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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sales Tax Measure Lacks Real Discussion of City’s Fiscal Realities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sales Tax Measure Lacks Real Discussion of City’s Fiscal Realities

If the polling is correct on the sales tax – and we have no reason to believe otherwise – the measure sho ...

If the polling is correct on the sales tax – and we have no reason to believe otherwise – the measure should cruise to an easy victory. Truth be told, the city and council have had an uncommon nervou ...

January 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Parcel Tax Aside, We Don’t Invest Enough in K-12 Education

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Parcel Tax Aside, We Don’t Invest Enough in K-12 Education

Under the best case scenario, students in K-12 education here in Davis are fighting over table scraps. I ...

Under the best case scenario, students in K-12 education here in Davis are fighting over table scraps. If budgets are the monetary embodiment of our values, what does that say about the value of our ...

January 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Washington Post Editorial Board Calls Death Penalty “Unworthy of America”

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Washington Post Editorial Board Calls Death Penalty “Unworthy of America”

The death penalty has been in decline in America for a number of years – more and more states are banning ...

The death penalty has been in decline in America for a number of years – more and more states are banning it, the number of people executed has dwindled, and the number of states using the death penal ...

January 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: School Board Had Limited Options on Parcel Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2020
| (35) Comments

My View: School Board Had Limited Options on Parcel Tax

Before the school board put the parcel tax on the ballot, they did something very unusual – they had a su ...

Before the school board put the parcel tax on the ballot, they did something very unusual – they had a subcommittee meet for about six months to discuss the options, go over the finances, and understa ...

January 04, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Matt Bevin and the ‘Godlike’ Pardon Power

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 04, 2020
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Matt Bevin and the ‘Godlike’ Pardon Power

By Sarah Lustbader The new year means, for many, political transitions. In Kentucky, Matt Bevin, a Republ ...

By Sarah Lustbader The new year means, for many, political transitions. In Kentucky, Matt Bevin, a Republican governor whose administration was fraught with conflict, lost re-election in November in a ...

January 04, 2020
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Commentary: Does Davis Need More Jobs, Diversified Economy?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2019
| (58) Comments

Commentary: Does Davis Need More Jobs, Diversified Economy?

Assuming the project goes forward, Davis residents will be asked to vote on whether or not to approve the ...

Assuming the project goes forward, Davis residents will be asked to vote on whether or not to approve the Aggie Research Campus. The developers for the project are estimating that roughly 5882 jobs w ...

December 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Davis Should Consider an Innovation Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 30, 2019
| (127) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Davis Should Consider an Innovation Center

When UC Davis first announced the World Food Center concept a few years ago, it argued it was a way to “p ...

When UC Davis first announced the World Food Center concept a few years ago, it argued it was a way to “promote innovative, sustainable and equitable food systems.” “The renewed program intends to wor ...

December 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Driving is Trending Down, but Don’t Tell People in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2019
| (44) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Driving is Trending Down, but Don’t Tell People in Davis

Want to raise the hackles of people on this site? Talk about parking. One of the rallying cries of the ...

Want to raise the hackles of people on this site? Talk about parking. One of the rallying cries of the people opposing the ARC (Aggie Research Campus) is to point out the 4340 parking spots that are ...

December 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Should Revisit the Social Services Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2019
| (5) Comments

Sunday Commentary: We Should Revisit the Social Services Tax

The homeless problem has markedly increased in Davis over the last decade. To give you an idea of just h ...

The homeless problem has markedly increased in Davis over the last decade. To give you an idea of just how much, I was just looking at an old article that noted the homeless count in Davis jumped fro ...

December 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Reading Sacco-Vanzetti as a Wrongful Convictions Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2019
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My View: Reading Sacco-Vanzetti as a Wrongful Convictions Case

Over the holiday break, one of my books I am reading is the case of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1921. At the h ...

Over the holiday break, one of my books I am reading is the case of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1921. At the height of the red scare and following a series of high profile bombings, Nicola Sacco and Bartol ...

