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Further Analysis: 20-Year Road Projections Will Always Be Imprecise, City Needs to Secure Funding Regardless

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2014
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Further Analysis: 20-Year Road Projections Will Always Be Imprecise, City Needs to Secure Funding Regardless

Earlier this week, the Vanguard reported on the work that Dan Carson did on behalf of the city’s Finance ...

Earlier this week, the Vanguard reported on the work that Dan Carson did on behalf of the city’s Finance and Budget commission. This argued that the 2013 Nichols Consultant report had overstated cost ...

December 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Revisions to Pavement Cost Projections Do Not Change Funding Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2014
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Analysis: Revisions to Pavement Cost Projections Do Not Change Funding Needs

Dan Carson back in June argued that the city needed to take a slower track for a second tax vote in part ...

Dan Carson back in June argued that the city needed to take a slower track for a second tax vote in part because of the assumption that asphalt road costs will grow 8 percent a year. Mr. Carson two we ...

December 18, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What Exactly is the Davis City Council Doing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2014
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Commentary: What Exactly is the Davis City Council Doing?

So on Tuesday night, the Davis City Council adjourned their meeting at 7:10 pm. Don’t get me wrong, it wa ...

So on Tuesday night, the Davis City Council adjourned their meeting at 7:10 pm. Don’t get me wrong, it was nice getting home to my family while my kids were still awake, but that just seems like a was ...

December 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Where is the Budget Process Headed?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Where is the Budget Process Headed?

First, the need to clarify something. Last week in my column I noted, “There is talk potentially about an ...

First, the need to clarify something. Last week in my column I noted, “There is talk potentially about an employee compensation increase,” and in the comments I suggested that there was talk of this a ...

December 01, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Excitement Over Emerging Startup Culture; Dose of Reality on the Budget

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 24, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Excitement Over Emerging Startup Culture; Dose of Reality on the Budget

The Rise of the Startup Culture – We have focused a lot of our time and energy looking at the proposed in ...

The Rise of the Startup Culture – We have focused a lot of our time and energy looking at the proposed innovation parks. The most important thing that we need to remember is that there is not a zero-s ...

November 24, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council Optmistic But Cautious Regarding Budget

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2014
| (42) Comments

Council Optmistic But Cautious Regarding Budget

There were no declarations about the end of the structural deficit on Tuesday night, as City Manager Dirk ...

There were no declarations about the end of the structural deficit on Tuesday night, as City Manager Dirk Brazil gave a brief report on the budget. Council was pleased with the good news, but the maj ...

November 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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A Good Weekend for Innovation, Startups and Economic Development

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 18, 2014
| (7) Comments

A Good Weekend for Innovation, Startups and Economic Development

By Michael Bisch “This means that the city will have to maintain strong fiscal discipline lest the dramat ...

By Michael Bisch “This means that the city will have to maintain strong fiscal discipline lest the dramatic recent improvements in its fiscal condition be allowed to unravel. Moreover, the city must c ...

November 18, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Disagree That City’s Structural Deficit is Solved

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2014
| (28) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Disagree That City’s Structural Deficit is Solved

Dan Carson submitted the guest piece yesterday and opened it with the bold assertion, “New data suggest t ...

Dan Carson submitted the guest piece yesterday and opened it with the bold assertion, “New data suggest that the city’s once-formidable $5 million structural budget shortfall is, for all practical pur ...

November 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Fiscal Crisis Yes, But Some Light Perhaps

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2014
| (16) Comments

Sunday Commentary II: Fiscal Crisis Yes, But Some Light Perhaps

On the statewide front, Judge Christopher Klein approved the plan that Stockton put together to repay its ...

On the statewide front, Judge Christopher Klein approved the plan that Stockton put together to repay its creditors and solve its bankruptcy without the reduction of pensions. Writes the Sac Bee this ...

November 02, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Setting the Record Straight on Road Funding

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

Setting the Record Straight on Road Funding

Two weeks ago, in the Vanguard’s weekly “My View” segment, I wrote that “Civil Pool repairs May Not Justi ...

Two weeks ago, in the Vanguard’s weekly “My View” segment, I wrote that “Civil Pool repairs May Not Justify Inclusion in Parcel Tax.” In that column, I argued that, based on the staff report on civic ...

