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City Manager’s Memo on Cuts Misses the Point

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2009
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City Manager’s Memo on Cuts Misses the Point

Anyone who watched even a portion of the Davis City Council meeting last night saw some amazing maneuvers ...

Anyone who watched even a portion of the Davis City Council meeting last night saw some amazing maneuvers by some on the council along with the city manager to avoid the real tough issues and attempt ...

April 08, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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City To Take Substantial Hit With PERS Rate Increase

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2009
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City To Take Substantial Hit With PERS Rate Increase

Somewhat buried in the staff report on the current budget crisis is a rather bleak forecast that looks at ...

Somewhat buried in the staff report on the current budget crisis is a rather bleak forecast that looks at the hit the city is likely to take with regards to its PERS contributions for the years 2010/1 ...

April 06, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: City Needs to Enforce Current Ordinances Not Make New Ones

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2009
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Commentary: City Needs to Enforce Current Ordinances Not Make New Ones

Today has been one of those days where I have several good ideas for a column, but no great ideas for a c ...

Today has been one of those days where I have several good ideas for a column, but no great ideas for a column. For example we have now had two horrific killings of police officers one of course down ...

April 05, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Noise Issues Persist With Little Help From City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 03, 2009
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Noise Issues Persist With Little Help From City

The Vanguard has acquired records dating back to 1994 that show that the neighbors living on Cezanne Cour ...

The Vanguard has acquired records dating back to 1994 that show that the neighbors living on Cezanne Court in Davis have had to put up with an inordinant amount of noise from their neighbor, the priva ...

April 03, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: No Faith That Davis Can Enact the Change We Need

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2009
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Commentary: No Faith That Davis Can Enact the Change We Need

In yesterday evening's Davis Enterprise, Rich Rifkin had an interesting article about 10 necessary reform ...

In yesterday evening's Davis Enterprise, Rich Rifkin had an interesting article about 10 necessary reforms the council needs to make with regards to employee contracts. While I think this is a good s ...

April 02, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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City Fails to Address Critical Budget Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2009
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City Fails to Address Critical Budget Issues

The city of Davis faces an immediate deficit of $3 million per year which is compounded by long-term stru ...

The city of Davis faces an immediate deficit of $3 million per year which is compounded by long-term structural problems caused by rising costs for pensions, retirement health care, and $13 million in ...

April 01, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Can the City Do More To Bring A Grocer to Westlake?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2009
| (24) Comments

Can the City Do More To Bring A Grocer to Westlake?

That has long been a topic of conversation both in West Davis and throughout the community. The city has ...

That has long been a topic of conversation both in West Davis and throughout the community. The city has consistently maintained that they have an interest in bringing a grocery store to Westlake, bu ...

April 01, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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What Will Be the Impact on Davis of Losing Gottschalks?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2009
| (45) Comments

What Will Be the Impact on Davis of Losing Gottschalks?

In the last week, the news has come forward that the Gottschalks department store chain, which filed for ...

In the last week, the news has come forward that the Gottschalks department store chain, which filed for bankruptcy in January will be headed for liquidation.Last week the Davis Enterprise quoted Sara ...

March 31, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Somebody is Going To Get Hurt

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 28, 2009
| (21) Comments

Commentary: Somebody is Going To Get Hurt

My irritation with this city continues to grow with regards to Fifth Street between B and L. The city kn ...

My irritation with this city continues to grow with regards to Fifth Street between B and L. The city knows it is a problem, they have known it is a problem. It has one of the highest accident rates ...

March 28, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Council’s Commitment to Open Government Needs Improvement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2009
| (12) Comments

Council’s Commitment to Open Government Needs Improvement

Last week from March 15-21, 2009 marked "Sunshine Week" across the country. This is th ...

Last week from March 15-21, 2009 marked "Sunshine Week" across the country. This is the celebration and a reminder of the need to advance the cause of "open government. ...

March 27, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Analysis: Four Person Engine Teams Not the Rule

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2009
| (28) Comments

Vanguard Analysis: Four Person Engine Teams Not the Rule

Many Comparable Cities Have Gone To Three Person Engines - Last week, it was the Davis Enterprise leading ...

