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Still Questioning the EAP Provider Switch

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2007
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Still Questioning the EAP Provider Switch

Council decided to turn away from a 23 year relationship with Psychological Resources and Associates (PRA ...

Council decided to turn away from a 23 year relationship with Psychological Resources and Associates (PRA), a local EAP (Employee Assistance Program) provider of short-term psychological services in f ...

January 18, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Council Adopts Weak Disclosure of Financial Interest in General Plan Steering Committee

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2007
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Council Adopts Weak Disclosure of Financial Interest in General Plan Steering Committee

Early on Wednesday morning, the City Council moved forward on their plan to update the general plan. Each ...

Early on Wednesday morning, the City Council moved forward on their plan to update the general plan. Each member nominated three regulars and one alternate to a 15 member steering committee that would ...

January 18, 2007
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MLK Day in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 17, 2007
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MLK Day in Davis

One of my first memories of MLK Day was actually before it became a national holiday. I was in grade scho ...

One of my first memories of MLK Day was actually before it became a national holiday. I was in grade school in St. Louis, Missouri in 1981. There was an assembly and we watched a video on Martin Luthe ...

January 17, 2007
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Commentary: Council to Decide on Change in Employee Assistance Program Provider

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2007
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Commentary: Council to Decide on Change in Employee Assistance Program Provider

In December 2006, we had an extensive article on the proposed change in the Employee Assistance Program ( ...

In December 2006, we had an extensive article on the proposed change in the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider from the locally owned PRA to the nationally based Cigna.As is often the case, tr ...

January 16, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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MLK Event Tonight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2007
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MLK Event Tonight

Time: 5:30 to 9 PM TONIGHTLOCATION: Cantina del CaboADDRESS: 139 G St.COST: Tickets are $25 and can be pu ...

Time: 5:30 to 9 PM TONIGHTLOCATION: Cantina del CaboADDRESS: 139 G St.COST: Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the doorIn honor of the civil rights activist, the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarshi ...

January 15, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Special Thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2007
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Special Thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr Day

The following is the closing remarks in a speech called "Our God is Marching On." It was delivered on Mar ...

The following is the closing remarks in a speech called "Our God is Marching On." It was delivered on March 25, 1965 in Montgomery, Alabama. How long? Not long, because "no lie can live forever."How l ...

January 15, 2007
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Senior Citizens Commission Moving On

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2007
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Senior Citizens Commission Moving On

The Senior Citizen's Commission met last Thursday for the first time since the Davis City Council dropped ...

The Senior Citizen's Commission met last Thursday for the first time since the Davis City Council dropped their proposal to merge the Senior Citizen's Commission with the Social Services commission.(F ...

January 14, 2007
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Davis Enterprise: Sabotage and Misreporting in Police Audit Study

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2007
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Davis Enterprise: Sabotage and Misreporting in Police Audit Study

In Friday morning’s Sacramento Bee—four Sac Bee staff writers composed a story on an audit of California ...

In Friday morning’s Sacramento Bee—four Sac Bee staff writers composed a story on an audit of California law enforcement agency practices in response to public records requests. The audit was performe ...

January 14, 2007
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Dunning and Mazelis continue crusade against Councilmember Lamar Heystek

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2007
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Dunning and Mazelis continue crusade against Councilmember Lamar Heystek

There were several major reasons that I started this blog, but one of them that continues to stand out fo ...

There were several major reasons that I started this blog, but one of them that continues to stand out for me is that ability to correct the public record about statements that Bob Dunning makes in hi ...

January 12, 2007
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Well-intentioned project has become a fiasco

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2007
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Well-intentioned project has become a fiasco

On July 7, 2005 the Davis Enterprise reported on the ground breaking ceremony for Eleanor Roosevelt Circl ...

On July 7, 2005 the Davis Enterprise reported on the ground breaking ceremony for Eleanor Roosevelt Circle — described as an affordable housing project for senior citizens. This was the result of year ...

