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Commentary: First Goal of District Elections – Don’t Undermine the System Before It Gets Implemented

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 03, 2019
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Commentary: First Goal of District Elections – Don’t Undermine the System Before It Gets Implemented

I have stated a number of times already that I would like to see three specific things come out of the di ...

I have stated a number of times already that I would like to see three specific things come out of the district election process. First, I would like to see at least one district that is likely to be ...

October 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Story of District Elections Is Demographic Shift in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 15, 2019
| (3) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The Story of District Elections Is Demographic Shift in Davis

In January 1996, a governance committee appointed by the city council recommended, by a 14-5 vote, that t ...

In January 1996, a governance committee appointed by the city council recommended, by a 14-5 vote, that the city go to district elections. Some interesting people served on that committee, including ...

September 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: White Fragility Underlies the Debate over District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 08, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: White Fragility Underlies the Debate over District Elections

For years, I heard complaints from people of color, both seeing it on surveys and hearing it anecdotally ...

For years, I heard complaints from people of color, both seeing it on surveys and hearing it anecdotally – an African American football player who interned for the Vanguard several years ago once told ...

September 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What Will Be the Impact of District Elections?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2019
| (26) Comments

Commentary: What Will Be the Impact of District Elections?

I think it is a reasonable question – to ask why the College Republicans have pushed for district electio ...

I think it is a reasonable question – to ask why the College Republicans have pushed for district elections. Given that they have not come forward to explain their thinking, we can only speculate. At ...

September 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Analysis of District Elections Misses the Motivation of the College Republicans

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Analysis of District Elections Misses the Motivation of the College Republicans

Bob Dunning’s column this weekend lights into Matt Rexroad. It’s not that we necessarily blame him for t ...

Bob Dunning’s column this weekend lights into Matt Rexroad. It’s not that we necessarily blame him for this, but the problem is his analysis is incomplete and seems to assume this is about a paycheck ...

August 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: ‘The Other Davis’

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: August 22, 2019
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Guest Commentary: ‘The Other Davis’

By Matt Williams For reasons that are wholly unrelated to what I found, I was looking through past Word d ...

By Matt Williams For reasons that are wholly unrelated to what I found, I was looking through past Word documents I had written. In the process I ran into my answer to the Vanguard's seventh weekly q ...

August 22, 2019
| by Matt Williams

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My View: Race Really Is the Driving Force in Politics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2019
| (58) Comments

My View: Race Really Is the Driving Force in Politics

A number of commenters and even political leaders have attempted to downplay the issue of race in Davis. ...

A number of commenters and even political leaders have attempted to downplay the issue of race in Davis. A lot of people are more comfortable shifting the issue from one of race to socio-economic sta ...

August 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Expresses Frustration, but Does the Right Thing on District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2019
| (49) Comments

Commentary: Council Expresses Frustration, but Does the Right Thing on District Elections

There are a lot of reasonable questions that the community can ask at this point – one of the biggest per ...

There are a lot of reasonable questions that the community can ask at this point – one of the biggest perhaps is why the city didn't anticipate the challenge of converting to district elections before ...

August 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Rexroad Insists on November 2020 for Elections

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 14, 2019
| (1) Comment

Letter: Rexroad Insists on November 2020 for Elections

By Matt Rexroad (Editor's Note: The following is the letter sent on July 25 by Matt Rexroad to the City i ...

By Matt Rexroad (Editor's Note: The following is the letter sent on July 25 by Matt Rexroad to the City in response to the city’s initial reaction). I write in response to your email to my co-counsel ...

August 14, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Council Has a Lot of Decisions to Make Tonight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2019
| (26) Comments

Commentary: Council Has a Lot of Decisions to Make Tonight

The potential change to district elections has probably caught a lot of people in this community off guar ...

The potential change to district elections has probably caught a lot of people in this community off guard. I had always opposed district elections, believing that they weren’t needed and that this c ...