Many Comparable Cities Have Gone To Three Person Engines - Last week, it was the Davis Enterprise leading the way on reforming city expenditures on staff. First, the Davis Enterprise in a front page ...

March 25, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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City of Davis Acknowledges Use of Pesticide in Sewers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2009
| (12) Comments

City of Davis Acknowledges Use of Pesticide in Sewers

IPM Coordinator Calls For Cessation of Usage During the Integrated Pest Management program's 2008 annual ...

IPM Coordinator Calls For Cessation of Usage During the Integrated Pest Management program's 2008 annual report at the Natural Resources Commission meeting Monday night, IPM Coordinator Martin Guerena ...

March 24, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Further Examination into Total Compensation for City Employees

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2009
| (34) Comments

Further Examination into Total Compensation for City Employees

On Thursday, the Vanguard followed up on its story from last year on the number of 100K employees in the ...

On Thursday, the Vanguard followed up on its story from last year on the number of 100K employees in the City of Davis. As the Davis Enterprise reported on Wednesday, the number has risen from 61 to ...

March 23, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Finally Recognizes That Now Was Not the Time

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 22, 2009
| (51) Comments

Commentary: Council Finally Recognizes That Now Was Not the Time

On Tuesday night, the council by a 4-1 vote decided to push back consideration of the General Plan update ...

On Tuesday night, the council by a 4-1 vote decided to push back consideration of the General Plan update until at least July as the city grapples with a serious budget deficit. The lone dissenter wa ...

March 22, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Council Backs Off New Tobacco Ordinance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 21, 2009
| (15) Comments

Council Backs Off New Tobacco Ordinance

When a business that sells among other things, tobacco related paraphernalia moved to the prominent locat ...

When a business that sells among other things, tobacco related paraphernalia moved to the prominent location at Second and G in the corner space of the Anderson Bank building some members of the counc ...

March 21, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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A Bombshell Was Dropped – What Next?

Posted by Elaine Roberts Musser
|Date: March 20, 2009
| (6) Comments

A Bombshell Was Dropped – What Next?

Word To The Wise A Bombshell Was Dropped - What’s Next? By E. Roberts Musser In our Davis Senior Citize ...

Word To The Wise A Bombshell Was Dropped - What’s Next? By E. Roberts Musser In our Davis Senior Citizens Commission meeting on Thursday, March 12, 2009, our City Council liaison Sue Greenwald dropp ...

March 20, 2009
| by Elaine Roberts Musser

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Overtime is Down, but 100K Club Expands in 2008

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2009
| (31) Comments

Overtime is Down, but 100K Club Expands in 2008

The Vanguard was pleased to see the Davis Enterprise reporter Claire St. John on Wednesday run a story wh ...

The Vanguard was pleased to see the Davis Enterprise reporter Claire St. John on Wednesday run a story which highlighted the 100K Club of Davis for 2008, updating the work the Vanguard did on August 5 ...

March 19, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Lewis Withdraws Application to Develop Cannery Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2009
| (58) Comments

Lewis Withdraws Application to Develop Cannery Park

The Vanguard learned yesterday evening that Lewis Properties has withdrawn their application to re-zone t ...

The Vanguard learned yesterday evening that Lewis Properties has withdrawn their application to re-zone the 100-acre empty site that used to occupy the Hunt Wesson Cannery in Davis as well as to the s ...

March 18, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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City Pares Down Costs of Proposed General Plan, But Still Doesn’t Get it

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2009
| (10) Comments

City Pares Down Costs of Proposed General Plan, But Still Doesn’t Get it

After criticism at the last workshop on the General Plan the city staff has pared down the costs of the p ...

After criticism at the last workshop on the General Plan the city staff has pared down the costs of the proposed projects. The concern was expressed during the last meeting that a traditional general ...

March 17, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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Noise Ordinance Exemption Aimed At Political Favoritism

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 16, 2009
| (15) Comments

Noise Ordinance Exemption Aimed At Political Favoritism

Neighbors Have Long Battled Friend of Mayor Pro Tem To Abate Noise From Montessori Day Care Center At las ...

Neighbors Have Long Battled Friend of Mayor Pro Tem To Abate Noise From Montessori Day Care Center At last week's City Council meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Don Saylor placed an item on the agenda that would ...

March 16, 2009
| by David Greenwald

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