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Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Developer’s Response to Alan Pryor’s Missive and Other Comments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 05, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Developer’s Response to Alan Pryor’s Missive and Other Comments

by David Taormino Alan Pryor’s greatest nightmare is that Bretton Woods will be built as proposed and the ...

by David Taormino Alan Pryor’s greatest nightmare is that Bretton Woods will be built as proposed and the promises to the voters faithfully kept. Get ready for sleepless nights, Alan! Wading through t ...

March 05, 2022
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Council Finds Baseline Features Have Not Changed in Bretton Woods; Applicant Maintains URC Will Purchase the Property

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2022
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Council Finds Baseline Features Have Not Changed in Bretton Woods; Applicant Maintains URC Will Purchase the Property

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the council pulled the item on Bretton Woods off ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the council pulled the item on Bretton Woods off the consent calendar and had a roughly 20-minute discussion, the general consensus was that th ...

March 03, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Responding to Inaccurate Public Commentary

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 02, 2022
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Letter: Responding to Inaccurate Public Commentary

By Matthew Keasling In a "Guest Commentary" published in the The Davis Vanguard today, Mr. Alan Pryor mak ...

By Matthew Keasling In a "Guest Commentary" published in the The Davis Vanguard today, Mr. Alan Pryor makes several rather salacious assertions about numerous issues about which he has no direct knowl ...

March 02, 2022
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Guest Commentary: How Ongoing Complacency by the Davis City Council Allowed the Bretton Woods Developer to Renege on Election Commitments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 01, 2022
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Guest Commentary: How Ongoing Complacency by the Davis City Council Allowed the Bretton Woods Developer to Renege on Election Commitments

By Alan Pryor The Bretton Woods project violates the project's supposedly unchangeable Baseline Features. ...

By Alan Pryor The Bretton Woods project violates the project's supposedly unchangeable Baseline Features. These Baseline Features were contained in ballot language presented to voters and upon which t ...

March 01, 2022
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California Capitol Watch: Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program – All Local Resident Preferences Are Not Created Equal

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 13, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program – All Local Resident Preferences Are Not Created Equal

By Eric Gelber This installment of California Capitol Watch is a bit of a departure from its usual format ...

By Eric Gelber This installment of California Capitol Watch is a bit of a departure from its usual format. It is commentary rather than an objective presentation of a bill. Moreover, instead of focusi ...

May 13, 2021
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Letter: Taormino Responds to Vanguard Comments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 30, 2021
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Letter: Taormino Responds to Vanguard Comments

By David Taormino Only in Davis are you guilty of a “crime” (breaking a promise) before you commit it. N ...

By David Taormino Only in Davis are you guilty of a “crime” (breaking a promise) before you commit it. Not only are you presumed guilty of yet to occur offense; there is talk of your punishment. No ...

April 30, 2021
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Commentary: City Needs to Be More Proactive on Bretton Woods

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 29, 2021
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Commentary: City Needs to Be More Proactive on Bretton Woods

By David M. Greenwald For better or for worse, the Cannery project has become the local poster child case ...

By David M. Greenwald For better or for worse, the Cannery project has become the local poster child case on the laws' unintended consequences and the need to ensure accountability by the city for pro ...

April 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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My View: It’s Getting Hard to Defend the City’s Handling of WDAAC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2021
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My View: It’s Getting Hard to Defend the City’s Handling of WDAAC

By David M. Greenwald When the city approved the Cannery, there were two aspects of it that were particul ...

By David M. Greenwald When the city approved the Cannery, there were two aspects of it that were particularly troubling—one was that rather than fill current housing needs, it was largely marketed to ...

April 17, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: David Taormino Is Trying to Run a ‘Bait and Switch’ on Davis Seniors by You

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 14, 2021
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Letter: David Taormino Is Trying to Run a ‘Bait and Switch’ on Davis Seniors by You

This was a letter sent by Alan Pryor on April 13 to the Davis Planning Commission Dear Planning Commissio ...

This was a letter sent by Alan Pryor on April 13 to the Davis Planning Commission Dear Planning Commissioners - At the upcoming Planning Commission meeting this Wednesday you will be presented with th ...

April 14, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Buyer’s Program Quandary

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Buyer’s Program Quandary

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – When I first sat down and spoke with developer David Taormino, far in a ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – When I first sat down and spoke with developer David Taormino, far in advance of the West Davis Active Adult Community (WDAAC) project (now known as Bretton Woods), h ...

April 12, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 10, 2021
| (7) Comments

Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The most controversial part of the Bretton Woods Senior Housing develop ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The most controversial part of the Bretton Woods Senior Housing development is what is now being referred to as the Davis-Connected Buyers Program, which has restrict ...

