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In-Car Police Computers Remain Inoperative

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 22, 2007
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In-Car Police Computers Remain Inoperative

In the Ombudsman’s report to City Council presented on February 20, 2007, one of the biggest areas of con ...

In the Ombudsman’s report to City Council presented on February 20, 2007, one of the biggest areas of concern was the fact the in-car police computers did not work. This means that police cars could n ...

March 22, 2007
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Sunshine Week: Davis City Council Survey

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2007
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Sunshine Week: Davis City Council Survey

Last week being Sunshine Week, I decided to see how responsive the Davis City Council Members would be to ...

Last week being Sunshine Week, I decided to see how responsive the Davis City Council Members would be to an email. I wasn't sure exactly how they would respond, but I got responses from all five memb ...

March 19, 2007
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Special Commentary: Davis Enterprise Fails to Cover Davis OPEN Presentation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2007
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Special Commentary: Davis Enterprise Fails to Cover Davis OPEN Presentation

On March 1, 2007 the Best Uses of Schools Advisory Task Force spent over an hour and a half presenting th ...

On March 1, 2007 the Best Uses of Schools Advisory Task Force spent over an hour and a half presenting the results of their 18 month study that culminated in their recommendation to close Valley Oak E ...

March 17, 2007
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Sunshine Week: Council Majority Refuses To Broadcast Long-Range Financial Planning Workshop

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 14, 2007
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Sunshine Week: Council Majority Refuses To Broadcast Long-Range Financial Planning Workshop

Last week, as we mentioned in yesterday’s blog entry, the City of Davis passed a proclamation naming this ...

Last week, as we mentioned in yesterday’s blog entry, the City of Davis passed a proclamation naming this week “Sunshine Week.” So it is with great irony that the council this week has chosen to have ...

March 14, 2007
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Sunshine Week: Your Right to Know (What Your Government is Doing)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2007
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Sunshine Week: Your Right to Know (What Your Government is Doing)

One of the most important values in our democratic society is our free and open access to what our govern ...

One of the most important values in our democratic society is our free and open access to what our government is doing. Last week the Davis City Council as prompted by Councilmember Lamar Heystek and ...

March 13, 2007
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City Moves Forward Water Plans

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2007
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City Moves Forward Water Plans

The city is moving forward with an upgrade to its wastewater treatment. This massive project is currently ...

The city is moving forward with an upgrade to its wastewater treatment. This massive project is currently estimated to cost $140 million. The average customer will see their sewer rates increase gradu ...

March 08, 2007
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Superintendent Murphy To Retire/ School Board Receives Best Uses of School Task Force Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 02, 2007
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Superintendent Murphy To Retire/ School Board Receives Best Uses of School Task Force Report

Longtime Superintendent David Murphy of the Davis Joint Unified School District stole the show last night ...

Longtime Superintendent David Murphy of the Davis Joint Unified School District stole the show last night with a surprise announcement that he was stepping down effective July. Citing family needs and ...

March 02, 2007
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Souza Admits “Inconvenient Truth” Racial Profiling Does Exist in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2007
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Souza Admits “Inconvenient Truth” Racial Profiling Does Exist in Davis

It was somewhat surprising to see in the California Aggie on Tuesday that City Councilmember Stephen Souz ...

It was somewhat surprising to see in the California Aggie on Tuesday that City Councilmember Stephen Souza acknowledged “that racial profiling exists in Davis.”This follows a year where several of his ...

March 01, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Police Officer’s Falsified Report Leads to Drawn Out Legal Ordeal for Local Resident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2007
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Police Officer’s Falsified Report Leads to Drawn Out Legal Ordeal for Local Resident

On March 7, 2005, police were called out to the Shasta Point Retirement Apartments in Davis on a report o ...

On March 7, 2005, police were called out to the Shasta Point Retirement Apartments in Davis on a report of children allegedly left unattended in a vehicle in the parking lot. According to the police r ...

February 26, 2007
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Commentary: Whither Human Relations Commission

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2007
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Commentary: Whither Human Relations Commission

Somebody asked me last week if I was planning to go to Thursday night's Human Relations Commission meetin ...

