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Commentary: City Staff, Is the System Broken?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 31, 2007
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Commentary: City Staff, Is the System Broken?

On Monday after my article appeared on the Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) situation involving a city staf ...

On Monday after my article appeared on the Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) situation involving a city staffer who gave false and misleading information to council about a 23 year city vendor, I receive ...

January 31, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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2008 City Council Candidates

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2007
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2008 City Council Candidates

In order to regain a majority on the council, Progressives are going to need to hold onto Mayor Sue Green ...

In order to regain a majority on the council, Progressives are going to need to hold onto Mayor Sue Greenwald's seat while they take at least one other seat. At this point, both Councilmembers Stephen ...

January 30, 2007
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Tracing the recent history of the water supply project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2007
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Tracing the recent history of the water supply project

A review of a variety of staff reports, public workshop notes, and newspaper articles reveals a rather in ...

A review of a variety of staff reports, public workshop notes, and newspaper articles reveals a rather interesting labyrinth of policies that have led us from the council approved recommendations of t ...

January 30, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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City Staffer Botches Testimony To Council on EAP

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 29, 2007
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City Staffer Botches Testimony To Council on EAP

The People's Vanguard of Davis has learned that when Davis City Human Resources Administrator, Melissa Ch ...

The People's Vanguard of Davis has learned that when Davis City Human Resources Administrator, Melissa Chaney, told the Davis City Council at the January 16, 2007 City Council Meeting, that the city's ...

January 29, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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General Plan Steering Committee Profile: Jay Gerber

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2007
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General Plan Steering Committee Profile: Jay Gerber

Continuing our periodic series profiling some of the members of the General Plan Housing Element, we look ...

Continuing our periodic series profiling some of the members of the General Plan Housing Element, we look at Jay Gerber.Jay Gerber owns the Cable Car Wash in Davis. He was appointed to the General Pla ...

January 28, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Talk is Cheap, We Need Real Environmentalism

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2007
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Talk is Cheap, We Need Real Environmentalism

It was interesting reading the Davis Enterprise on Thursday evening about the City Council's overtures to ...

It was interesting reading the Davis Enterprise on Thursday evening about the City Council's overtures toward a greener and more energy efficient city. And let me be clear, this absolutely should be a ...

January 27, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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The Future of Reparking in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2007
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The Future of Reparking in Davis

On August 14, 2006 the city implement strict rules against "reparking" based on a new city ordinance. The ...

On August 14, 2006 the city implement strict rules against "reparking" based on a new city ordinance. The idea at the time was that by forcing cars to move to a different block every hour and a half t ...

January 27, 2007
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A further examination of the Eleanor Roosevelt Circle Affordable Housing Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 26, 2007
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A further examination of the Eleanor Roosevelt Circle Affordable Housing Project

A few weeks ago we had a critical article on the Senior Affordable Housing project, Eleanor Roosevelt Cir ...

A few weeks ago we had a critical article on the Senior Affordable Housing project, Eleanor Roosevelt Circle. The developers of that project--Luke Watkins and David Thompson requested a chance to addr ...

January 26, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Addressing the Issue of Homelessness in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 26, 2007
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Guest Commentary: Addressing the Issue of Homelessness in Davis

The critical resource that the homeless of Davis is housing. It is a commonly known fact that there is a ...

The critical resource that the homeless of Davis is housing. It is a commonly known fact that there is a long term and emergency shelter program operating in the city of Davis, operated by Davis Commu ...

January 26, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Briefs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 26, 2007
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Briefs

I wanted to get this up here as well, following up on the profile we did earlier this week on the Rev. Kr ...

I wanted to get this up here as well, following up on the profile we did earlier this week on the Rev. Kristin Stoneking who named to the Housing Element Steering Committee for the General Plan by Cou ...

January 26, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Dunning’s Misleading Column

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2007
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Dunning’s Misleading Column

Earlier this week on January 23, Dunning wrote:THOSE BAYING LEGAL BEAGLES … last week I mentioned in this ...

Earlier this week on January 23, Dunning wrote:THOSE BAYING LEGAL BEAGLES … last week I mentioned in this space the persistent rumor that legal types are examining the various blogs in town for possib ...

January 25, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Concerns About City Staff Providing Alternatives to Preferred Direction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2007
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Commentary: Concerns About City Staff Providing Alternatives to Preferred Direction

On Tuesday night, at the Davis City Council's Workshop on Water, Davis City Councilmember Lamar Heystek a ...

On Tuesday night, at the Davis City Council's Workshop on Water, Davis City Councilmember Lamar Heystek asked city staff and consultants to provide him with some of the disadvantages about using a reg ...

January 25, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Dunning’s Reckless History of Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2007
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Guest Commentary: Dunning’s Reckless History of Davis

I write to rebut Bob Dunning's latest installment in the reckless history of Davis he has inserted into h ...

I write to rebut Bob Dunning's latest installment in the reckless history of Davis he has inserted into his column for many years. In the Enterprise of January 24th, his latest bizarre cause and effec ...

January 25, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Davis City Council Water Workshop

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2007
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Commentary: Davis City Council Water Workshop

Last night the Davis City Council spent probably six hours listening to and discussing water--water suppl ...

Last night the Davis City Council spent probably six hours listening to and discussing water--water supply and water treatment.The new water plan is in its early stages, there was a permit requested i ...

January 24, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Free Speech and Blogging

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2007
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Free Speech and Blogging

Last night I found myself once again the target of Davis Columnist Bob Dunning's sardonic humor. Oh he di ...

Last night I found myself once again the target of Davis Columnist Bob Dunning's sardonic humor. Oh he did not mention me or this blog by name, but it was pretty clear who he was referring to. (Davis ...

January 24, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Midday Briefs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2007
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Midday Briefs

Response to Letter to Sacramento BeeRuth Pagano of West Sacramento wrote into the Sacramento Bee complain ...

Response to Letter to Sacramento BeeRuth Pagano of West Sacramento wrote into the Sacramento Bee complaining what she believes are about my blatant false representations of recent events in Davis.An u ...

January 23, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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General Plan Steering Committee Profile: Rev. Kristin Stoneking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2007
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General Plan Steering Committee Profile: Rev. Kristin Stoneking

With the composition of a 15 member steering committee who will work on the General Plan Housing Element ...

With the composition of a 15 member steering committee who will work on the General Plan Housing Element now having been named, we will over the course of the next few weeks profile a few of the membe ...

January 23, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: More Thinking About the Police Audit

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2007
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Commentary: More Thinking About the Police Audit

For those who did not catch Debra LoGuercio's column in yesterday's Davis Enterprise, it is worth a read ...

For those who did not catch Debra LoGuercio's column in yesterday's Davis Enterprise, it is worth a read if you haven't already turned your paper into compost. LoGuercio is editor of the Winter's Expr ...

January 22, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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A Couple of Police Incidents at UC Davis Last Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2007
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A Couple of Police Incidents at UC Davis Last Week

In a story that made the news across the region, a student in possession of a replica rifle led to lockdo ...

In a story that made the news across the region, a student in possession of a replica rifle led to lockdown of Dutton Hall last Thursday.What is interesting about this incident is that the first perso ...

January 22, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Midday Briefs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2007
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Sunday Midday Briefs

Davis Police Chief FinalistsThe Davis Enterprise reported on Thursday that City Manager Bill Emlen has an ...

Davis Police Chief FinalistsThe Davis Enterprise reported on Thursday that City Manager Bill Emlen has announced that there are three finalists for the Police Chief position vacated in June by the dep ...

January 21, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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