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Commentary: Sometimes the Simplest Explanation Is the Best with Respect to Housing Views

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2021
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Commentary: Sometimes the Simplest Explanation Is the Best with Respect to Housing Views

Lincoln40-5 By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – There is a tendency for people to violate the maxim that th ...

Lincoln40-5 By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – There is a tendency for people to violate the maxim that the simplest reasonable explanation is usually the correct one and that, while alluring, fallback ...

June 18, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Process Yes, Paralysis By Analysis No

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 06, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Process Yes, Paralysis By Analysis No

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There are times when the call for proper process is really a stalling t ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There are times when the call for proper process is really a stalling tactic—they want to avoid calling the question and hope to paralyze the process by having more b ...

June 06, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A New Council Comes In – Here’s What They Will Need To Address

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2020
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Commentary: A New Council Comes In – Here’s What They Will Need To Address

By David M. Greenwald Four of the five members of the Davis City Council will be returning, with Brett Le ...

By David M. Greenwald Four of the five members of the Davis City Council will be returning, with Brett Lee leaving the council and Josh Chapman joining it. The council is going to have to address ser ...

December 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Biased behavior and retribution in the Davis Citizen Advisory Commission appointment process

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Biased behavior and retribution in the Davis Citizen Advisory Commission appointment process

By Alan Pryor - Opposing Measure B cost three sitting Commissioners a reappointment recommendation ...

By Alan Pryor - Opposing Measure B cost three sitting Commissioners a reappointment recommendation ...

December 01, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2020
| (56) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually contr ...

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually controlled the city council—Ken Wagstaff, Sue Greenwald and Michael Harrington. But in the last 20 ...

November 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Davis City Council Questions: Final Question – City Budget

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 30, 2020
| (11) Comments

Davis City Council Questions: Final Question – City Budget

This is the final of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm o ...

This is the final of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 8: What measures would you take in order to contain city costs? Please con ...

October 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Candidates Share Their Vision for Our Streets

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 27, 2020
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Council Candidates Share Their Vision for Our Streets

What do City Council candidates think about our streets? To learn more about their visions, Bike Davis se ...

What do City Council candidates think about our streets? To learn more about their visions, Bike Davis sent all candidates a questionnaire focused on three themes: making Davis more livable, reducing ...

October 27, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis City Council Questions: Question 7 – Race and Policing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 23, 2020
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Davis City Council Questions: Question 7 – Race and Policing

This is our seventh of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 p ...

This is our seventh of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 7: Various councilmembers have voiced support publicly for Black lives. ...

October 23, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis City Council Questions: Question 6 – Davis Downtown

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 16, 2020
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Davis City Council Questions: Question 6 – Davis Downtown

This is our sixth of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm ...

This is our sixth of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 6: The city undertook the Davis Downtown Plan through a citizen-based co ...

October 16, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Davis City Council Candidates and the Growth Issue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2020
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Analysis: Davis City Council Candidates and the Growth Issue

By David Greenwald Wanted to start with some appreciation for the efforts of the Sierra Club—they have ma ...

By David Greenwald Wanted to start with some appreciation for the efforts of the Sierra Club—they have made their candidate and issue recommendations and we can agree or disagree with them, but their ...

October 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 5 – Toxics Reduction

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 13, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 5 – Toxics Reduction

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candi ...

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candidates in local races we deem to be seriously contested and/or where there are clear differences ...

October 13, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 4 – Transportation Management

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 12, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 4 – Transportation Management

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candi ...

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candidates in local races we deem to be seriously contested and/or where there are clear differences ...

October 12, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 3 – Waste Management and Water Treatment

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 11, 2020
| (1) Comment

Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 3 – Waste Management and Water Treatment

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candi ...

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candidates in local races we deem to be seriously contested and/or where there are clear differences ...

October 11, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Looking at Council and Two Ballot Measures

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2020
| (19) Comments

My View: Looking at Council and Two Ballot Measures

By David M. Greenwald For the most part, we lack polling in Davis, so prognostication is admittedly more ...

By David M. Greenwald For the most part, we lack polling in Davis, so prognostication is admittedly more art than science. All of this is speculation and over the years, I have misread races but usua ...

October 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 2 – Land Use and Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 10, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 2 – Land Use and Housing

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candi ...

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candidates in local races we deem to be seriously contested and/or where there are clear differences ...

October 10, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis City Council Questions: Question 5 – Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2020
| (41) Comments

Davis City Council Questions: Question 5 – Affordable Housing

This is our fifth of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm ...

This is our fifth of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 5: Everyone says they want affordable housing. But with the loss of Rede ...

October 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Podcast: Discussion with Youth Council Candidates

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2020
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Podcast: Discussion with Youth Council Candidates

David Greenwald (Vanguard Editor) and Jordon Varney (Vanguard at UC Davis City Editor) host a discussion ...

David Greenwald (Vanguard Editor) and Jordon Varney (Vanguard at UC Davis City Editor) host a discussion with the three young council candidates: Kelsey Fortune, Connor Gorman and Dillan Horton. Discu ...

October 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: 2020 Sierra Club Yolano Group Questionnaire and Responses from Davis City Council Candidates

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 08, 2020
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Guest Commentary: 2020 Sierra Club Yolano Group Questionnaire and Responses from Davis City Council Candidates

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for can ...

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candidates in local races we deem to be seriously contested and/or where there are clear differenc ...

October 08, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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District 5 Candidates Meet in League Forum – Part 2

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2020
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District 5 Candidates Meet in League Forum – Part 2

By David M. Greenwald In one of the most competitive races in the city, all four candidates for the Distr ...

By David M. Greenwald In one of the most competitive races in the city, all four candidates for the District 5 City Council met on Sunday evening in a forum hosted by the Davis League of Women Voters— ...

October 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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District 5 Candidates Meet in League Forum – Part 1

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2020
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District 5 Candidates Meet in League Forum – Part 1

By David M. Greenwald In one of the most competitive races in the city, all four candidates for the Distr ...

By David M. Greenwald In one of the most competitive races in the city, all four candidates for the District 5 City Council seat met on Sunday evening in a forum hosted by the Davis League of Women Vo ...

October 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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