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Guest Commentary: Not So Much “Community” in the BrightNight Solar Deal

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: June 08, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Not So Much “Community” in the BrightNight Solar Deal

by Matt Williams Intentions and goals are only words unless they are accompanied by accomplishments, and ...

by Matt Williams Intentions and goals are only words unless they are accompanied by accomplishments, and when it comes to accomplishments, especially in the realm of renewable power, City Hall is very ...

June 08, 2020
| by Matt Williams

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Toward More Balance in the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 11, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Toward More Balance in the City

Even before COVID the Vanguard for years has been warning that Davis was in a precarious position and ult ...

Even before COVID the Vanguard for years has been warning that Davis was in a precarious position and ultimately unsustainable. For years we were carrying deficits in the ability to meet basic infras ...

May 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Leery of Fiscal Costs, Moves Forward on Long-Range Planning of Sports Parks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2020
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Council Leery of Fiscal Costs, Moves Forward on Long-Range Planning of Sports Parks

Council acknowledged it was a strange item to take up in the middle of the slowdown due to COVID-19, neve ...

Council acknowledged it was a strange item to take up in the middle of the slowdown due to COVID-19, nevertheless, the need for sports parks remains acute in the community and council was at least wil ...

April 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Staff Wants Council to Approve Two Fire Station Kitchen Remodel Projects for a Minimum of $422,000

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Staff Wants Council to Approve Two Fire Station Kitchen Remodel Projects for a Minimum of $422,000

Over $200,000 each for Kitchen Remodels During these Disastrous Times? - You Have Got to be Kidding Me ...

Over $200,000 each for Kitchen Remodels During these Disastrous Times? - You Have Got to be Kidding Me !!! by Alan Pryor Davis and the entire world are in the midst of an economic meltdown for which ...

March 24, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Davis Teachers Do Deserve Better – That’s Why District Is Seeking More Funding

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2020
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Commentary: Davis Teachers Do Deserve Better – That’s Why District Is Seeking More Funding

Gregg Cook has been pushing this point for over a year now – opposing the parcel tax, and arguing for alt ...

Gregg Cook has been pushing this point for over a year now – opposing the parcel tax, and arguing for alternatives. Unfortunately it is a flawed analysis, as we shall see. He writes: “There is no que ...

January 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: School Finances Are Tricky, Why You Can’t ‘Right Size’ the District

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2020
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My View: School Finances Are Tricky, Why You Can’t ‘Right Size’ the District

We have had some good discussions in the last week on school finances. To some extent these discussions ...

We have had some good discussions in the last week on school finances. To some extent these discussions have paralleled discussions that Alan Fernandes and Joe DiNunzio had over the previous year as ...

January 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 14, 2020
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Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison

(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) - State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, issued the following state ...

(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) - State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, issued the following statement today on the public safety proposals in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2020-21 budget: “As chair of t ...

January 14, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council to Look at Ways to Increase Funding Allocations for Roads

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 10, 2020
| (8) Comments

Council to Look at Ways to Increase Funding Allocations for Roads

For over a decade now, the city of Davis has understood the daunting task needed to find funding for road ...

For over a decade now, the city of Davis has understood the daunting task needed to find funding for road maintenance. Beginning in 2013, when the council identified the shortfall as being over $100 ...

January 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Good Progress made by City Finance Director Nitish Sharma in One Year Tenure

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 17, 2019
| (2) Comments

Guest Commentary: Good Progress made by City Finance Director Nitish Sharma in One Year Tenure

By Bob Fung Nitish Sharma, the finance director for the City of Davis resigned from his position in Octob ...

By Bob Fung Nitish Sharma, the finance director for the City of Davis resigned from his position in October and took the position of Chief Administrative Officer of the Cosumnes Water District. Mr. ...

December 17, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2019
| (37) Comments

Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?

Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most par ...

Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most part that was a pro forma move, designed to allow the council to hold a special election next Marc ...

September 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2019
| (19) Comments

Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development

I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them comm ...

I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them commented that while San Francisco, for example, has generated a tremendous amount of wealth, one r ...

September 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Given the Polling, Should the City Consider Raising the Sales Tax?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2019
| (15) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Given the Polling, Should the City Consider Raising the Sales Tax?

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will get a chance to review draft ordinance language for the renewal o ...

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will get a chance to review draft ordinance language for the renewal of the sales tax. As it stands, the sales tax is one of the most important initiatives that the ...

July 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A Public Widely Uninformed on City Fiscal Issues – Part Two

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2019
| (34) Comments

Commentary: A Public Widely Uninformed on City Fiscal Issues – Part Two

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July 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Is the End Nigh – the End of Great Schools in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2019
| (29) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Is the End Nigh – the End of Great Schools in Davis?

In 2007, the DJUSD school board put a parcel tax on the ballot for renewal. It was the same amount they ...

In 2007, the DJUSD school board put a parcel tax on the ballot for renewal. It was the same amount they had been doing for well over a decade – $100. It was my first time covering the schools and li ...

June 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: The Promise of Economic Development for Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 26, 2019
| (47) Comments

Analysis: The Promise of Economic Development for Davis

It was late 2010, the city of Davis was still reeling from the effects of the Great Recession, but it was ...

It was late 2010, the city of Davis was still reeling from the effects of the Great Recession, but it was about to land a coup. The city of Davis was competing with Chicago for Mori Seiki – a Japanes ...

June 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: City or Schools – Who Has the Toughest Road Ahead on Funding?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 25, 2019
| (6) Comments

Commentary: City or Schools – Who Has the Toughest Road Ahead on Funding?

As I have been talking about for at least the last year, there is a bumpy road ahead for both schools and ...

As I have been talking about for at least the last year, there is a bumpy road ahead for both schools and the city on funding. Longer term, I think it is going to be a real problem to maintain the cu ...

June 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: What Message Should Council Be Sending on the Budget?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2019
| (30) Comments

Sunday Commentary: What Message Should Council Be Sending on the Budget?

We have watched over the years the ebb and flow about the concern of the budget. In fact, the budget dis ...

We have watched over the years the ebb and flow about the concern of the budget. In fact, the budget discourse may be some of the most telling information about the direction coming out of City Hall. ...

June 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Five Years Later… Why We Still Need Economic Development in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 11, 2019
| (21) Comments

Commentary: Five Years Later… Why We Still Need Economic Development in Davis

The year 2013 was the first time I took seriously the notion of large scale economic development in Davis ...

The year 2013 was the first time I took seriously the notion of large scale economic development in Davis. We were coming off the worst recession since the Great Depression and, unlike other downturn ...

June 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Councilmember Carson Talks about 2019 Accomplishments and Disappointments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 29, 2019
| (11) Comments

Councilmember Carson Talks about 2019 Accomplishments and Disappointments

The Davis City Council is nearing the midpoint in the 2019 year. This is the first full year of the new ...

The Davis City Council is nearing the midpoint in the 2019 year. This is the first full year of the new council under Mayor Brett Lee and Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida. Thus far in 2019, issues like ...

May 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Board Approves Polling, Moves Forward in Parcel Tax Consideration Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2019
| (5) Comments

Board Approves Polling, Moves Forward in Parcel Tax Consideration Process

On Thursday night, the Davis School Board approved the next step in their consideration process – polling ...

On Thursday night, the Davis School Board approved the next step in their consideration process – polling to determine levels of public support for a potential parcel tax that would fund teacher compe ...

April 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (5) Comments

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