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Commentary: Sometimes Living in a Democracy Means You Don’t Get What You Want

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2020
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Commentary: Sometimes Living in a Democracy Means You Don’t Get What You Want

By David M. Greenwald The number one lesson in any democracy is that you have to accept it that sometimes ...

By David M. Greenwald The number one lesson in any democracy is that you have to accept it that sometimes you will win and sometimes you will lose. Accepting a loss is actually more important to the d ...

December 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually contr ...

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually controlled the city council—Ken Wagstaff, Sue Greenwald and Michael Harrington. But in the last 20 ...

November 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Changing My Mind on District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2020
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Commentary: Changing My Mind on District Elections

By David M. Greenwald I was one of the few people in this community that was not immediately opposed to d ...

By David M. Greenwald I was one of the few people in this community that was not immediately opposed to district elections—I saw the potential for making it easier for people of color to get elected t ...

November 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Analysis: Yolo County Presidential Election Returns

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 09, 2020
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Guest Analysis: Yolo County Presidential Election Returns

Returns as of Sunday (11/8) at 8 am Compiled by Alan Hirsch from county elections data Historical Note: I ...

Returns as of Sunday (11/8) at 8 am Compiled by Alan Hirsch from county elections data Historical Note: In 2016 In the City, Hillary got 82%, Trump 11.5% Trump held his own but 2/3 of 3rd party vote s ...

November 09, 2020
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Commentary: DISC – What Went Wrong? Pretty Much Everything

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2020
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Commentary: DISC – What Went Wrong? Pretty Much Everything

By David M. Greenwald In Davis, if you look at some of the private polls, most developments start out wit ...

By David M. Greenwald In Davis, if you look at some of the private polls, most developments start out with between 35 and 40 percent of the people automatically opposed to the project and they are pre ...

November 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Not a Huge Amount of Surprises Locally

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2020
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Analysis: Not a Huge Amount of Surprises Locally

By David M. Greenwald The last totals came in at 11:42 pm, but it looks like there are more precincts to ...

By David M. Greenwald The last totals came in at 11:42 pm, but it looks like there are more precincts to report and we think there have to be a lot more votes because the vote total is extremely low. ...

November 04, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Some Election Day Local Picks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2020
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Commentary: Some Election Day Local Picks

By David M. Greenwald I don’t envy the job of national prognosticators, but at least they get polls to he ...

By David M. Greenwald I don’t envy the job of national prognosticators, but at least they get polls to help guide them on calling a national election during a volatile and unsettling time. The remark ...

November 03, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Measure B Deserves an ‘A’ for Helping Education in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Measure B Deserves an ‘A’ for Helping Education in Davis

By Donna Neville Please support Measure B on the November 3 ballot. Despite the ”B” in its name, the mea ...

By Donna Neville Please support Measure B on the November 3 ballot. Despite the ”B” in its name, the measure deserves an “A” for putting forward a plan that will boost our schools and foster a strong ...

November 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Davis Can Meet Its Commercial Needs without DISC for Now — Infill Is a Better Choice

Posted by Vanguard Editorial Board
|Date: October 31, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Davis Can Meet Its Commercial Needs without DISC for Now — Infill Is a Better Choice

By Pam Gunnell, Richard McCann and Matt Williams A 200-acre business park like DISC is not an objective i ...

By Pam Gunnell, Richard McCann and Matt Williams A 200-acre business park like DISC is not an objective in the City of Davis’ General Plan. Additionally, DISC contains uses (housing, retail, parks, a ...

October 31, 2020
| by Vanguard Editorial Board

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Davis City Council Questions: Final Question – City Budget

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 30, 2020
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Davis City Council Questions: Final Question – City Budget

This is the final of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm o ...

This is the final of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 8: What measures would you take in order to contain city costs? Please con ...

October 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Candidates Share Their Vision for Our Streets

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 27, 2020
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Council Candidates Share Their Vision for Our Streets

What do City Council candidates think about our streets? To learn more about their visions, Bike Davis se ...

What do City Council candidates think about our streets? To learn more about their visions, Bike Davis sent all candidates a questionnaire focused on three themes: making Davis more livable, reducing ...

October 27, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Vacaville Goes for It – $2B Biomanufacturing Center, 10K Jobs – What Does This Mean for Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Vacaville Goes for It – $2B Biomanufacturing Center, 10K Jobs – What Does This Mean for Davis?

By David M. Greenwald Late last week, Vacaville put their foot in the big time game—300 acres, a world cl ...

By David M. Greenwald Late last week, Vacaville put their foot in the big time game—300 acres, a world class biomanufacturing center that could produce 10,000 jobs. The city also announced the creatio ...

October 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Pancakes & Politics Light: Just the Stats, Ma’m

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 25, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Pancakes & Politics Light: Just the Stats, Ma’m

by Alan Miller A small, odd and wonderful group gathered Sunday in the mid-day and discussed the twelve s ...

by Alan Miller A small, odd and wonderful group gathered Sunday in the mid-day and discussed the twelve state propositions and two local measures. We’re a bit low on pancake power this year, so a ‘zi ...

October 25, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Why I Started to Change My View on the Need for Economic Development in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Why I Started to Change My View on the Need for Economic Development in Davis

By David M. Greenwald Think globally, act locally. That has been the rallying call of the environmental ...

By David M. Greenwald Think globally, act locally. That has been the rallying call of the environmental movement for the last 50 years. And, for the most part, I have supported the idea. How do we ...

October 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Davis Voters Have Opportunity to Empower Sustainable Future Technologies

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Davis Voters Have Opportunity to Empower Sustainable Future Technologies

By Barry Broome and Justin Siegel The Sacramento region is working diligently to regain its footing after ...

By Barry Broome and Justin Siegel The Sacramento region is working diligently to regain its footing after COVID-19 swept the nation. One of the key projects to our regional recovery is the Davis Innov ...

October 24, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis City Council Questions: Question 7 – Race and Policing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 23, 2020
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Davis City Council Questions: Question 7 – Race and Policing

This is our seventh of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 p ...

This is our seventh of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 7: Various councilmembers have voiced support publicly for Black lives. ...

October 23, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: League’s Impartial Analysis of Measure B

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 23, 2020
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Guest Commentary: League’s Impartial Analysis of Measure B

Submitted by Bob Fung League of Women Voters Davis Area The Question: Should residents approve annexing ...

Submitted by Bob Fung League of Women Voters Davis Area The Question: Should residents approve annexing agricultural land to develop the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus (DISC)? Annexation ...

October 23, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Burrowing Owls in Davis Once Found in Many Areas

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 23, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Burrowing Owls in Davis Once Found in Many Areas

By Jean Jackman From life on our planet to life in our community At the Planet level … Sir David Attenbor ...

By Jean Jackman From life on our planet to life in our community At the Planet level … Sir David Attenborough, age 93, our international treasure, the famed English naturalist and historian who has in ...

October 23, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: A Different Vision for the DISC 200 Acres

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: A Different Vision for the DISC 200 Acres

by Juliette Beck A little over twelve years ago when I was pregnant with my first child and deciding whet ...

by Juliette Beck A little over twelve years ago when I was pregnant with my first child and deciding whether to move to Davis to join my sister in raising our families here, I looked at the air qualit ...

October 22, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Letter: Approve Measure B and Set the Bar Higher

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 22, 2020
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Letter: Approve Measure B and Set the Bar Higher

By Gerry Braun Measure B would authorize development of the Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus ...

By Gerry Braun Measure B would authorize development of the Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus (“DISC”) north of I-80 and east of Mace Boulevard. I support Measure B because I believe DISC’s ...

October 22, 2020
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