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Economic Development Series – A Different Way to Thrive

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 21, 2016
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Economic Development Series – A Different Way to Thrive

By Tia Will Along with many others, I was asked to share my thoughts about how best to proceed in dealing ...

By Tia Will Along with many others, I was asked to share my thoughts about how best to proceed in dealing with our city’s economic problems. At first, I thought that I would write about the limitation ...

May 21, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City Council Candidate Question 6: Vision for Davis in 20 Years

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 13, 2016
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City Council Candidate Question 6: Vision for Davis in 20 Years

For the next eight weeks, the Vanguard will be sending the Davis City Council candidates weekly questions ...

For the next eight weeks, the Vanguard will be sending the Davis City Council candidates weekly questions. They have 250 to 350 words. Question #1: Do you support Measure A (Nishi) – why or why not? ...

May 13, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Time, Life, Balance, Community Morality & Measure A

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 05, 2016
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Time, Life, Balance, Community Morality & Measure A

By Jeff Boone I love science written at the eighth-grade reading level (so I can understand it). I don’ ...

By Jeff Boone I love science written at the eighth-grade reading level (so I can understand it). I don’t like it when my science is politicized, but that is a topic for another day. I love history ...

May 05, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Why It Might Be Easier to Vote Down a Parcel Tax Than Change the School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Why It Might Be Easier to Vote Down a Parcel Tax Than Change the School Board

On Saturday, the Vanguard column noted that the frustration over the state of the AIM program has once ag ...

On Saturday, the Vanguard column noted that the frustration over the state of the AIM program has once again brought the whispers back about mounting an opposition to the parcel tax. Many have pushed ...

April 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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City Has to Clarify Position on Wild Turkeys

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2016
| (42) Comments

City Has to Clarify Position on Wild Turkeys

A KCRA News report on Wednesday caused a fury in the city of Davis when a city official appeared to call ...

A KCRA News report on Wednesday caused a fury in the city of Davis when a city official appeared to call for hunting restrictions on wild turkeys to be lifted. According to the story, “In Davis, wild ...

March 04, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Personal Accounts of Racism in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 03, 2016
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Personal Accounts of Racism in Davis

by Jerika L.H. The introduction to this article will be purposefully short on the grounds that t ...

by Jerika L.H. The introduction to this article will be purposefully short on the grounds that this piece is a much needed exercise in listening, instead of sermoning. However, I would be rem ...

March 03, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Bike Campaign to Reduce Global Warming

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 17, 2016
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Bike Campaign to Reduce Global Warming

By Maria Contreras Tebbutt Two months ago, 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will commit nearly ...

By Maria Contreras Tebbutt Two months ago, 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will commit nearly every country in the world to lowering their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help st ...

February 17, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Three Ways to Stop Receiving Junk Mail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2016
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Three Ways to Stop Receiving Junk Mail

by Michelle Millet A few months ago, I headed to the post office to open a P.O. Box for an organization I ...

by Michelle Millet A few months ago, I headed to the post office to open a P.O. Box for an organization I am involved with. We weren’t anticipating much mail so I requested the smallest size box, whic ...

January 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Preparing For Life with a Three-Day Newspaper

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2015
| (9) Comments

Commentary: Preparing For Life with a Three-Day Newspaper

One of the biggest topics of discussion outside of the local issues in the last few weeks has been the de ...

One of the biggest topics of discussion outside of the local issues in the last few weeks has been the decision by the Davis Enterprise to go to a three-day delivery schedule. For the most part, the V ...

December 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Bicycle Ownership Drops by Half While Obesity in California Rises by 153%

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 08, 2015
| (50) Comments

Bicycle Ownership Drops by Half While Obesity in California Rises by 153%

A new study released this month reveals a shocking trend: between 1989 and 2012 bicycle ownership decline ...

A new study released this month reveals a shocking trend: between 1989 and 2012 bicycle ownership declined by half, "from an average PBO [percentage bicycle ownership] of 60% in 1989 to 32% in 2012." ...

