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Commentary: Parking, Fluoridation, Green Waste – What Davis Can’t Seem to Get Right

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2019
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Commentary: Parking, Fluoridation, Green Waste – What Davis Can’t Seem to Get Right

When I started the Vanguard – 13 years ago this coming July – I had the premise of the “dark underbelly” ...

When I started the Vanguard – 13 years ago this coming July – I had the premise of the “dark underbelly” of Davis. The idea was that beneath the veneer of progressive enlightenment was this darker co ...

March 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Finds Middle Ground Adding Paid Parking in Lots, but Not on Surface Streets

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2019
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Council Finds Middle Ground Adding Paid Parking in Lots, but Not on Surface Streets

It turned out that none of the four members of the Davis City Council were ready to add paid parking on t ...

It turned out that none of the four members of the Davis City Council were ready to add paid parking on the streets, and so they created a compromise on Monday that added paid parking for four surface ...

March 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does Davis Believe in Science?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does Davis Believe in Science?

As we move toward a decision on paid parking, it is disconcerting the extent to which Davis, home of a wo ...

As we move toward a decision on paid parking, it is disconcerting the extent to which Davis, home of a world class university, ignores science and scientific methods when it serves its purpose. We ma ...

March 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Ace Sale Not about Parking Policies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Ace Sale Not about Parking Policies

This past week, the owners of Davis Ace announced that they would be selling their longtime store. This ...

This past week, the owners of Davis Ace announced that they would be selling their longtime store. This is of course a big deal in Davis. In the article in the Enterprise, local Jennifer Anderson sa ...

March 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Is Now the Time to Implement Paid Parking?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Is Now the Time to Implement Paid Parking?

One of the big questions we asked back during the Trackside debate was – even if you believe that Tracksi ...

One of the big questions we asked back during the Trackside debate was – even if you believe that Trackside should go to four stories – should it have been approved at that time or was it better to wa ...

March 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Downtown Entreats Council to Reject Parking Meters

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 21, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Downtown Entreats Council to Reject Parking Meters

by Dan Urazandi The history of paid parking in Davis has unfolded outside my store window. From here, the ...

by Dan Urazandi The history of paid parking in Davis has unfolded outside my store window. From here, the center of downtown and the maelstrom of the debate on paid parking, I can see the cause of par ...

March 21, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Week Out, Perhaps Signs of Possible Ways to Compromise on Paid Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Week Out, Perhaps Signs of Possible Ways to Compromise on Paid Parking

We are a week a way from the continuation of the March 5 meeting on paid parking – the new meeting will b ...

We are a week a way from the continuation of the March 5 meeting on paid parking – the new meeting will be held as a continuation on Monday, March 25, at 6:30 pm. A key question will be whether a com ...

March 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2019
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Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?

At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has been interesting ...

At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has been interesting to watch the shift in these addresses over time. Dan Wolk during his time as mayor offered an ...

March 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Council’s Dilemma – Do They Listen to Stakeholders or the Experts on Parking?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Council’s Dilemma – Do They Listen to Stakeholders or the Experts on Parking?

Given the time of night it was on Tuesday and where they were in the meeting, delay made sense. But in a ...

Given the time of night it was on Tuesday and where they were in the meeting, delay made sense. But in a lot of ways the council simply prolonged the agony. My commentary on Thursday generating good ...

March 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council’s Decision to Delay Decision on Parking – the Good and the Bad

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 07, 2019
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Commentary: Council’s Decision to Delay Decision on Parking – the Good and the Bad

How many times have we seen council, in their desire to make a decision on a controversial item, go late ...

How many times have we seen council, in their desire to make a decision on a controversial item, go late into the evening passing midnight, one, and on a very few occasions, even three? I have seen t ...

March 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Does Not Make a Decision as Tensions Rise about Paid Parking Proposal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2019
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Council Does Not Make a Decision as Tensions Rise about Paid Parking Proposal

By Linnea Patterson and David Greenwald City Hall was packed on Tuesday night to hear the city council’s ...

