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Davis Chamber of Commerce Attribution on Sample Ballot Unauthorized

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 19, 2006
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Davis Chamber of Commerce Attribution on Sample Ballot Unauthorized

Thanks to a tip, The People's Vanguard of Davis has learned that Bruce Gallaudet, a board member of the D ...

Thanks to a tip, The People's Vanguard of Davis has learned that Bruce Gallaudet, a board member of the Davis Chamber of Commerce and husband of Davis Enterprise Editor Debbie Davis, signed the "Argum ...

October 19, 2006
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Assessing the New Human Relations Commission

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 19, 2006
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Assessing the New Human Relations Commission

It's been a week since the Human Relations Commission met for the first time since council dissolved the ...

It's been a week since the Human Relations Commission met for the first time since council dissolved the former group. There have been many charges levied toward the group and there have been many cha ...

October 19, 2006
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Does Target Doom SMUD or PG&E ensure Target’s Passage?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 18, 2006
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Does Target Doom SMUD or PG&E ensure Target’s Passage?

I found Richard Harris’ column in last night’s Davis Enterprise rather interesting, making the argument t ...

I found Richard Harris’ column in last night’s Davis Enterprise rather interesting, making the argument that Target is a “fight with no lasting significance to the life we live.” He describes us as “w ...

October 18, 2006
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Davis Chamber of Commerce is Neutral on Target “After” they Supported It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2006
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Davis Chamber of Commerce is Neutral on Target “After” they Supported It

Forgive me, as a Bush-hater I don’t like to use this reference, but after reading Sherry Puntillo’s respo ...

Forgive me, as a Bush-hater I don’t like to use this reference, but after reading Sherry Puntillo’s response to a criticism of the Davis Chamber of Commerce, I had myself a John Kerry Flashback. (Reca ...

October 17, 2006
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WILL CITY COUNCIL ALTER DAVIS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2006
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WILL CITY COUNCIL ALTER DAVIS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW?

Those who only read about the Davis Human Relations Meeting in the newspaper last week may have missed th ...

Those who only read about the Davis Human Relations Meeting in the newspaper last week may have missed the big story buried under the lead."[T]he commission has been charged with reviewing the city’s ...

October 16, 2006
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Davis Enterprise Endorses Target

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 15, 2006
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Davis Enterprise Endorses Target

It's Sunday, a low traffic day on the People's Vanguard. I save the hot and juicy stuff for Monday, so I ...

It's Sunday, a low traffic day on the People's Vanguard. I save the hot and juicy stuff for Monday, so I went into this entry without much of an idea of what I was going to wite about. The Enterprise ...

October 15, 2006
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More on Racial Profiling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2006
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More on Racial Profiling

I had originally put this in a comment, I'll throw it as it's own entry and follow-up with some thoughts ...

I had originally put this in a comment, I'll throw it as it's own entry and follow-up with some thoughts on it...One thing that the Davis Police recognize is that the majority of the crime committed i ...

October 14, 2006
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CAB Meetings to Stay out of Public Light

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2006
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CAB Meetings to Stay out of Public Light

The majority City Council moved to change the purview of the Davis Human Relations Commission (HRC) citin ...

The majority City Council moved to change the purview of the Davis Human Relations Commission (HRC) citing that the HRC no longer needs to concern themselves with police issues since council has creat ...

October 13, 2006
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Video Shows Case of Alleged Racial Profiling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2006
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Video Shows Case of Alleged Racial Profiling

The People's Vanguard of Davis has acquired this footage taken in January of 2006. It shows an area coupl ...

The People's Vanguard of Davis has acquired this footage taken in January of 2006. It shows an area couple who witnessed a police officer pulling over an African-American UC Davis student. They then t ...

October 12, 2006
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PG&E Spends $9 Million on anti-SMUD Campaign

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2006
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PG&E Spends $9 Million on anti-SMUD Campaign

The numbers are staggering… According to the Sacramento Bee:“Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has poured $9.4 ...

