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Analysis: Complex Situation Leads to MOUs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2015
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2015
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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

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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

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Speaker To Address Dollars and Sense of Land Use

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 28, 2015
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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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Commentary: The Kids Are Alright

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2015
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Commentary: The Kids Are Alright

It seems to be that in every major civilization, the older generation believes that the younger generatio ...

It seems to be that in every major civilization, the older generation believes that the younger generation’s moral depravity will lead to the downfall of civilization. For the most part, that doesn’t ...

September 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Will Harrington Challenge Hotel on CEQA Grounds?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2015
| (12) Comments

Will Harrington Challenge Hotel on CEQA Grounds?

Three weeks ago the Davis City Council tentatively approved the Hotel-Conference Center along Richards Bo ...

Three weeks ago the Davis City Council tentatively approved the Hotel-Conference Center along Richards Boulevard, and they did so making a Mitigated Negative Declaration arguing that the impacts of th ...

September 16, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Even a Downsized State Transportation Aid Package Now in Question

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 05, 2015
| (5) Comments

Even a Downsized State Transportation Aid Package Now in Question

By Dan Carson Eight days before the Legislature is scheduled to adjourn for the year, Gov. Jerry Brown’s ...

By Dan Carson Eight days before the Legislature is scheduled to adjourn for the year, Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration has briefed state legislators on a proposal for $3.6 billion in new funding to a ...

September 05, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Would District Elections Help?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2015
| (14) Comments

Commentary: Would District Elections Help?

One idea generally thrown around as a potential reform measure is going to district elections. My view ha ...

One idea generally thrown around as a potential reform measure is going to district elections. My view has generally been that, while there are some potential benefits of going to district elections – ...

September 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Does Proposed Extension of the Smoking Ban Unfairly Target Homeless Populations?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2015
| (23) Comments

Commentary: Does Proposed Extension of the Smoking Ban Unfairly Target Homeless Populations?

The city of Davis has long had a comprehensive no-smoking ordinance in place. Smoking is already not allo ...

The city of Davis has long had a comprehensive no-smoking ordinance in place. Smoking is already not allowed in most publicly accessible spaces – not just in all indoor public establishments, which ha ...

September 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Reflection on the Loss of Matt Yancey and the State of Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2015
| (31) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Reflection on the Loss of Matt Yancey and the State of Davis

It is easy to overstate things and we must guard against that. But I think it is important for publicatio ...

It is easy to overstate things and we must guard against that. But I think it is important for publications like the Vanguard to add context and to push people into uncomfortable places at times, as a ...

August 30, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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City Child Care Service Changes Lead to Questions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2015
| (13) Comments

City Child Care Service Changes Lead to Questions

Last week, an editorial in the local paper by Donita Stromgren and nine others questioned the loss of chi ...

Last week, an editorial in the local paper by Donita Stromgren and nine others questioned the loss of child care service programs “that have been a stable part of city services for more than 40 years. ...

August 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Former CIO Lands Job at Davis Renewable Energy Company

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2015
| (17) Comments

Former CIO Lands Job at Davis Renewable Energy Company

A press release this week announces that Sierra Energy, a renewable energy company and proprietor of the ...

A press release this week announces that Sierra Energy, a renewable energy company and proprietor of the innovative FastOx gasifier, has brought on former Davis CIO Rob White as its new Chief Strategi ...

August 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Residents Call for Safe Streets in Villages at Willow Creek

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 30, 2015
| (27) Comments

Residents Call for Safe Streets in Villages at Willow Creek

by Jason Tyburczy Residents of Koso Street in South Davis, many of whom have lived there for more than 15 ...

by Jason Tyburczy Residents of Koso Street in South Davis, many of whom have lived there for more than 15 years, are working to amend a plan for a proposed outlet street from the Villages at Willow Cr ...

July 30, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Neighborhood Association Joins Legal Battle Over Zoning of Therapist’s Office

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 27, 2015
| (20) Comments

Neighborhood Association Joins Legal Battle Over Zoning of Therapist’s Office

Local attorney Michael Harrington has filed a lawsuit disputing whether the city had appropriately ruled ...

Local attorney Michael Harrington has filed a lawsuit disputing whether the city had appropriately ruled on a Conditional Use Permit over a 1200 square foot therapist’s office located at 717 Seventh S ...

July 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Vanguard’s View of the Council Accomplishments of 2014-15

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 26, 2015
| (8) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The Vanguard’s View of the Council Accomplishments of 2014-15

This week the mayor published his monthly Mayor’s Corner and called the past year “a year to remember.” ...

This week the mayor published his monthly Mayor’s Corner and called the past year “a year to remember.” He writes, “This month marks the end of this new City Council’s first year — and my first year ...

July 26, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Should Council Have Simply Killed the Sports Park?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2015
| (17) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Should Council Have Simply Killed the Sports Park?

It is easy to understand why the Davis City Council took the action that they did last week by pushing th ...

It is easy to understand why the Davis City Council took the action that they did last week by pushing the issue of a Sports Park to a special advisory committee, rather than dealing with it as a pote ...

July 13, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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