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Civil Rights Fighters Honored in Davis Tuesday Night

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2007
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Civil Rights Fighters Honored in Davis Tuesday Night

At Tuesday's City Council Meeting, a number of community leaders in civil rights were honored with Thong ...

At Tuesday's City Council Meeting, a number of community leaders in civil rights were honored with Thong Hy Huynh Awards. The awards are named for the 1983 killing of Huynh, who was stabbed to death i ...

May 17, 2007
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Council Preserves Anderson Bank Building as an Historic Site

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 16, 2007
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Council Preserves Anderson Bank Building as an Historic Site

The Davis City Council last night voted by a 3-2 margin to accept the "no change alternative" to the Ande ...

The Davis City Council last night voted by a 3-2 margin to accept the "no change alternative" to the Anderson Bank Building, turning back a heavily lobbied bid by owner Jim Kidd to alter the window st ...

May 16, 2007
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Monday Midday Briefs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2007
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Monday Midday Briefs

Psuedonymity on the InternetI guess to the surprise of few I come down strongly in favor of psuedonymity. ...

Psuedonymity on the InternetI guess to the surprise of few I come down strongly in favor of psuedonymity.But there as an interesting piece in the Washington Post today on the subject: These days ...

May 14, 2007
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Guest Commentary: Changing The Anderson Bank Building Not in the Public Interest

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2007
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Guest Commentary: Changing The Anderson Bank Building Not in the Public Interest

Tomorrow an item will appear on the Davis City Council Agenda that will first certify the Environmental I ...

Tomorrow an item will appear on the Davis City Council Agenda that will first certify the Environmental Impact Report. The City Staff Report is recommending that they take the council adopt the "no ac ...

May 14, 2007
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Vanguard Comes to the Whole Earth Festival

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 13, 2007
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Vanguard Comes to the Whole Earth Festival

It was a spectacular day in Davis yesterday, the temperatures in the comfortable range in the 70s. In pre ...

It was a spectacular day in Davis yesterday, the temperatures in the comfortable range in the 70s. In previous years I can remember days where the temperatures closed in on 100 and others where it was ...

May 13, 2007
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Commentary: On the Politics of Long Council Meetings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 12, 2007
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Commentary: On the Politics of Long Council Meetings

The job of a blogger is never quite what one would expect. I've discovered this myself reporting on thing ...

The job of a blogger is never quite what one would expect. I've discovered this myself reporting on things at times that I would never have even thought about before. The issue of long meetings and ci ...

May 12, 2007
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A heated Campaign Battle Underway Over the Issue of the Anderson Bank Building’s Windows

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 11, 2007
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A heated Campaign Battle Underway Over the Issue of the Anderson Bank Building’s Windows

On Tuesday Night at Stacy Mitchell's Presentation on the dangers of Big-Box Retail, it was announced that ...

On Tuesday Night at Stacy Mitchell's Presentation on the dangers of Big-Box Retail, it was announced that Jim Kidd, who is the current owner of the Anderson Bank Building, had a petition he was circul ...

May 11, 2007
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Commentary: When “Fair and Balanced” is Less Accurate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 09, 2007
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Commentary: When “Fair and Balanced” is Less Accurate

The other week at a school board meeting, Jeff Hudson, the Davis Enterprise beat reporter who covers the ...

The other week at a school board meeting, Jeff Hudson, the Davis Enterprise beat reporter who covers the school district made the casual remark to me that it must be nice not to have space limitations ...

May 09, 2007
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“Big-Box Swindle” Author Speaks To DIMA Audience on Evils of Big-Box Retail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 09, 2007
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“Big-Box Swindle” Author Speaks To DIMA Audience on Evils of Big-Box Retail

The Davis Independent Merchants Association (DIMA) held their first public event last night in the baseme ...

The Davis Independent Merchants Association (DIMA) held their first public event last night in the basement of the Davis Teen Center. Author Stacy Mitchell who wrote the book "The Big-Box Swindle" spo ...

May 09, 2007
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Innovative New Junior High School Program Targets Bullying

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 08, 2007
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Innovative New Junior High School Program Targets Bullying

At last week's school board meeting, Davis Joint Unified School District Climate Coordinator Mel Lewis di ...

At last week's school board meeting, Davis Joint Unified School District Climate Coordinator Mel Lewis discussed the innovative new program that is being piloted at the Junior High School level--the s ...

