the Davis voters—particularly on the issue of housing. As ...

January 15, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Most Wanted a Special Election, the Council Gave Them What They Wanted, but It Might Not Make Much Difference in the End

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2023
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Commentary: Most Wanted a Special Election, the Council Gave Them What They Wanted, but It Might Not Make Much Difference in the End

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, the Davis City Council did what we figured ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, the Davis City Council did what we figured they would do—they set a special election for May. It seemed that an election was the overwhe ...

January 05, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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A Chain of Events on Tuesday Leads from Supervisor Frerichs to Mayor Arnold to a May 2 Special Election in Davis (Updated)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2023
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A Chain of Events on Tuesday Leads from Supervisor Frerichs to Mayor Arnold to a May 2 Special Election in Davis (Updated)

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The day began in Woodland as Lucas Frerichs, elected w ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The day began in Woodland as Lucas Frerichs, elected way back in June, finally took office on the Board of Supervisors. He was sworn in by former Su ...

January 04, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Council Should Go Special Election Route in Filling Frerichs Seat

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2022
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My View: Council Should Go Special Election Route in Filling Frerichs Seat

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In 2020 when School Board member Cindy Pickett resigne ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In 2020 when School Board member Cindy Pickett resigned, the school board moved to appoint a replacement, but in the aftermath of the George Floyd pr ...

December 31, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Discuss District 3 Vacancy When They Return Next Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2022
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Council to Discuss District 3 Vacancy When They Return Next Week

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When council returns next week following the winter br ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When council returns next week following the winter break, they will be minus a familiar face as Lucas Frerichs will have stepped down earlier in the ...

December 28, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Out with the Old, in with Some Unknowns

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Out with the Old, in with Some Unknowns

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Next week will be another changing of the guard. Just two weeks a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Next week will be another changing of the guard. Just two weeks ago, we saw Dan Carson replaced on the Davis City Council by Bapu Vaitla. Next week, Don Saylor ...

December 26, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Carson Concedes to Vaitla in Davis Council Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 23, 2022
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Carson Concedes to Vaitla in Davis Council Race

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The results are still trickling in, but nothing has ch ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The results are still trickling in, but nothing has changed since the first returns on Election Night. As of late afternoon on Tuesday, Bapu Vaitla’ ...

November 23, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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