December 28, 2019
| 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
| (48) Comments

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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Commentary: Some New Insights into Housing and Support for Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2019
| (34) Comments

Commentary: Some New Insights into Housing and Support for Development

It was only two years ago when people were questioning whether a Measure R project – any Measure R projec ...

It was only two years ago when people were questioning whether a Measure R project – any Measure R project – could win. It was one thing for the 2005 Measure X, at the end of a huge swath of large de ...

December 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: California’s Housing Crisis Driving the Nation’s Homeless Increase

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2019
| (26) Comments

Commentary: California’s Housing Crisis Driving the Nation’s Homeless Increase

Last Friday, HUD released its annual estimate of homelessness and that figure shows that people living on ...

Last Friday, HUD released its annual estimate of homelessness and that figure shows that people living on the streets increased by 2.7 percent this year nationally – almost exclusively because Califor ...

December 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Habitual Offender Laws Are Like ‘Death Sentences’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 24, 2019
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Habitual Offender Laws Are Like ‘Death Sentences’

One man, Paul Houser, is serving 60 years on a drug conviction for purchasing cold medicine and batteries ...

One man, Paul Houser, is serving 60 years on a drug conviction for purchasing cold medicine and batteries. He's one of 2,600 people incarcerated as a result of the state's three strikes laws. By Laure ...

December 24, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Can Do More to Assure Voters of Adequate Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2019
| (37) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Can Do More to Assure Voters of Adequate Affordable Housing

Last week the Social Services commission got to hear about the plan for affordable housing at ARC – perha ...

Last week the Social Services commission got to hear about the plan for affordable housing at ARC – perhaps less of a plan and more of a vague roadmap to a plan. I remain a strong supporter of the pr ...

December 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (37) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Keeping an Eye on Crime Rates Crucial For Progressive Prosecution Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Keeping an Eye on Crime Rates Crucial For Progressive Prosecution Reform

The historic drop in crime rate over the last several decades combined with the disproportionate incarcer ...

The historic drop in crime rate over the last several decades combined with the disproportionate incarceration in the US compared to the rest of the world has fueled criminal justice reform which has ...

December 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Freedom to Park Initiative

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 23, 2019
| (33) Comments

Guest Commentary: Freedom to Park Initiative

by Diane Swann In a commentary in the Davis Enterprise regarding the Freedom to Park (FTP) Initiative, su ...

by Diane Swann In a commentary in the Davis Enterprise regarding the Freedom to Park (FTP) Initiative, supporters claimed that upon hearing all the facts many opponents were at least willing to put it ...

December 23, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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A Fair Chance at Opportunity: The U.S. Government Bans the Box

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 22, 2019
| 0 comments

A Fair Chance at Opportunity: The U.S. Government Bans the Box

The Fair Chance Act is a critical step to ensuring that a criminal history will not deny anyone the opp ...

The Fair Chance Act is a critical step to ensuring that a criminal history will not deny anyone the opportunity to succeed in today's economy. By Kanya Bennet, Skira Cook, and Maurice Emesellem When ...

December 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Opposition to the Respite Center Was Overwhelmed on Tuesday Night

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2019
| (14) Comments

My View: Opposition to the Respite Center Was Overwhelmed on Tuesday Night

Here we go again I thought as I saw a packed room on Tuesday. It had been a little over a month since Ma ...

Here we go again I thought as I saw a packed room on Tuesday. It had been a little over a month since Mace Ranch showed up in opposition to respite center on Second Street. And while the council def ...

December 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: What A Year It’s Been For VCE

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2019
| 0 comments

Guest Commentary: What A Year It’s Been For VCE

By Tom Stallard The end of each calendar year offers an opportunity to sit back and reflect on the goals ...

By Tom Stallard The end of each calendar year offers an opportunity to sit back and reflect on the goals reached over the past 12 months and to look forward to a new year of possibilities and challeng ...

December 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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