The numbers are staggering… According to the Sacramento Bee:“Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has poured $9.4 million into an aggressive campaign to retain Yolo County customers, spending $21 for every do ...

October 11, 2006
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Souza Encourages Heystek to Bring up Living Wage Item on His Own

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2006
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Souza Encourages Heystek to Bring up Living Wage Item on His Own

In what follows is the exchange from the August 1, 2006 Meeting where Heystek first requestioned that cou ...

In what follows is the exchange from the August 1, 2006 Meeting where Heystek first requestioned that council agendize the living wage ordinance. Note that he clearly states he would like it on the Se ...

October 11, 2006
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Dreaming of a Green Target?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2006
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Dreaming of a Green Target?

In Sunday’s paper we were told that a “green Target” not only “provides affordable shopping” but it “fits ...

In Sunday’s paper we were told that a “green Target” not only “provides affordable shopping” but it “fits Davis’ values.” I read through the entire column written by a large number of individuals, and ...

October 10, 2006
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Saylor Attacked ASUCD back in May

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2006
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Saylor Attacked ASUCD back in May

Back in early May, the Davis City Council passed a resolution creating the position of the Ombudsman. Pri ...

Back in early May, the Davis City Council passed a resolution creating the position of the Ombudsman. Prior to that meeting, the student body at UC Davis (ASUCD), an elective organization that represe ...

October 09, 2006
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More on Saylor and the Living Wage

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2006
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More on Saylor and the Living Wage

Listening to Saylor again talking about the living wage a number of things strike me once again. You have ...

Listening to Saylor again talking about the living wage a number of things strike me once again. You have a real sense of viciousness cloaked in a veneer of decency by the calm and measured tone that ...

October 07, 2006
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Video Clip of Saylor criticizing Heystek

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2006
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Video Clip of Saylor criticizing Heystek

The following is about a six minute clip from the 9/16/06 Davis City Council Meeting, I invite all to wat ...

The following is about a six minute clip from the 9/16/06 Davis City Council Meeting, I invite all to watch this and see exactly what Saylor said to Heystek and then Heystek's response. ...

October 06, 2006
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Responding to Souza’s Letter on Living Wage

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2006
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Responding to Souza’s Letter on Living Wage

One of the more fun aspects of writing in a blog is the opportunity to respond to all sorts of things in ...

One of the more fun aspects of writing in a blog is the opportunity to respond to all sorts of things in the political sphere of Davis. Last night I was pleased to see a letter to the Davis Enterprise ...

October 06, 2006
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Following up on the Meeting from Tuesday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2006
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Following up on the Meeting from Tuesday

The Davis Enterprise did not cover the meeting, but the California Aggie did and had an article in today’ ...

The Davis Enterprise did not cover the meeting, but the California Aggie did and had an article in today’s paper. (Click here to read the full article) There were a few statements by Saylor and Asmund ...

October 05, 2006
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Fight Night at the Council (Again)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2006
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Fight Night at the Council (Again)

Merging the commissions… It was interesting reading the comments of Kevin Klein, outgoing chairperson and ...

Merging the commissions… It was interesting reading the comments of Kevin Klein, outgoing chairperson and member of the Davis Social Services Commission. For one thing he identified himself as such wh ...

October 04, 2006
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Give us your tired, your sockless, and your underwearless?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 03, 2006
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Give us your tired, your sockless, and your underwearless?

It was amusing reading Tim Spangler's sit-in for Bob Dunning. Aside from the obvious humor is a buried po ...

It was amusing reading Tim Spangler's sit-in for Bob Dunning. Aside from the obvious humor is a buried point... It's simple really. Do a soul-check. You want a Target. You need a Target. Even the voca ...

October 03, 2006
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Gossip and Rumors

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2006
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Gossip and Rumors

Some interesting tidbits that were overheard this weekend...Acting Police Chief Steve Pierce offers an ex ...

Some interesting tidbits that were overheard this weekend...Acting Police Chief Steve Pierce offers an explanation for the incident at Davis High School. He said that the kid fit the description of a ...

October 02, 2006
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