April 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Attempts Another Bait and Switch with Its Davis Based Buyers Program

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Attempts Another Bait and Switch with Its Davis Based Buyers Program

by Alan Pryor - Protections Will Weaken for Prospective Davis Senior Buyers. The Bretton Wood developer, ...

by Alan Pryor - Protections Will Weaken for Prospective Davis Senior Buyers. The Bretton Wood developer, David Taormino, is attempting to pull another bait and switch ...

March 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Developer Modifies Davis-Connected Buyers Program, Submits It to Planning Commission

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 27, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Developer Modifies Davis-Connected Buyers Program, Submits It to Planning Commission

By David Taormino Bretton Woods (formerly called The West Davis Active Adult Community) was approved by D ...

By David Taormino Bretton Woods (formerly called The West Davis Active Adult Community) was approved by Davis’ voters in November 2018. At that time, the Applicant proposed a Davis-Connected Buyers P ...

March 27, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Keeping My Commitment to the Community

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 31, 2020
| (34) Comments

Guest Commentary: Keeping My Commitment to the Community

By David Taormino The list of challenges for residential developers and builders in Davis is long and wel ...

By David Taormino The list of challenges for residential developers and builders in Davis is long and well known. To be honest, our community’s reputation for opposing nearly all growth was a major hu ...

July 31, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Developer Pulls Back on Changes to Bretton Woods, ‘Going Back to Drawing Board’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2020
| (45) Comments

Developer Pulls Back on Changes to Bretton Woods, ‘Going Back to Drawing Board’

On Tuesday, the city announced that the Planning Commission meeting set to discuss the changes to Bretton ...

On Tuesday, the city announced that the Planning Commission meeting set to discuss the changes to Bretton Woods would be canceled. In an email from developer David Taormino, he said, “We are requestin ...

July 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Governor Newsom Tells Paper ‘NIMBYism is Destroying the State’

Couzens Injects DA Race Politics into Ajay Dev Motion

Reisig Wins Endorsement Trifecta of Top Local Newspapers

Looking Back: Opposing the Death Penalty Matter Before the Connecticut State Legislature

OC District Attorney Candidate Demands OC DA Return Donations from Those Implicated in Corruption Scandal

Study: Redlining Is a Stain on Past and Present U.S. – Communities of Color Suffer More Air Pollution

Man Charged with Multiple Burglaries Set for Trial after Preliminary Hearing

Court’s Confusion about ‘Time-Served’ Causes Accused to Reject Offer

Mother Arrested for Murder of Three Children

City Council Rejects Appeal of Olive Drive Mixed-Use Project; Proceeds with Project Application Approval

Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Developer’s Response to Alan Pryor’s Missive and Other Comments

Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Developer’s Response to Alan Pryor’s Missive and Other Comments

Council Finds Baseline Features Have Not Changed in Bretton Woods; Applicant Maintains URC Will Purchase the Property

Council Finds Baseline Features Have Not Changed in Bretton Woods; Applicant Maintains URC Will Purchase the Property

Letter: Responding to Inaccurate Public Commentary

Letter: Responding to Inaccurate Public Commentary

Guest Commentary: How Ongoing Complacency by the Davis City Council Allowed the Bretton Woods Developer to Renege on Election Commitments

Guest Commentary: How Ongoing Complacency by the Davis City Council Allowed the Bretton Woods Developer to Renege on Election Commitments

California Capitol Watch: Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program – All Local Resident Preferences Are Not Created Equal

California Capitol Watch: Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program – All Local Resident Preferences Are Not Created Equal

Letter: Taormino Responds to Vanguard Comments

Letter: Taormino Responds to Vanguard Comments

Commentary: City Needs to Be More Proactive on Bretton Woods

Commentary: City Needs to Be More Proactive on Bretton Woods

My View: It’s Getting Hard to Defend the City’s Handling of WDAAC

My View: It’s Getting Hard to Defend the City’s Handling of WDAAC

Letter: David Taormino Is Trying to Run a ‘Bait and Switch’ on Davis Seniors by You

Letter: David Taormino Is Trying to Run a ‘Bait and Switch’ on Davis Seniors by You

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Buyer’s Program Quandary

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Buyer’s Program Quandary

Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program

Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program

Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Attempts Another Bait and Switch with Its Davis Based Buyers Program

Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Attempts Another Bait and Switch with Its Davis Based Buyers Program

Guest Commentary: Developer Modifies Davis-Connected Buyers Program, Submits It to Planning Commission

Guest Commentary: Developer Modifies Davis-Connected Buyers Program, Submits It to Planning Commission

Guest Commentary: Keeping My Commitment to the Community

Guest Commentary: Keeping My Commitment to the Community

Developer Pulls Back on Changes to Bretton Woods, ‘Going Back to Drawing Board’

Developer Pulls Back on Changes to Bretton Woods, ‘Going Back to Drawing Board’

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