In the third of our interviews with the Davis City Council candidates, we spoke with Rochelle Swanson.  On Monday we ran our interview with Joe Krovoza.  On Friday we ran our interview with Jon Li.   ...

In 2004, the voters of Davis passed a half-cent sales tax that was supposed to preserve city services from cuts.  Instead what we saw is that the $3 million for sales tax went almost directly to a 36% ...

It has been a long week and thus instead of completing all of the candidates interviews this week, we have only gotten to two interviews.  On Monday we ran Joe Krovoza’s interview.  Today we will run ...

Rochelle Swanson Surges into Second Place in Money Race Thursday marked the disclosure deadline in the Davis City Council race along with Measures Q and R.  We have learned several interesting things ...

Just when you thought you have read your last candidates’ forum, the UC Davis student government, ASUCD, held its own candidates forum on campus Wednesday evening focusing largely on student issues.   ...

As the Vanguard reported on Sunday and again on Tuesday, Mayor Ruth Asmundson and Retired UC Davis Law Professor Marty West filed a form 410 and created an Independent Expenditure Committee entitled, ...

On Sunday the Vanguard reported that we would be filing an FPPC complaint against an independent expenditure committee created by Mayor Ruth Asmundson and Retired UC Davis Law Professor Marty West, “C ...

As we head down to the final stretch in the 2010 Davis City Council campaign, the Vanguard will this week publish our interviews of candidates.  The Vanguard took previous statements and positions tha ...

The Vanguard learned on Friday that former School Board Member Marty West and Mayor Ruth Asmundson have filed the FPPC Form 410 to create an independent expenditure committee to Support Sydney Vergis ...

The conventional wisdom in this council election is that Joe Krovoza is the front runner and likely to finish first and that second place will come down to Sydney Vergis and Rochelle Swanson.  Often i ...

Measure Q is the renewal of a half cent sales tax in Davis which generates on average three million dollars in general fund revenue.  The League of Women Voters forum gave us the opportunity to hear t ...

Endorsement Caps of a Great Week for Swanson and a Tough Week For Vergis - For the second time this week, Joe Krovoza and Rochelle Swanson have received a major endorsement, this time from the Davis E ...

Last week, when the League of Women Voters held their forum, they not only had a candidates for with the city council candidates, but they also had the only discussion on Measure Q and Measure J.Last ...

Davis Democratic Club Endorses Joe Krovoza - On Wednesday, the UC Davis College Democrats hosted a City Council candidates’ forum that was co-sponsored by the Davis Vanguard.  All of the candidates ca ...

The Bee in the first major endorsement in the Davis City Council race has opted to endorse Joe Krovoza and Rochelle Swanson.  Do endorsements really matter some may ask?  Probably not.  Two years ago, ...

Friday marked the last of the major candidate’s forums.  This one was the League of Women Voters’ forum.  In addition to a City Council Candidate’s debate, they also hosted the debate over Measure Q ( ...

This is part two of the DDBA candidates forum.  As a reminder, this evening at 7 pm will be the League of Women Voter's Forum at the Community Chambers at 23 Russell Blvd in Davis. This represents the ...

On Thursday night, the five Davis City Council candidates were at it again, this time meeting at a forum with the Davis Downtown Business Association (DDBA).  The theme this evening was business, the ...

The other day, I stumbled across Sydney Vergis' campaign ad.  It's a pretty basic 30 second ad, basically a name recognition piece.  Given Davis' position in the market, one has to rely on doing cable ...

It was a different setting on Monday night in Davis, as the City Council candidates gathered outside of Bike Forth to discuss bikes and transportation issues sponsored by Davis Bicycles and the Davis ...