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Wolk Addresses Questions About His Assembly Candidacy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2015
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Wolk Addresses Questions About His Assembly Candidacy

With the announcement in mid-July that Bill Dodd would run for the State Senate, less than a year after h ...

With the announcement in mid-July that Bill Dodd would run for the State Senate, less than a year after he won his seat in the Assembly, the door was opened for candidates to fill his seat. Quickly em ...

August 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Saylor Formally Announces Run For Assembly

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2015
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Saylor Formally Announces Run For Assembly

On Monday, Don Saylor, a two-term Yolo County Supervisor and one-time Mayor of Davis, announced that he w ...

On Monday, Don Saylor, a two-term Yolo County Supervisor and one-time Mayor of Davis, announced that he was launching his bid for the State Assembly. In a press release sent out earlier this week, Mr. ...

July 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Dodd’s Move to Senate Opens the Door for Wolk, Saylor to Run for Assembly

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2015
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Dodd’s Move to Senate Opens the Door for Wolk, Saylor to Run for Assembly

When Assemblymember Bill Dodd announced that he would seek the State Senate held by Lois Wolk since 2008, ...

When Assemblymember Bill Dodd announced that he would seek the State Senate held by Lois Wolk since 2008, it opened the door for a contested Assembly race for the second time in two years. And for the ...

July 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Assemblymember Dodd Formally Announces His Senate Run

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2015
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Assemblymember Dodd Formally Announces His Senate Run

State Assemblyman Bill Dodd today announced he is a candidate for the State Senate in District 3. Dodd’s ...

State Assemblyman Bill Dodd today announced he is a candidate for the State Senate in District 3. Dodd’s announcement includes an event featuring over 200 local leaders who support his election to the ...

July 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Source: Dodd to Run For Senate; Wolk for Assembly

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2015
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Source: Dodd to Run For Senate; Wolk for Assembly

A high level source close to one of the campaigns told the Vanguard on Tuesday that Bill Dodd is definite ...

A high level source close to one of the campaigns told the Vanguard on Tuesday that Bill Dodd is definitely running for Senate and Dan Wolk is definitely running for Assembly. Both are working hard to ...

July 08, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Will Bill Dodd Run For State Senate?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2015
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Will Bill Dodd Run For State Senate?

On Wednesday, first-term Assemblymember Bill Dodd told the Vanguard that he was not ready to make an anno ...

On Wednesday, first-term Assemblymember Bill Dodd told the Vanguard that he was not ready to make an announcement yet as to whether he will run for a Senate seat that will be vacant due to the terming ...

June 18, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Council Future May Depend on What Dan Wolk Decides to Do

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: Council Future May Depend on What Dan Wolk Decides to Do

We are a year away from the next city council election but it is not too soon to be thinking about this. ...

We are a year away from the next city council election but it is not too soon to be thinking about this. School is about to let out for the summer. The council is a month or so away from a recess that ...

June 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sodomite Suppression Exposes Mockery of System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sodomite Suppression Exposes Mockery of System

It sounds like something we would have come up with a joke in college. Just as Jonathan Swift once opined ...

It sounds like something we would have come up with a joke in college. Just as Jonathan Swift once opined about eating babies as a solution to the Irish Famine, passing an absurd proposition would exp ...

March 30, 2015
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Sec of State Looks at Oregon Motor Voter Law To Boost California Turnout

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2015
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Sec of State Looks at Oregon Motor Voter Law To Boost California Turnout

As California struggles to address historic low voter turnout, new Secretary of State Alex Padilla sees p ...

As California struggles to address historic low voter turnout, new Secretary of State Alex Padilla sees promise in a new Motor Voter law signed into law last week by Oregon Governor Kate Brown. “While ...

March 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Former Assemblymember Yamada to Run For Senate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 15, 2015
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Former Assemblymember Yamada to Run For Senate

We are still 15 months from the 2016 State Primary, but former State Assemblymember Mariko Yamada on Satu ...

We are still 15 months from the 2016 State Primary, but former State Assemblymember Mariko Yamada on Saturday formally began her campaign for State Senate, 2016, to represent the 3rd District, compris ...

March 15, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Paso Fino Reemerges, The Inevitability of Kamala Harris

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 26, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Paso Fino Reemerges, The Inevitability of Kamala Harris

With no city council meeting this week, we can note that the long range council calendar lists three crit ...

With no city council meeting this week, we can note that the long range council calendar lists three critical discussions for February 3 – Mace 25, the Cannery CFD (Community Facilities District), and ...

January 26, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Senator Barbara Boxer Announces She Will Not Run For Reelection

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2015
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Senator Barbara Boxer Announces She Will Not Run For Reelection

Since 1992, California has been represented in the US Senate by two Democratic women, Barbara Boxer and D ...

Since 1992, California has been represented in the US Senate by two Democratic women, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein. In 2016, for the first time in 24 years, there will be a new senator as Barbar ...

January 09, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Dodd Easily Wins the Assembly Seat

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2014
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Dodd Easily Wins the Assembly Seat

This time he didn’t have to sweat out the victory. In June, it took about ten days for all of the votes t ...

This time he didn’t have to sweat out the victory. In June, it took about ten days for all of the votes to come in to make it clear that Bill Dodd had finished first by what turned out to be more than ...

November 07, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2014
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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectivenes ...

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectiveness of mass incarceration. Following the passage of Prop. 36 in 2012, which reduced third strike ...

November 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Election Round Up: Garamendi Rolls; Torlakson Survives a Tough Night

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2014
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Election Round Up: Garamendi Rolls; Torlakson Survives a Tough Night

It was a tough night for Democrats across the country. Locally, John Garamendi would hold onto his seat w ...

It was a tough night for Democrats across the country. Locally, John Garamendi would hold onto his seat with a 52.7-47.3 victory over Dan Logue, in a hotly contested race his campaign called a “decisi ...

November 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: State Schools Race Wake Up Call For Democrats

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2014
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Sunday Commentary: State Schools Race Wake Up Call For Democrats

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson paid a late visit to Davis on Thursday to rally ...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson paid a late visit to Davis on Thursday to rally the troops. Earlier in the day he had received the bad news that his race is tied against chall ...

November 02, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Pancakes and Politics Official Voter Guide

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 01, 2014
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Pancakes and Politics Official Voter Guide

Pancakes & Politics “Official” (as we are) V O T E R G U I D E (also known as PPVG, by absolutely no ...

Pancakes & Politics “Official” (as we are) V O T E R G U I D E (also known as PPVG, by absolutely no one) by Alan Miller and Danielle Fodor Pancakes and Politics had two goals this election: Eat ...

November 01, 2014
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Torlakson Tied in the Polls, Comes to Davis to Inspire the Troops, Warns of Threat to Public Education

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2014
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Torlakson Tied in the Polls, Comes to Davis to Inspire the Troops, Warns of Threat to Public Education

If Tom Torlakson was jolted by the news earlier in the day that he was in a dead heat with challenger Mar ...

If Tom Torlakson was jolted by the news earlier in the day that he was in a dead heat with challenger Marshall Tuck for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction position that he has held since 2 ...

October 31, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: The Other Side of the Story on Prop. 46

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2014
| (22) Comments

Analysis: The Other Side of the Story on Prop. 46

I have some serious concerns about the required alcohol and drug testing of doctors – which seems to have ...

I have some serious concerns about the required alcohol and drug testing of doctors – which seems to have been set up in a capricious manner. Critics charge that the required testing “was only added t ...

October 31, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2014
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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces ...

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces over-incarceration for largely petty and non-violent offenses, there are concerns, particularl ...

October 29, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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