January 12, 2007
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Commentary: On Confidentiality and Its Misuses by Government

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2007
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Commentary: On Confidentiality and Its Misuses by Government

Recent events have brought the issue of confidentiality to the forefront. There are times in government w ...

Recent events have brought the issue of confidentiality to the forefront. There are times in government when dealing with the issue of minors or personnel issues that confidentiality is not only legit ...

January 11, 2007
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Wednesday Midday Briefs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 10, 2007
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Wednesday Midday Briefs

Dunning must now lie in the bed that he helped to makeAs I have been a critic of Davis Enterprise Columni ...

Dunning must now lie in the bed that he helped to makeAs I have been a critic of Davis Enterprise Columnist Bob Dunning at times, I must acknowledge that we share the conviction that we not see a clos ...

January 10, 2007
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Formerly Fired Police Captain Nick Concolino on Short List for Police Chief

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 10, 2007
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Formerly Fired Police Captain Nick Concolino on Short List for Police Chief

Last night the Davis Enterprise reported that the city has seven final candidates for the position of Pol ...

Last night the Davis Enterprise reported that the city has seven final candidates for the position of Police Chief and that one of those candidates is not interim Chief Steve Pierce.City Manager Bill ...

January 10, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Seven Early Stories for Davis in ‘007

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 08, 2007
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Seven Early Stories for Davis in ‘007

At the end of 2006, we covered the top 10 stories in Davis for 2006. In today’s blog entry, we will look ...

At the end of 2006, we covered the top 10 stories in Davis for 2006. In today’s blog entry, we will look ahead to some of the stories brewing as the largest for the first part of 2007. As always, new ...

January 08, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Evening Briefs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 08, 2007
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Sunday Evening Briefs

Well Wishes to Kingsley MeltonI wanted to send out well wishes to Kingsley Melton who was seriously burne ...

Well Wishes to Kingsley MeltonI wanted to send out well wishes to Kingsley Melton who was seriously burned down in San Diego on his way to a winter vacation. Kingsley is the son of public defender Bar ...

January 08, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Has Davis Ceded Too Much Power to an Unelected City Manager and Staff?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2007
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Has Davis Ceded Too Much Power to an Unelected City Manager and Staff?

The idea behind the council-manager form of city government is to produce a system that combines the poli ...

The idea behind the council-manager form of city government is to produce a system that combines the political leadership of elected officials with the strong managerial experience of an appointed pro ...

January 04, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Some things are just not funny

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2007
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Commentary: Some things are just not funny

I sat back last spring and watched as Bob Dunning savaged the Buzayan family. In fact, Bob Dunning did no ...

I sat back last spring and watched as Bob Dunning savaged the Buzayan family. In fact, Bob Dunning did not just savage the Buzayan family, he savaged anyone who stood with the Buzayan family and anyon ...

January 03, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Enterprise Watch: Chuck Roe’s Christmas Party

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2007
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Davis Enterprise Watch: Chuck Roe’s Christmas Party

This is the first in what will be a periodic series that aims to monitor the coverage presented by the Da ...

This is the first in what will be a periodic series that aims to monitor the coverage presented by the Davis Enterprise. At times we will point out stories that the Enterprise has not covered, other t ...

January 02, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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Another Alleged Racial Profiling Incident in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2007
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Another Alleged Racial Profiling Incident in Davis

While most of us were enjoying our Christmas holiday, David Johnson was pulled over by the Davis police d ...

While most of us were enjoying our Christmas holiday, David Johnson was pulled over by the Davis police department yet again. It was the second time in two months and over 10 times in the last two yea ...

January 02, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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2006: The Year in Davis Review

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2007
| (24) Comments

2006: The Year in Davis Review

These last days we will have a countdown of the top 10 stories from Davis in 2006. We continue with our t ...

These last days we will have a countdown of the top 10 stories from Davis in 2006. We continue with our tenth and final installment, No.1 Police Oversight and the OmbudsmanThe issue of civilian police ...

January 01, 2007
| by David Greenwald

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