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Sunday Commentary: Even Before COVID Struck, Paid Parking Was Going to Be Off the Table

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Even Before COVID Struck, Paid Parking Was Going to Be Off the Table

As someone who drives downtown to work every day—even now—I have a lot of frustration with the way things ...

As someone who drives downtown to work every day—even now—I have a lot of frustration with the way things were handled by the city and the community with regard to paid parking in the downtown area. U ...

August 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: But Was It Legal?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2020
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My View: But Was It Legal?

As we reported earlier this week, the so-called “Freedom to Park” initiative fell short of the required 3 ...

As we reported earlier this week, the so-called “Freedom to Park” initiative fell short of the required 3938 signatures needed to qualify. A statement from the organizers indicated “we are going to r ...

January 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Freedom to Park Initiative Fails to Qualify

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2020
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Freedom to Park Initiative Fails to Qualify

An initiative led by Dan Urazandi of Bizarro World that would have prohibited paid parking and mandated a ...

An initiative led by Dan Urazandi of Bizarro World that would have prohibited paid parking and mandated an increase of 120 auto spaces failed to qualify for the ballot by the December 27 deadline. In ...

January 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Freedom to Park Initiative Doesn’t Make a Lot of Sense

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 27, 2019
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Commentary: Freedom to Park Initiative Doesn’t Make a Lot of Sense

Last spring, several years after the Davis Downtown Parking Advisory Task Force recommended we go to paid ...

Last spring, several years after the Davis Downtown Parking Advisory Task Force recommended we go to paid parking, the Davis City Council finally took up the issue. After pushback from downtown busin ...

December 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Freedom to Park Might Be an Ironic Title

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 25, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Freedom to Park Might Be an Ironic Title

It kind of reminds me of the euphemistic title the “right to work,” but “freedom to park” is the title of ...

It kind of reminds me of the euphemistic title the “right to work,” but “freedom to park” is the title of the campaign opposing paid parking in the downtown – ironic because prohibiting the charging o ...

November 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Parking, Fluoridation, Green Waste – What Davis Can’t Seem to Get Right

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2019
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Commentary: Parking, Fluoridation, Green Waste – What Davis Can’t Seem to Get Right

When I started the Vanguard – 13 years ago this coming July – I had the premise of the “dark underbelly” ...

When I started the Vanguard – 13 years ago this coming July – I had the premise of the “dark underbelly” of Davis. The idea was that beneath the veneer of progressive enlightenment was this darker co ...

March 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Finds Middle Ground Adding Paid Parking in Lots, but Not on Surface Streets

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2019
| (18) Comments

Council Finds Middle Ground Adding Paid Parking in Lots, but Not on Surface Streets

It turned out that none of the four members of the Davis City Council were ready to add paid parking on t ...

It turned out that none of the four members of the Davis City Council were ready to add paid parking on the streets, and so they created a compromise on Monday that added paid parking for four surface ...

March 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does Davis Believe in Science?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does Davis Believe in Science?

As we move toward a decision on paid parking, it is disconcerting the extent to which Davis, home of a wo ...

As we move toward a decision on paid parking, it is disconcerting the extent to which Davis, home of a world class university, ignores science and scientific methods when it serves its purpose. We ma ...

March 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Is Now the Time to Implement Paid Parking?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Is Now the Time to Implement Paid Parking?

One of the big questions we asked back during the Trackside debate was – even if you believe that Tracksi ...

One of the big questions we asked back during the Trackside debate was – even if you believe that Trackside should go to four stories – should it have been approved at that time or was it better to wa ...

March 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Part Two of the Paid Parking Discussion Comes Monday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 22, 2019
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Part Two of the Paid Parking Discussion Comes Monday

With a packed house and more than two hours of public comment on Tuesday, March 5, the council made the c ...

With a packed house and more than two hours of public comment on Tuesday, March 5, the council made the call to adjourn the meeting and reconvene. After originally scheduling the meeting on paid park ...