August 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Take Action Locally on Gun Violence

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 11, 2019
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Letter: Take Action Locally on Gun Violence

By the Davis Phoenix Coalition After yet another deadly week of gun violence, other nations are warning t ...

By the Davis Phoenix Coalition After yet another deadly week of gun violence, other nations are warning their citizens of the danger of traveling to the United States. Ironically, we are now the real ...

August 11, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City Changes Course on Demographer Following Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 10, 2019
| (3) Comments

City Changes Course on Demographer Following Report

Following the Vanguard’s report on Friday highlighting very recent problems with the company National Dem ...

Following the Vanguard’s report on Friday highlighting very recent problems with the company National Demographics Corporation (NDC) in North Carolina, the city has quickly changed course. The city l ...

August 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Proposed Demographer Firm Found to Have Fabricated Data in North Carolina Two Weeks Ago

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 09, 2019
| (21) Comments

Proposed Demographer Firm Found to Have Fabricated Data in North Carolina Two Weeks Ago

Meeting Set For Tuesday on Transitioning to District Elections After weeks of speculation following the r ...

Meeting Set For Tuesday on Transitioning to District Elections After weeks of speculation following the release of a letter from Matt Rexroad on behalf of at least two clients, the city council will f ...

August 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Rexroad Believes He Has Enough to Prove RPV in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2019
| (23) Comments

Analysis: Rexroad Believes He Has Enough to Prove RPV in Davis

Under the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA), a political entity such as the city of Davis is prohibited ...

Under the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA), a political entity such as the city of Davis is prohibited from from using any at-large method of election that “impairs the ability of a protected class ...

August 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis and Commentary: First Look at the City Demographic Data Shows Some Troubling Findings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2019
| (40) Comments

Analysis and Commentary: First Look at the City Demographic Data Shows Some Troubling Findings

I finally got ahold of the data I had been wanting to see – precinct level data on demographics. I haven ...

I finally got ahold of the data I had been wanting to see – precinct level data on demographics. I haven’t dived very deep yet. This is consolidated data so there are only 34 precincts, but at least ...

August 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Moving to District Elections

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 06, 2019
| (19) Comments

Guest Commentary: Moving to District Elections

by Dillan Horton In a democracy it is absolutely crucial that every person has equal representation. This ...

by Dillan Horton In a democracy it is absolutely crucial that every person has equal representation. This is an ideal we all share but it is one that we are still struggling to fully realize. This is ...

August 06, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Lot of Unfounded Arguments against District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2019
| (62) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: A Lot of Unfounded Arguments against District Elections

One official from the city told me a few weeks ago that they had thought the school district bowed down t ...

One official from the city told me a few weeks ago that they had thought the school district bowed down too easily on the threat of district elections – until they looked at the statutes and case law ...

August 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Transparency for the Sake of Transparency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2019
| (2) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Transparency for the Sake of Transparency

I have to say I was disappointed in the council a few times last Tuesday. I thought they played it too s ...

I have to say I was disappointed in the council a few times last Tuesday. I thought they played it too safe on the issue of the sales tax, and I thought they really lost sight of the importance of th ...

August 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Some Disingenuous Arguments Floated in District Election Discussion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2019
| (75) Comments

My View: Some Disingenuous Arguments Floated in District Election Discussion

Having run through the math a few weeks ago, I am largely supportive of moving to district elections. Bu ...

Having run through the math a few weeks ago, I am largely supportive of moving to district elections. But I have to say I am a bit troubled that the California Voting Rights Act is written in such a ...

August 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Will Not Ask for New Investigation into Picnic Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2019
| (6) Comments

Council Will Not Ask for New Investigation into Picnic Day

It might have been the first 3-2 vote in this council’s tenure, but instead the council decided that they ...

It might have been the first 3-2 vote in this council’s tenure, but instead the council decided that they did not need to take a formal vote to take no action. Mayor Brett Lee exhorted Chief Darren P ...

July 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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