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Commentary: City Fumbles Tax Issue, But Tax Remains Only Viable Way Forward

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 06, 2014
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Commentary: City Fumbles Tax Issue, But Tax Remains Only Viable Way Forward

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will vote to put a new tax measure on the ballot for June. Two things ...

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will vote to put a new tax measure on the ballot for June. Two things are clear at this point in time: the city fumbled the ball in waiting until January to engage ...

February 06, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Conflict of Interest – Part 2

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 06, 2014
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Conflict of Interest – Part 2

by Doby Fleeman With appreciation to the Vanguard for acceding to a follow-on Part 2 article. Judging fro ...

by Doby Fleeman With appreciation to the Vanguard for acceding to a follow-on Part 2 article. Judging from sentiments expressed to yesterday's Part 1 article on our legacy debt problems, I'm guessing ...

February 06, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Analysis: Has the City Already Lost Control of the Tax Message?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 05, 2014
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Vanguard Analysis: Has the City Already Lost Control of the Tax Message?

The city of Davis has to act on February 11 to put a tax measure on the ballot or face the prospect of wa ...

The city of Davis has to act on February 11 to put a tax measure on the ballot or face the prospect of waiting until 2016 for the sales tax, the only measure the city can put on the ballot that has a ...

February 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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On Conflict of Interest – Part 1

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 05, 2014
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On Conflict of Interest – Part 1

by Doby Fleeman Increasingly, folks around town have been asking how the City could be continuing to have ...

by Doby Fleeman Increasingly, folks around town have been asking how the City could be continuing to have such deep budget problems even after shedding 100 staff, or twenty percent of the workforce, o ...

February 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Should the City Consider Outsourcing Jobs As a Means to Cut $5.1 Million Deficit?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 04, 2014
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Should the City Consider Outsourcing Jobs As a Means to Cut $5.1 Million Deficit?

An editorial today in the Enterprise argues, “Rising labor costs are unsustainable” and “Without a large ...

An editorial today in the Enterprise argues, “Rising labor costs are unsustainable” and “Without a large tax increase or steep cuts in parks, police and fire, the Davis general fund is headed toward b ...

February 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor Strikes Balance, Non-Political Tone in State of the City Address

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 08, 2014
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Mayor Strikes Balance, Non-Political Tone in State of the City Address

Beneath the surface of other issues that arose prior to the State of the City address, was the fact that ...

Beneath the surface of other issues that arose prior to the State of the City address, was the fact that we had a Mayor delivering the speech who was an announced candidate for the State Assembly, squ ...

January 08, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: City Fumbles Tax Issue, But Tax Remains Only Viable Way Forward

Commentary: City Fumbles Tax Issue, But Tax Remains Only Viable Way Forward

Conflict of Interest – Part 2

Conflict of Interest – Part 2

Vanguard Analysis: Has the City Already Lost Control of the Tax Message?

Vanguard Analysis: Has the City Already Lost Control of the Tax Message?

On Conflict of Interest – Part 1

On Conflict of Interest – Part 1

Should the City Consider Outsourcing Jobs As a Means to Cut $5.1 Million Deficit?

Should the City Consider Outsourcing Jobs As a Means to Cut $5.1 Million Deficit?

Mayor Strikes Balance, Non-Political Tone in State of the City Address

Mayor Strikes Balance, Non-Political Tone in State of the City Address

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