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Davis City Council Questions – Question 3

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|Date: September 25, 2020
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Davis City Council Questions – Question 3

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

This is our third of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer is due at 9 pm on Thursday. Do you support or oppose the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus, why or why ...

September 25, 2020
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Council and Supervisor Candidates Take on Race and Social Justice Issues – Part Three

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|Date: September 15, 2020
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Council and Supervisor Candidates Take on Race and Social Justice Issues – Part Three

By David M. Greenwald Yolo Committee for Diverse and Inclusive Elections (YCDIE) on Saturday afternoon he ...

By David M. Greenwald Yolo Committee for Diverse and Inclusive Elections (YCDIE) on Saturday afternoon held a candidates forum for the City Council candidates and the Supervisor candidates for the Fou ...

September 15, 2020
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Council and Supervisor Candidates Take on Race and Social Justice Issues – Part Two

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|Date: September 14, 2020
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Council and Supervisor Candidates Take on Race and Social Justice Issues – Part Two

By David M. Greenwald Yolo Committee for Diverse and Inclusive Elections (YCDIE) on Saturday afternoon he ...

By David M. Greenwald Yolo Committee for Diverse and Inclusive Elections (YCDIE) on Saturday afternoon held a candidates forum for the City Council candidates and the Supervisor candidates for the Fou ...

September 14, 2020
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Council and Supervisor Candidates Take on Race and Social Justice Issues – Part One

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 13, 2020
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Council and Supervisor Candidates Take on Race and Social Justice Issues – Part One

By David M. Greenwald Yolo Committee for Diverse and Inclusive Elections (YCDIE) on Saturday afternoon he ...

By David M. Greenwald Yolo Committee for Diverse and Inclusive Elections (YCDIE) on Saturday afternoon held a candidates forum for the City Council candidates and the Supervisor candidates for the Fou ...

September 13, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: These Are Troubled Times and We Need to Get Real about Our Community’s Challenges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: These Are Troubled Times and We Need to Get Real about Our Community’s Challenges

This week, former Davis Mayor Mike Corbett submitted a letter to the Editor of the Enterprise that genera ...

This week, former Davis Mayor Mike Corbett submitted a letter to the Editor of the Enterprise that generated a good amount of controversy and has generated some discussion as well. Don’t get me wrong ...

September 06, 2020
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Kelsey Fortune Talks about Her Council Run

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2020
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Kelsey Fortune Talks about Her Council Run

By David M. Greenwald Kelsey Fortune, it is fair to say, is probably the least well known of the four ca ...

By David M. Greenwald Kelsey Fortune, it is fair to say, is probably the least well known of the four candidates for District 5’s council race. She is an economics graduate student who moved to Davi ...

August 20, 2020
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Gorman Talks about His Campaign for City Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 19, 2020
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Gorman Talks about His Campaign for City Council

By David M. Greenwald Connor Gorman has been a fixture during public comment at City Council meetings or, ...

By David M. Greenwald Connor Gorman has been a fixture during public comment at City Council meetings or, as he put it, “involved in local political things for quite awhile”—including labor organizing ...

August 19, 2020
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Frerichs Talks about His Run for a Third Term on the Davis City Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2020
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Frerichs Talks about His Run for a Third Term on the Davis City Council

Lucas Frerichs is attempting a fairly rare feat in Davis political history—being elected to a third conse ...

Lucas Frerichs is attempting a fairly rare feat in Davis political history—being elected to a third consecutive term. Since the 1972 election, it has only happened a a few times, and since 1990 we hav ...

August 12, 2020
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Nine to Run for City Council; Ballots Arguments for DISC; No Opposition to Measure J Renewal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2020
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Nine to Run for City Council; Ballots Arguments for DISC; No Opposition to Measure J Renewal

The nomination period for city council closed on Friday—even though Brett Lee opted not to run, and two o ...

The nomination period for city council closed on Friday—even though Brett Lee opted not to run, and two of the districts have incumbents seeking re-election with the third having no incumbent at all. ...

August 08, 2020
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Swanson Talks About Why She’s Back Running For Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2020
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Swanson Talks About Why She’s Back Running For Council

Rochelle Swanson, after a two year hiatus from the council, announced last month that she is going to run ...

Rochelle Swanson, after a two year hiatus from the council, announced last month that she is going to run in the 5th District, which represents all of South Davis plus Aggie Village in Downtown. She ...