By Linnea Patterson and David Greenwald City Hall was packed on Tuesday night to hear the city council’s decision on the highly controversial proposition of paid parking downtown. Consulting firm Nels ...

March 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Thoughts on Paid Parking

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 05, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Thoughts on Paid Parking

By Will Arnold This Tuesday, my City Council colleagues will discuss, and potentially take action, regard ...

By Will Arnold This Tuesday, my City Council colleagues will discuss, and potentially take action, regarding how and where we park our cars in Downtown Davis. By virtue of my wife and I owning a busin ...

March 05, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Editorial Opposes Paid Parking in the Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Editorial Opposes Paid Parking in the Downtown

The Enterprise editorial basically argues that the parking issue while it has been about the availability ...

The Enterprise editorial basically argues that the parking issue while it has been about the availability of spaces, will become about revenue. It is an interesting argument, the problem I think is t ...

March 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: If Businesses Don’t Want Paid Parking Downtown They Have an Alternative

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2019
| (28) Comments

Sunday Commentary: If Businesses Don’t Want Paid Parking Downtown They Have an Alternative

In a letter to the mayor in late January, the Davis Chamber came out against the paid parking proposal, a ...

In a letter to the mayor in late January, the Davis Chamber came out against the paid parking proposal, arguing they do not “believe the proposal will enhance the unique character of the City or enhan ...

March 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Will Council Impose Paid Parking over Community Opposition?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2019
| (13) Comments

Will Council Impose Paid Parking over Community Opposition?

On Tuesday the Davis City Council will be asked to make a determination on one of the longer standing iss ...

On Tuesday the Davis City Council will be asked to make a determination on one of the longer standing issues of controversy in this community – the issue of paid parking. Among other things, staff is ...

March 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor Lee Talks Downtown Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2019
| (13) Comments

Mayor Lee Talks Downtown Parking

One of the hottest issues around town has been one of whether to bring paid parking into town. Back in 2 ...

One of the hottest issues around town has been one of whether to bring paid parking into town. Back in 2017, now-Mayor Brett Lee said of the situation, “We don’t have a supply issue, we have a parkin ...

February 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Paid Parking is Controversial but Also Misunderstood

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 17, 2019
| (26) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Paid Parking is Controversial but Also Misunderstood

There are a lot of misconceptions about the nature of the parking problem in the Davis Downtown. I fully ...

There are a lot of misconceptions about the nature of the parking problem in the Davis Downtown. I fully agree with the comment made back in 2017 by now-Mayor Brett Lee: “We don’t have a supply issue ...

February 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Slow Down on Talk of More Parking Structures

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2019
| (26) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Slow Down on Talk of More Parking Structures

I read with some fascination this morning the column from Davis Enterprise Columnist Bob Dunning quoting ...

I read with some fascination this morning the column from Davis Enterprise Columnist Bob Dunning quoting from a reader who argued for a new parking structure in the Davis Downtown. Here are a few of t ...

January 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Report Finds Davis Has a Number of Most Walkable Neighborhoods in Region

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2018
| (4) Comments

Report Finds Davis Has a Number of Most Walkable Neighborhoods in Region

An article that originally ran in late August, was re-run this week in the Sacramento Bee. “Want a walka ...

An article that originally ran in late August, was re-run this week in the Sacramento Bee. “Want a walkable neighborhood? These rank highest for amenities in the Sacramento region.” They note that “n ...

December 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Change Will Happen in This Community, We Need to Figure Out the Best Way to Direct It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2018
| (87) Comments

Commentary: Change Will Happen in This Community, We Need to Figure Out the Best Way to Direct It

In the middle of the debate over policies, a bigger point has emerged which is what is your vision for Da ...

In the middle of the debate over policies, a bigger point has emerged which is what is your vision for Davis. I actually believe that’s a secondary point although I think have an answer to that. The ...

December 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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