March 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Downtown Entreats Council to Reject Parking Meters

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 21, 2019
| (15) Comments

Guest Commentary: Downtown Entreats Council to Reject Parking Meters

by Dan Urazandi The history of paid parking in Davis has unfolded outside my store window. From here, the ...

by Dan Urazandi The history of paid parking in Davis has unfolded outside my store window. From here, the center of downtown and the maelstrom of the debate on paid parking, I can see the cause of par ...

March 21, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Week Out, Perhaps Signs of Possible Ways to Compromise on Paid Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2019
| (43) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: A Week Out, Perhaps Signs of Possible Ways to Compromise on Paid Parking

We are a week a way from the continuation of the March 5 meeting on paid parking – the new meeting will b ...

We are a week a way from the continuation of the March 5 meeting on paid parking – the new meeting will be held as a continuation on Monday, March 25, at 6:30 pm. A key question will be whether a com ...

March 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2019
| (5) Comments

Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?

At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has been interesting ...

At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has been interesting to watch the shift in these addresses over time. Dan Wolk during his time as mayor offered an ...

March 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Council’s Dilemma – Do They Listen to Stakeholders or the Experts on Parking?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2019
| (83) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Council’s Dilemma – Do They Listen to Stakeholders or the Experts on Parking?

Given the time of night it was on Tuesday and where they were in the meeting, delay made sense. But in a ...

Given the time of night it was on Tuesday and where they were in the meeting, delay made sense. But in a lot of ways the council simply prolonged the agony. My commentary on Thursday generating good ...

March 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council’s Decision to Delay Decision on Parking – the Good and the Bad

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 07, 2019
| (64) Comments

Commentary: Council’s Decision to Delay Decision on Parking – the Good and the Bad

How many times have we seen council, in their desire to make a decision on a controversial item, go late ...

How many times have we seen council, in their desire to make a decision on a controversial item, go late into the evening passing midnight, one, and on a very few occasions, even three? I have seen t ...

March 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Does Not Make a Decision as Tensions Rise about Paid Parking Proposal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2019
| (30) Comments

Council Does Not Make a Decision as Tensions Rise about Paid Parking Proposal

By Linnea Patterson and David Greenwald City Hall was packed on Tuesday night to hear the city council’s ...

By Linnea Patterson and David Greenwald City Hall was packed on Tuesday night to hear the city council’s decision on the highly controversial proposition of paid parking downtown. Consulting firm Nels ...

March 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Thoughts on Paid Parking

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 05, 2019
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: Thoughts on Paid Parking

By Will Arnold This Tuesday, my City Council colleagues will discuss, and potentially take action, regard ...

By Will Arnold This Tuesday, my City Council colleagues will discuss, and potentially take action, regarding how and where we park our cars in Downtown Davis. By virtue of my wife and I owning a busin ...

March 05, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Editorial Opposes Paid Parking in the Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2019
| (18) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Editorial Opposes Paid Parking in the Downtown

The Enterprise editorial basically argues that the parking issue while it has been about the availability ...

The Enterprise editorial basically argues that the parking issue while it has been about the availability of spaces, will become about revenue. It is an interesting argument, the problem I think is t ...

March 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: If Businesses Don’t Want Paid Parking Downtown They Have an Alternative

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2019
| (28) Comments

Sunday Commentary: If Businesses Don’t Want Paid Parking Downtown They Have an Alternative

In a letter to the mayor in late January, the Davis Chamber came out against the paid parking proposal, a ...

In a letter to the mayor in late January, the Davis Chamber came out against the paid parking proposal, arguing they do not “believe the proposal will enhance the unique character of the City or enhan ...

March 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Will Council Impose Paid Parking over Community Opposition?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2019
| (13) Comments

Will Council Impose Paid Parking over Community Opposition?

On Tuesday the Davis City Council will be asked to make a determination on one of the longer standing iss ...

On Tuesday the Davis City Council will be asked to make a determination on one of the longer standing issues of controversy in this community – the issue of paid parking. Among other things, staff is ...

March 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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