July 31, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Improving City of Davis Decision Making – An Open Letter

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 25, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Improving City of Davis Decision Making – An Open Letter

Informed and transparent decision-making is an essential pillar of good local governance. In Davis, thi ...

Informed and transparent decision-making is an essential pillar of good local governance. In Davis, this pillar is eroding. Recent years have seen multiple alarming instances of secretive action, sh ...

July 25, 2020
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Chapman Throws Himself in the Davis City Council Race for District Five

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2020
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Chapman Throws Himself in the Davis City Council Race for District Five

It is a new world in Davis with district elections, and over the next few weeks we will how interesting t ...

It is a new world in Davis with district elections, and over the next few weeks we will how interesting that new world becomes. This week, Josh Chapman announced he would run for District 5—he will f ...

July 16, 2020
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Conversation in Davis Pushes toward Defunding Police; Mayor Pushes Back, However, Arguing the Problem Is Far Broader

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2020
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Conversation in Davis Pushes toward Defunding Police; Mayor Pushes Back, However, Arguing the Problem Is Far Broader

For two hours the council listened on Tuesday night as the public weighed in on police funding—many of th ...

For two hours the council listened on Tuesday night as the public weighed in on police funding—many of the public urging for major cuts to the police department, and some calling for outright defundin ...

June 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Start Looking at Renewing Measure J

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 02, 2020
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Council to Start Looking at Renewing Measure J

When the City of Davis passed Measure J, now 20 years ago, in 2000, it became one of the city’s seminal l ...

When the City of Davis passed Measure J, now 20 years ago, in 2000, it became one of the city’s seminal land use measures that requires a vote of the citizens in order for the city to annex existing a ...

May 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Did Our City Council Just Agree to the Absolute Worst Deal in the City’s History ?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 10, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Did Our City Council Just Agree to the Absolute Worst Deal in the City’s History ?

Over $121,000,000 may have been left on the table when Council approved a secretive, closed-door no-bid, ...

Over $121,000,000 may have been left on the table when Council approved a secretive, closed-door no-bid, 54-year land lease option and agreement for a photovoltaic system on 235-acres of City-owned la ...

April 10, 2020
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Letter: Failure of City to Perform Due Diligence on Bright Night Energy

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|Date: April 09, 2020
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Letter: Failure of City to Perform Due Diligence on Bright Night Energy

(The following was a letter to the City Council dated April 6, submitted by the author to the Vanguard fo ...

(The following was a letter to the City Council dated April 6, submitted by the author to the Vanguard for publication). by Alan Pryor Last Tuesday the Council approved an ill-advised no-bid, sole-sou ...

April 09, 2020
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Council Agrees to Allow More Discussion of ARC by Commissions – But Not Push Back the Deadline for EIR Comments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2020
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Council Agrees to Allow More Discussion of ARC by Commissions – But Not Push Back the Deadline for EIR Comments

One of the big questions during the middle of the COVID-19 crisis is to what extent can and should the ci ...

One of the big questions during the middle of the COVID-19 crisis is to what extent can and should the city continue to conduct business as usual, and conduct a public process for the consideration of ...

April 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Opportunity Presents Itself for a New Revolution in Local Government

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 07, 2020
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Commentary: The Opportunity Presents Itself for a New Revolution in Local Government

In 1996, the internet was brand new and a friend of my aunt hired me to fly across the country after grad ...

In 1996, the internet was brand new and a friend of my aunt hired me to fly across the country after graduation and work for a cutting edge company that would revolutionize democracy by digitizing eng ...

April 07, 2020
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Commentary: Racism and Zoom Bombing Is an Unfortunate New Thing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2020
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Commentary: Racism and Zoom Bombing Is an Unfortunate New Thing

As we race to accommodate a hopefully temporary shift in society from in-person to video meetings, one of ...

As we race to accommodate a hopefully temporary shift in society from in-person to video meetings, one of the platforms that has exploded is Zoom. There are a lot of advantages to the platform and, i ...

April 01, 2020
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Analysis: Staff Clarifies Street Selection Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2020
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Analysis: Staff Clarifies Street Selection Process

Last Tuesday, on consent, council was asked to approve a list of streets that the city would be funded by ...

Last Tuesday, on consent, council was asked to approve a list of streets that the city would be funded by the state to repair. On Friday, Alan Pryor submitted a guest commentary objecting to what he ...

March 31, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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