May 08, 2007
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Historical Preservation Once Again a Burning Issue in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 07, 2007
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Historical Preservation Once Again a Burning Issue in Davis

At the May 15, 2007 Davis City Council Meeting, the City Council will have a hearing on the Anderson Bank ...

At the May 15, 2007 Davis City Council Meeting, the City Council will have a hearing on the Anderson Bank Building EIR (environmental impact report) and a decision as to whether to forward one of the ...

May 07, 2007
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Davis Residents Face Double-Whammy of Water Rate Hikes in Coming Decade

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 06, 2007
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Davis Residents Face Double-Whammy of Water Rate Hikes in Coming Decade

The Davis City Council held a public meeting last Tuesday to discuss a planned rate increase for both wat ...

The Davis City Council held a public meeting last Tuesday to discuss a planned rate increase for both water and sewage rates. The public had an opportunity to come out and protest these rate hikes--a ...

May 06, 2007
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Davis Police Compare Favorably in their Actions on Tuesday Compared with the Problems in Los Angeles

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 05, 2007
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Davis Police Compare Favorably in their Actions on Tuesday Compared with the Problems in Los Angeles

As I watched the protest on Tuesday as it moved from campus, through the middle of Russell Boulevard and ...

As I watched the protest on Tuesday as it moved from campus, through the middle of Russell Boulevard and eventually to the intersection of Russell and Anderson, I remarked to several people the profes ...

May 05, 2007
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Monday Briefs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 30, 2007
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Monday Briefs

"Big Box Swindle" Author to Appear in DavisDavis Independent Merchants Alliance presents:Author Stacy Mit ...

"Big Box Swindle" Author to Appear in DavisDavis Independent Merchants Alliance presents:Author Stacy Mitchell with a fact-filled stimulating entertaining eye-opening discussion aboutwhere your shoppi ...

April 30, 2007
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HRC Gets an Earful on Race Relations at the High School

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 27, 2007
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HRC Gets an Earful on Race Relations at the High School

For the first time since the Davis Human Relations Commission was disbanded and then reconstituted, the H ...

For the first time since the Davis Human Relations Commission was disbanded and then reconstituted, the HRC listened to members of the public talking about their concerns about race relations at Davis ...

April 27, 2007
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Analysis: Asmundson’s Attack on the Mayor Unfounded

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2007
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Analysis: Asmundson’s Attack on the Mayor Unfounded

The notion of civility was floated by Don Saylor in his Op-ed a few weeks ago. At the time, I pointed out ...

The notion of civility was floated by Don Saylor in his Op-ed a few weeks ago. At the time, I pointed out in this space that Saylor was very quick to complain about incivility when he was on the recei ...

April 26, 2007
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City Passes Tough New Conflict of Interest Disclosure Requirements Leading to the Resignation of Commissioners

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2007
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City Passes Tough New Conflict of Interest Disclosure Requirements Leading to the Resignation of Commissioners

The Davis Enterprise and reporter Claire St. John reported in Sunday's paper that three members of the Bu ...

The Davis Enterprise and reporter Claire St. John reported in Sunday's paper that three members of the Business and Economic Development Commission (BEDC) had resigned over the extension of article tw ...

April 23, 2007
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City Power Vested Strongly in Unelected Public Officials Harms Democracy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 19, 2007
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City Power Vested Strongly in Unelected Public Officials Harms Democracy

Towards the beginning of Tuesday evening's Davis City Council meeting, Mayor Sue Greenwald made note that ...

Towards the beginning of Tuesday evening's Davis City Council meeting, Mayor Sue Greenwald made note that City Manager Bill Emlen had produced a long agenda and done so over her objections. It was ano ...

April 19, 2007
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In Tribute to Mel Trujillo

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 18, 2007
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In Tribute to Mel Trujillo

My friends, as many of you know, Davis lost a dear and treasured resident of its community last Friday, M ...

My friends, as many of you know, Davis lost a dear and treasured resident of its community last Friday, Mel Trujillo. Mel was not just a community leader but he was also a very cherished personal frie ...

April 18, 2007
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Davis City Council Delays Proclamation to PG&E While Woodland “Studies” Public Power Issue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 18, 2007
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Davis City Council Delays Proclamation to PG&E While Woodland “Studies” Public Power Issue

PG&E had a representative waiting in the audience to receive their award for donating $10,000 to the ...

PG&E had a representative waiting in the audience to receive their award for donating $10,000 to the Davis Street Smarts program. But they will have to wait at least until the next meeting to rece ...

April 18, 2007
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