December 08, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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DPOA Disavows “War on Cops Letter”

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2015
| (7) Comments

DPOA Disavows “War on Cops Letter”

On Wednesday, the Vanguard reported that a letter, reading like a national form letter, had been sent out ...

On Wednesday, the Vanguard reported that a letter, reading like a national form letter, had been sent out to members of the community seeking to raise funds for the local Davis Police Officers’ Associ ...

December 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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City Releases Shadow Study to Gauge the Impact of Trackside

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2015
| (27) Comments

City Releases Shadow Study to Gauge the Impact of Trackside

One of the biggest questions about the proposed Trackside project, which currently is planned at five and ...

One of the biggest questions about the proposed Trackside project, which currently is planned at five and a half stories where the highest point of the project would be at 78 feet above the street, is ...

December 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Complex Situation Leads to MOUs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2015
| (76) Comments

Analysis: Complex Situation Leads to MOUs

There are multiple considerations driving the apparent council support for MOUs that will provide four ba ...

There are multiple considerations driving the apparent council support for MOUs that will provide four bargaining units with a 3 percent COLA (Cost-of-Living Adjustment), should the Davis City Council ...

December 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Judge in Tentative Ruling Goes Against Harrington on CUP

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2015
| (3) Comments

Judge in Tentative Ruling Goes Against Harrington on CUP

Former Davis City Councilmember and attorney Michael Harrington has been battling the city and his neighb ...

Former Davis City Councilmember and attorney Michael Harrington has been battling the city and his neighbor, challenging the city’s approval of a Conditional Use Permit for Catherine LeBlanc, to allow ...

December 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Special Commentary: Council Set to Approve $1.1 Million in New Spending on MOUs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 30, 2015
| (88) Comments

Special Commentary: Council Set to Approve $1.1 Million in New Spending on MOUs

Despite projections from last June showing the precarious nature of the city budget and despite sales tax ...

Despite projections from last June showing the precarious nature of the city budget and despite sales tax figures coming in nearly three percent below the budgeted estimate for 2015-16, the city counc ...

November 30, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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City Engages Community in Late Night Downtown Discussion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2015
| (19) Comments

City Engages Community in Late Night Downtown Discussion

On Wednesday evening, the City of Davis held a discussion on the late night downtown scene. Whereas a mon ...

On Wednesday evening, the City of Davis held a discussion on the late night downtown scene. Whereas a month ago the Vanguard and CivEnergy held a more traditional panel discussion, this was a facilita ...

November 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: The Public is Not Aware of Fiscal Challenges For the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2015
| (29) Comments

My View: The Public is Not Aware of Fiscal Challenges For the City

Yesterday’s commentary noted that the city’s messaging on the road congestion missed a critical opportuni ...

Yesterday’s commentary noted that the city’s messaging on the road congestion missed a critical opportunity to inform the public of the ongoing challenges the city faces in the repair of infrastructur ...

October 24, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (29) Comments

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Commentary: Why Do We Continually Miss the Opportunity on Roads?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2015
| (59) Comments

Commentary: Why Do We Continually Miss the Opportunity on Roads?

Those of you who have been long-time readers of the Vanguard know that we have been hammering the city of ...

Those of you who have been long-time readers of the Vanguard know that we have been hammering the city of the issue of the pavement condition since 2009. I can still find articles on the Vanguard from ...

October 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (59) Comments

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My View: Road Repair is a Necessary Inconvenience

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2015
| (25) Comments

My View: Road Repair is a Necessary Inconvenience

The city has been getting an earful of complaints about the road construction. I get it that it can be in ...

The city has been getting an earful of complaints about the road construction. I get it that it can be inconvenient to be delayed, but these road repairs have been put off so long due to lack of fundi ...

October 17, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (25) Comments

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Speaker To Address Dollars and Sense of Land Use

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 28, 2015
| (9) Comments

Speaker To Address Dollars and Sense of Land Use

How can Davis use its land use entitlement power to grow our tax base? The Enterprise has published dozen ...

How can Davis use its land use entitlement power to grow our tax base? The Enterprise has published dozens of articles on this subject for many years now. What’s driving the push—and the core argument ...

September 28, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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