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My View: Crude Oil Disaster Could Have Been Here

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2014
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My View: Crude Oil Disaster Could Have Been Here

Amid a growing national safety debate over rail transport of crude oil, the unthinkable happened in faraw ...

Amid a growing national safety debate over rail transport of crude oil, the unthinkable happened in faraway Lynchburg, Virginia, sending flames and black plumes of smoke into the air near the waterfro ...

May 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Enterprise Endorses Swanson and Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2014
| (26) Comments

Enterprise Endorses Swanson and Davis

While it is hard to know exactly how meaningful this sort of trend is, in the last week we have seen thre ...

While it is hard to know exactly how meaningful this sort of trend is, in the last week we have seen three major endorsements go the way of Rochelle Swanson and Robb Davis from three very different en ...

May 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Taking a Serious Look at CCA Alternative to Public Power

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 03, 2014
| (29) Comments

Taking a Serious Look at CCA Alternative to Public Power

by Daniel Parrella I was a sophomore in high school when the vote for SMUD to annex Yolo County happened. ...

by Daniel Parrella I was a sophomore in high school when the vote for SMUD to annex Yolo County happened. PG&E outspent and outmaneuvered the City of Davis and convinced the people of Sacramento t ...

May 03, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Granda Wastes Community’s Time with Nonsensical Arguments Against Measure O

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 02, 2014
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Commentary: Granda Wastes Community’s Time with Nonsensical Arguments Against Measure O

From the start we need to be clear, there are legitimate arguments against the city’s sales tax. Some of ...

From the start we need to be clear, there are legitimate arguments against the city’s sales tax. Some of those arguments have been relatively articulately expressed by commenters on the Vanguard. It i ...

May 02, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Supervisor Saylor Pushes For More County Involvement in Davis’ Economic Development Initiative

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 02, 2014
| (25) Comments

Supervisor Saylor Pushes For More County Involvement in Davis’ Economic Development Initiative

At the last council meeting, Chief Innovation Officer Rob White, at midnight, presented a staff report as ...

At the last council meeting, Chief Innovation Officer Rob White, at midnight, presented a staff report asking for the council to act on a proposed Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) on the Inn ...

May 02, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sue Greenwald Takes on Matt Williams in Measure P Debate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 01, 2014
| (17) Comments

Sue Greenwald Takes on Matt Williams in Measure P Debate

The League of Women Voters sponsored a debate on two issues that will be on the ballot next month - Measu ...

The League of Women Voters sponsored a debate on two issues that will be on the ballot next month - Measure O (Sales Tax) and Measure P (water rates). With all due respect to Councilmember Lucas Freri ...

May 01, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Measure O’s Impact on Economic Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 01, 2014
| (15) Comments

Measure O’s Impact on Economic Development

The question of economic development has been cited as one of the pillars of economic sustainability. In ...

The question of economic development has been cited as one of the pillars of economic sustainability. In the Measure O debate as to whether we should raise tax revenues to bridge the current deficit, ...

May 01, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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CBFR: Complicated Structure or More Fair to Majority of Rate Users?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 30, 2014
| (1) Comment

CBFR: Complicated Structure or More Fair to Majority of Rate Users?

Tonight at the Davis Community Chambers will be a debate over Measure P. At the center of that debate wil ...

Tonight at the Davis Community Chambers will be a debate over Measure P. At the center of that debate will be the issue of CBFR and whether it really does what it claims to do. In their column this we ...

April 30, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Minimum Wage Increase Necessary

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2014
| (131) Comments

My View: Minimum Wage Increase Necessary

The Question is How Much and How Long a Ramp Up - The push to put a $15/ hour minimum wage ordinance on t ...

The Question is How Much and How Long a Ramp Up - The push to put a $15/ hour minimum wage ordinance on the ballot was a bold move, that generated a lot of controversy and concern. But it has also spa ...

April 28, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Does Measure P Matter?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2014
| (4) Comments

Analysis: Does Measure P Matter?

Measure P would, if the voters approve it, repeal the current water rates in their entirety. Some believe ...

Measure P would, if the voters approve it, repeal the current water rates in their entirety. Some believe that this would not be a huge deal, in that the city could quickly and easily approve new wate ...