November 01, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Civic Pool Repairs May Not Justify Inclusion In Parcel Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 18, 2014
| (28) Comments

My View: Civic Pool Repairs May Not Justify Inclusion In Parcel Tax

It made for spectacular headlines in August when the Vanguard first reported that Civic Pool had a substa ...

It made for spectacular headlines in August when the Vanguard first reported that Civic Pool had a substantial leak at over 7500 gallons a day. Moreover, it came out that the city had been aware of th ...

October 18, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: How Dare We Poll Before Putting a Parcel Tax on the Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2014
| (36) Comments

Commentary: How Dare We Poll Before Putting a Parcel Tax on the Ballot

It was back in late June, the city had just passed a sales tax by about a 58-42 margin, and the city, fac ...

It was back in late June, the city had just passed a sales tax by about a 58-42 margin, and the city, facing hundreds of millions of dollars in shortfalls on roads, was contemplating a parcel tax. The ...

July 31, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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What is Critical – A Different Perspective

Posted by Uptown Studios
|Date: July 06, 2014
| (130) Comments

What is Critical – A Different Perspective

By Tia Will It is the morning of Saturday July 5th and I have just returned from Farmer’s Market. Like mo ...

By Tia Will It is the morning of Saturday July 5th and I have just returned from Farmer’s Market. Like most every Saturday, I check out not only the food and craft offerings, but wander the whole leng ...

July 06, 2014
| by Uptown Studios

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Commentary: Mixing Pool and Roads in Parcel Tax a Recipe For Disaster

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2014
| (72) Comments

Commentary: Mixing Pool and Roads in Parcel Tax a Recipe For Disaster

Tuesday night’s study session revealed an interesting divergence of opinion on what the parcel tax should ...

Tuesday night’s study session revealed an interesting divergence of opinion on what the parcel tax should be. Mayor Pro Tem Dan Wolk, backed by members from the aquatic and swimming community, strongl ...

June 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council Ponders Parcel Tax – Roads Versus Pools

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2014
| (76) Comments

Council Ponders Parcel Tax – Roads Versus Pools

The Davis City Council met on Tuesday night for a lengthy parcel tax study session. It was an interesting ...

The Davis City Council met on Tuesday night for a lengthy parcel tax study session. It was an interesting configuration, with Rochelle Swanson absent from the meeting due to previous obligations and J ...

June 18, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Special My View: Roads Crises Will Not Be Easily Solved

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 17, 2014
| (29) Comments

Special My View: Roads Crises Will Not Be Easily Solved

The Davis City Council effectively has until July 15 or so to decide whether or not to put a tax measure ...

The Davis City Council effectively has until July 15 or so to decide whether or not to put a tax measure on the ballot to fund roads. I will make this statement again at the outset: the Davis Enterpri ...

June 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (29) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Why We Can’t Wait on Roads

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2014
| (17) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Why We Can’t Wait on Roads

Yesterday we argued that the Enterprise was wrong in criticizing the council’s timing of a parcel tax dis ...

Yesterday we argued that the Enterprise was wrong in criticizing the council’s timing of a parcel tax discussion. While the Enterprise may think that it’s “rubbing salt in the wounds” to discuss how t ...

June 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (17) Comments

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Not So Fast – Why a Slower Track for a Second Tax Vote Makes Sense

Posted by Dan Carson
|Date: June 13, 2014
| (4) Comments

Not So Fast – Why a Slower Track for a Second Tax Vote Makes Sense

By Dan Carson Davis Vanguard’s push for rapid City Council action to put a parcel tax on the November bal ...

By Dan Carson Davis Vanguard’s push for rapid City Council action to put a parcel tax on the November ballot is understandable but problematic. In my view, it is a needlessly risky approach that sacri ...

June 13, 2014
| by Dan Carson

| (4) Comments

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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

| (20) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Opposition to Sales Tax Didn’t Do Their Homework

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 09, 2014
| (2) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Opposition to Sales Tax Didn’t Do Their Homework

I read the opposition's argument against the sales tax measure, and I have to say, I liked it much better ...

I read the opposition's argument against the sales tax measure, and I have to say, I liked it much better when it was called by its other name, the opposition to the school parcel tax. Seriously, I t ...

March 09, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

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