Somebody asked me last week if I was planning to go to Thursday night's Human Relations Commission meeting. I went to the first two--and it was a good thing that I did because at the second meeting, G ...

February 25, 2007
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Revenues Way Down from Parking Enforcement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2007
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Revenues Way Down from Parking Enforcement

On Tuesday, Paul Navazio, the City Finance Directory presented the Mid-Year Budget Update. One area of se ...

On Tuesday, Paul Navazio, the City Finance Directory presented the Mid-Year Budget Update. One area of serious short fall is in the area of parking citations and moving violations. The current revenue ...

February 23, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Thursday Midday Briefs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2007
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Thursday Midday Briefs

Congratulations Captain Black--Please Move to DavisOne of the most telling statistics I heard at a recent ...

Congratulations Captain Black--Please Move to DavisOne of the most telling statistics I heard at a recent meeting is that fewer than 10 and possibly as few as five Davis police officers actually live ...

February 22, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Special Commentary: Peeling Back The Veneer on Police Oversight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2007
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Special Commentary: Peeling Back The Veneer on Police Oversight

Watching the City Council Meeting on Tuesday Night in addition to reading the Davis Enterprise coverage a ...

Watching the City Council Meeting on Tuesday Night in addition to reading the Davis Enterprise coverage and the Ombudsman’s Report on his observations one is very tempted to hearken back to May 2, 200 ...

February 22, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Landy Black Named New Police Chief

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 21, 2007
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Landy Black Named New Police Chief

City Manager Bill Emlen at last night's Davis City Council Meeting announced that Seattle Police Captain ...

City Manager Bill Emlen at last night's Davis City Council Meeting announced that Seattle Police Captain Landy Black has accepted a job offer for the position of Police Chief. Captain Black's tenure w ...

February 21, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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LESSONS LEARNED: Being Nice to Bob Dunning Does Not Pay

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2007
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LESSONS LEARNED: Being Nice to Bob Dunning Does Not Pay

(The Scorpion and the Turtle) Last Friday, I put up a “briefs” piece talking about a few small items, one ...

(The Scorpion and the Turtle) Last Friday, I put up a “briefs” piece talking about a few small items, one of which was some commentary on Dunning’s week where I agreed with several points that he made ...

February 20, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Response to the Police Oversight Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2007
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Vanguard Response to the Police Oversight Report

The Police Oversight report is now out and you can read the full nine-page text on the City Webpage.Clair ...

The Police Oversight report is now out and you can read the full nine-page text on the City Webpage.Claire St. John of the Davis Enterprise also did a story on this in Sunday’s newspaper.If you read y ...

February 19, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Report on Police Oversight Coming at Tuesday’s City Council Meeting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2007
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Report on Police Oversight Coming at Tuesday’s City Council Meeting

A review of the police oversight bodies will occur this coming Tuesday. That will include a report from t ...

A review of the police oversight bodies will occur this coming Tuesday. That will include a report from the Ombudsman Bob Aaronson. Mr. Aaronson was hired in September, so he has been on the job less ...

February 16, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Civilian Police Review Under Fire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2007
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Commentary: Civilian Police Review Under Fire

BackgroundLast week, an Alameda County Judge ruled that the Berkeley Police Review Commission’s public he ...

BackgroundLast week, an Alameda County Judge ruled that the Berkeley Police Review Commission’s public hearings violate state confidentiality laws. The Judge wrote:“Public disclosure of (the commissio ...

February 15, 2007
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Examination of EAP Program Reveals Surge in Spending and Hours

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2007
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Examination of EAP Program Reveals Surge in Spending and Hours

Based on a tip, we made a public records request of the recent city spending on their Employee Assistance ...

Based on a tip, we made a public records request of the recent city spending on their Employee Assistance Program (EAP). An EAP is supposed to cover short-term psychological services for employees who ...

February 15, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Profiling the Housing Element Steering Committee Members

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 13, 2007
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Profiling the Housing Element Steering Committee Members

It was originally my intention to do a profile on each of the members of the steering committee individua ...

It was originally my intention to do a profile on each of the members of the steering committee individually. What I've discovered is that there is too much going on and things are occurring too quick ...

February 13, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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