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Guest Commentary: Make Transit & Walkable Communities a Priority, Not Just a Mitigation for Freeway Widening.

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|Date: June 05, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Make Transit & Walkable Communities a Priority, Not Just a Mitigation for Freeway Widening.

TO Mayor Will Arnold and Members Davis City Council From: Judy Corbett, Professor Steven Wheeler, Alan Pr ...

TO Mayor Will Arnold and Members Davis City Council From: Judy Corbett, Professor Steven Wheeler, Alan Pryor, Mark Huising, Roberta Millstein, Jim Zanetto, Colin Walsh, Alan Hirsch, Robert Thayer Our ...

June 05, 2023
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Letters on the District 3 Davis City Council Race

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|Date: April 29, 2023
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Letters on the District 3 Davis City Council Race

Editor’s note: These are submitted letters. The views expressed are solely the views of the author and n ...

Editor’s note: These are submitted letters. The views expressed are solely the views of the author and not reflective of the views of the Vanguard or its operations. The “Wright” Choice By Nora Oldwi ...

April 29, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question, The Final Week: UC Davis

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|Date: April 24, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question, The Final Week: UC Davis

Next week, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure ...

Next week, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of Lucas Frerichs to the County Board of Supervisors. Filing to compete for that seat are two ...

April 24, 2023
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League Hosts Candidates Forum for District 3 Candidates – Part Two

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2023
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League Hosts Candidates Forum for District 3 Candidates – Part Two

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Wednesday the Davis League of Women Voters hosted a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Wednesday the Davis League of Women Voters hosted a virtual candidates forum between Donna Neville and Francesca Wright. Michelle Van Aiken, who i ...

March 31, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 6 – Economic Development

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|Date: March 27, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 6 – Economic Development

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of ...

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of Lucas Frerichs to the County Board of Supervisors. Filing to compete for that seat are two can ...

March 27, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 5 – Declining Enrollment

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|Date: March 20, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 5 – Declining Enrollment

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of ...

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of Lucas Frerichs to the County Board of Supervisors. Filing to compete for that seat are two can ...

March 20, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 4 – Commissions

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|Date: March 13, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 4 – Commissions

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of ...

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of Lucas Frerichs to the County Board of Supervisors. Filing to compete for that seat are two can ...

March 13, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 3 – Police Stops

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|Date: March 06, 2023
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 3 – Police Stops

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of ...

In May, there will be a special election to fill the vacancy in the 3rd District left by the departure of Lucas Frerichs to the County Board of Supervisors. Filing to compete for that seat are two can ...

March 06, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Council Out of Touch with the Broader Davis Community?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Council Out of Touch with the Broader Davis Community?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A frequent complaint that we hear a lot is that the Da ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A frequent complaint that we hear a lot is that the Davis City Council is out of touch with the Davis voters—particularly on the issue of housing. As ...

January 15, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Most Wanted a Special Election, the Council Gave Them What They Wanted, but It Might Not Make Much Difference in the End

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2023
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Commentary: Most Wanted a Special Election, the Council Gave Them What They Wanted, but It Might Not Make Much Difference in the End

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, the Davis City Council did what we figured ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, the Davis City Council did what we figured they would do—they set a special election for May. It seemed that an election was the overwhe ...

January 05, 2023
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A Chain of Events on Tuesday Leads from Supervisor Frerichs to Mayor Arnold to a May 2 Special Election in Davis (Updated)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2023
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A Chain of Events on Tuesday Leads from Supervisor Frerichs to Mayor Arnold to a May 2 Special Election in Davis (Updated)

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The day began in Woodland as Lucas Frerichs, elected w ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The day began in Woodland as Lucas Frerichs, elected way back in June, finally took office on the Board of Supervisors. He was sworn in by former Su ...

January 04, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Council Should Go Special Election Route in Filling Frerichs Seat

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2022
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My View: Council Should Go Special Election Route in Filling Frerichs Seat

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In 2020 when School Board member Cindy Pickett resigne ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In 2020 when School Board member Cindy Pickett resigned, the school board moved to appoint a replacement, but in the aftermath of the George Floyd pr ...

December 31, 2022
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My View: Where is the City of Davis Headed?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2022
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My View: Where is the City of Davis Headed?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In a lot of ways, the city of Davis has a split person ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In a lot of ways, the city of Davis has a split personality. That’s the only way one can really describes things politically at this point in time. ...

November 05, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Support Bapu for Election

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 03, 2022
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Letter: Support Bapu for Election

By Ken Wagstaff I support Bapu Vaitla for election in District One to the Davis City Council. Soon we wil ...

By Ken Wagstaff I support Bapu Vaitla for election in District One to the Davis City Council. Soon we will enter the second quarter of the 21st century. We approach turning-point-deadlines on climate, ...

November 03, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Endorsements, Anti-Endorsements, and Davis City Council Elections

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 16, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Endorsements, Anti-Endorsements, and Davis City Council Elections

By Connor Gorman There's a possibility within electoral politics that doesn't occur often, if at all, at ...

By Connor Gorman There's a possibility within electoral politics that doesn't occur often, if at all, at the moment, but which I've considered for awhile, and that's the notion of an anti-endorsement. ...

October 16, 2022
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Vanguard 2022 Council Candidate Questions – Question 5

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 10, 2022
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Vanguard 2022 Council Candidate Questions – Question 5

Every Monday from here until the election, the Vanguard will ask all five of the council candidates one q ...

Every Monday from here until the election, the Vanguard will ask all five of the council candidates one question which they have precisely 250 words with which to respond. Question 5: What do you thin ...

October 10, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: The Money Race Shows Continued Strength for Vaitla, Weakness for Carson

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2022
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My View: The Money Race Shows Continued Strength for Vaitla, Weakness for Carson

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A week after Bapu Vaitla and Gloria Partida received t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A week after Bapu Vaitla and Gloria Partida received the endorsement from the Davis Enterprise, the release of financials shows both candidates in go ...

October 08, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Supporting Gloria Partida and Bapu Vaitla for the Davis City Council

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 12, 2022
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Letter: Supporting Gloria Partida and Bapu Vaitla for the Davis City Council

By Don Saylor I encourage votes this November for Gloria Partida and Bapu Vaitla for the Davis City Counc ...

By Don Saylor I encourage votes this November for Gloria Partida and Bapu Vaitla for the Davis City Council for District 4 and District 1. As a local elected official serving Davis for the past 27 yea ...

September 12, 2022
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Candidate Responses to the Sierra Club Yolano Group Questionnaire for the 2022 Davis City Council Election – Part 5

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|Date: September 07, 2022
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Candidate Responses to the Sierra Club Yolano Group Questionnaire for the 2022 Davis City Council Election – Part 5

Toxics in the Environment and Other Environmental Issues As has been our custom for over 20 years, the Si ...

Toxics in the Environment and Other Environmental Issues As has been our custom for over 20 years, the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares a wide-ranging questionnaire and presents it to candidates in r ...

September 07, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Council Elections in Fall Figure to Relitigate Measure H

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Council Elections in Fall Figure to Relitigate Measure H

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It may surprise people to realize that as recently as ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It may surprise people to realize that as recently as 2012 and even into 2014, land use was not on the radar of the Davis City Council. Between the ...

September 04, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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