A few weeks ago, we reported on an alleged incident of racial profiling. This Tuesday the victim came before the Davis City Council to relay his account of the incident....
In an emotional and sometimes contentious meeting last night, the Davis Joint Unified School Board agreed to create a climate in our schools where everyone feels safe and...
Last week reported on the fact that the Target corporation has refused to make their website accessible to the visual impaired. Their reasoning is basically that the 1990...
Last Friday we reported that a Junior High School student was being harassed because his fathers were gay. Last night, the Davis Enterprise finally reported on the story,...
There was an odd moment last night when Finance Director Paul Navazio was presenting an update on the budget, one of the areas that had a shortfall was in public safety....
One of the first lessons that my political mentor taught me a long time ago when I first got involved in politics was to avoid too many polarizing issues. He drew it out...
I have delayed my writing of the PG&E decision until a week after the election (hard to believe it has only been a week). The problem with any analysis is that while...
In politics as in life there is a proverb, be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. In the aftermath of Measure K, this seems to be at least potentially ringi...
Rahim Reed said it all on Thursday–Davis thinks it is a progressive town but it is not. People have buried their heads in the sands as incidents of racism, racial p...
Just when you thought it was safe to watch your city council meetings… A few days after the voters have apparently narrowly passed the Second Street Crossing Projec...
I have about several separate things to write on Target today, so I’m combining somewhat different things into a single column. Someone from the Don’t Big-Box...
Just in case you were worried… WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Lieberman, who won re-election as an independent, has a message for his Senate colleagues in the nex...
Last month the new Human Relations Commission met for the first time and began to try to think about its new charter. Many of the members I do not think really understand...
Folks, you just cannot make this stuff up. It is hard to imagine and yet utterly predictable at the same time. Here we are, literally two days after the election, one day...
Democrats officially take the Senate, although realistically I was pretty sure this one was Webb’s as soon as Webb took the lead late Tuesday night.New York Times S...
In 1994, I was a young volunteer and activist working on a Congressional Campaign for Walter Capps. By the time the polls had closed on the West Coast at 8 pm, there was...
Yes Charlie Brown ended up losing to John Doolittle on Tuesday night, but from all accounts no one was acting like this was a loss. You see, Charlie Brown went toe-to-toe...
Despite being heavily outspent by well over a 10:1 ratio, the grass-roots progressives who fought against a Target in Davis fought valiently and made this race much close...