April 28, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Were Public Officials Dancing on Pinkerton’s Grave?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 27, 2014
| (62) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Were Public Officials Dancing on Pinkerton’s Grave?

Yesterday, the Vanguard reported that the Davis Professional Firefighters Association President Bobby Wei ...

Yesterday, the Vanguard reported that the Davis Professional Firefighters Association President Bobby Weist held a party at Uncle Vito’s in Downtown Davis to “celebrate the departure” of City Manager ...

April 27, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Second Part of Council Sierra Club Responses

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 27, 2014
| (10) Comments

Second Part of Council Sierra Club Responses

The Sierra Club Monday officially endorsed the individual candidacies of Rochelle Swanson and Robb Davis ...

The Sierra Club Monday officially endorsed the individual candidacies of Rochelle Swanson and Robb Davis for the two open Davis City Council seats in the June 2014 election. The endorsement process fo ...

April 27, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Firefighters, Others Employees Celebrate Pinkerton’s Departure; Elected Officials Join In

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2014
| (115) Comments

Firefighters, Others Employees Celebrate Pinkerton’s Departure; Elected Officials Join In

On Friday, the Vanguard was tipped off that the firefighters were holding a celebration party for the dep ...

On Friday, the Vanguard was tipped off that the firefighters were holding a celebration party for the departure of Davis City Manager Steve Pinkerton. Mr. Pinkerton had implemented a number of reforms ...

April 26, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Boiling the Frog

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 26, 2014
| (20) Comments

Boiling the Frog

by Michael Bisch “People don’t pay attention until cities talk about bankruptcy, but by then the frog has ...

by Michael Bisch “People don’t pay attention until cities talk about bankruptcy, but by then the frog has already been boiled to death.” — David Crane, lecturer in the Public Policy Program at Stanfor ...

April 26, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Council Needs to Focus on Moving Forward with Innovation Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2014
| (14) Comments

Analysis: Council Needs to Focus on Moving Forward with Innovation Center

Council’s failure to manage time at the meeting on Tuesday has led to some sharp criticism, questioning c ...

Council’s failure to manage time at the meeting on Tuesday has led to some sharp criticism, questioning council’s commitment to moving forward with already agreed upon pieces of the city’s innovation ...

April 25, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Minimum Wage Organizers Protest Outside of Target

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2014
| (168) Comments

Minimum Wage Organizers Protest Outside of Target

About twenty organizers and union workers protested on Thursday outside of the Target Store on Second Str ...

About twenty organizers and union workers protested on Thursday outside of the Target Store on Second Street in Davis. They held signs, chanted, and approached and educated customers about Target poli ...

April 25, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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UC Davis, City of Davis Fire Services: A Shared Success

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 24, 2014
| (4) Comments

UC Davis, City of Davis Fire Services: A Shared Success

Yesterday in the Davis Enterprise, the editor wrote that the shared fire services agreement has been a su ...

Yesterday in the Davis Enterprise, the editor wrote that the shared fire services agreement has been a success and that Chief Nathan Trauernicht “is a capable, mature leader for city, UCD departments. ...

April 24, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Analysis: The Road to Fiscal Sanity… If Only It Were That Easy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 24, 2014
| (59) Comments

Vanguard Analysis: The Road to Fiscal Sanity… If Only It Were That Easy

The city, in the next month and a half leading up to the June election and then for the next six months, ...

The city, in the next month and a half leading up to the June election and then for the next six months, should do nothing but read letters to the editor, and then identify misconceptions within in th ...

April 24, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Justifying Economic Development

Posted by Rob White
|Date: April 24, 2014
| (11) Comments

Justifying Economic Development

by Rob White I have been asked by several community members over the last few weeks to give a detailed re ...

by Rob White I have been asked by several community members over the last few weeks to give a detailed reporting on what is being done in Economic Development by the City of Davis. More specifically, ...

April 24, 2014
| by Rob White

| (11) Comments

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Davis City Council Candidate Statements on DMA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2014
| (6) Comments

Davis City Council Candidate Statements on DMA

Each of the five candidates running for Davis City Council was invited to make a five-minute presentation ...

Each of the five candidates running for Davis City Council was invited to make a five-minute presentation in the Davis Media Access studio. The Vanguard has transcribed each of these comments and pres ...

April 23, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (6) Comments

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