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Monday Morning Thoughts: Should the City Take a Chance and Roll Back to At-Large Elections?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Should the City Take a Chance and Roll Back to At-Large Elections?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Davis is going to have a special election in May and i ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Davis is going to have a special election in May and is likely now to operate with just four councilmembers, including no one from District 3 until t ...

January 09, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Politics is Dirty – Deal with It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 18, 2022
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Commentary: Politics is Dirty – Deal with It?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I have seen some recent letters lamenting dirty politi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I have seen some recent letters lamenting dirty politics and the recent negative attacks. In the past week I have had a few people ask me what can b ...

October 18, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Will District Elections Mean More Campaign Attacks?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Will District Elections Mean More Campaign Attacks?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Unintended consequences. When Davis was forced to mov ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Unintended consequences. When Davis was forced to move from at-large to district elections for the 2020 City Council campaign, it turns out there ar ...

August 28, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: While We’re at It – Let’s Make It Absurd

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2022
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Commentary: While We’re at It – Let’s Make It Absurd

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When former County Supervisor Matt Rexroad threatened ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When former County Supervisor Matt Rexroad threatened to sue the city of Davis, probably on behalf of his client, the Davis College Republicans, forc ...

January 06, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Releases Draft Maps for 2022 Redistricting

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 06, 2022
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Davis Releases Draft Maps for 2022 Redistricting

By Vanguard Staff Davis, CA – The city of Davis has released two draft maps that the council will conside ...

By Vanguard Staff Davis, CA – The city of Davis has released two draft maps that the council will consider at the January 11 meeting in a public hearing. The maps are based on 2020 census data and wi ...

January 06, 2022
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Council to Lay Out Redistricting Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2021
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Council to Lay Out Redistricting Process

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like the city of Davis just did this. In qui ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like the city of Davis just did this. In quick fashion in 2019, the city of Davis, responding to a potential lawsuit by Matt Rexroad on beh ...

October 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Coming Around to Choice Voting…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2021
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Commentary: Coming Around to Choice Voting…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - I was wrong. I thought that district elections would ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - I was wrong. I thought that district elections would facilitate more people of color running and competing in Davis. At least in round one in the ...

September 03, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Changing My Mind on District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2020
| (43) Comments

Commentary: Changing My Mind on District Elections

By David M. Greenwald I was one of the few people in this community that was not immediately opposed to d ...

By David M. Greenwald I was one of the few people in this community that was not immediately opposed to district elections—I saw the potential for making it easier for people of color to get elected t ...

November 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Being Mayor Used to Mean Something

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2020
| (4) Comments

Commentary: Being Mayor Used to Mean Something

In general, I have been one of the few that has been supportive of the city move to go to district electi ...

In general, I have been one of the few that has been supportive of the city move to go to district elections. However there is one piece of this I don’t particularly like—mayor. Being mayor in Davis ...

March 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard ASUCD Podcast, Episode 1 – UC Path, Payroll Scandal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 26, 2019
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Vanguard ASUCD Podcast, Episode 1 – UC Path, Payroll Scandal

The Vanguard meets with Adam Hatefi and Francois Kaeplin of ASUCD and discusses the problems with UC Path ...

The Vanguard meets with Adam Hatefi and Francois Kaeplin of ASUCD and discusses the problems with UC Path - the payroll system snafu that has led to hundreds of students not getting their pay. We also ...

November 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What Is a Mayor Anyway?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2019
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Commentary: What Is a Mayor Anyway?

Who knew that the last piece of the complex districting puzzle would be the selection of the mayor. In hi ...

Who knew that the last piece of the complex districting puzzle would be the selection of the mayor. In his guiding principles last week, Dan Carson proposed, “Prevent future quarrels over mayoral appo ...

November 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Guiding Principles – the Good, the Bad, and the Missing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2019
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Commentary: Guiding Principles – the Good, the Bad, and the Missing

Councilmember Dan Carson did the community a good service by laying out his proposal for Guiding Principl ...

Councilmember Dan Carson did the community a good service by laying out his proposal for Guiding Principles for Districts. It is always good to put something on paper, so that everyone can have a fou ...

November 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Even at Five Districts, Change Could Be on the Way for Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2019
| (18) Comments

Commentary: Even at Five Districts, Change Could Be on the Way for Davis

In a recent column, columnist Bob Dunning argues that the district elections solution “only makes things ...

In a recent column, columnist Bob Dunning argues that the district elections solution “only makes things worse.” The trouble is – he is possibly correct on this point. The council opted to go with t ...

October 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: A Will Arnold Campaign Could Make for a Very Eventful 2020

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2019
| (30) Comments

Sunday Commentary: A Will Arnold Campaign Could Make for a Very Eventful 2020

The conventional wisdom around Davis has been speculation about the three sitting councilmembers up for e ...

The conventional wisdom around Davis has been speculation about the three sitting councilmembers up for election in 2020, that Brett Lee and Lucas Frerichs will run for re-election while Will Arnold w ...

October 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What We Learned about District Elections Last Night

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2019
| (34) Comments

Commentary: What We Learned about District Elections Last Night

It was a 3-2 vote that turned out not to be a vote at all because, once it became clear there were three ...

It was a 3-2 vote that turned out not to be a vote at all because, once it became clear there were three votes for five districts, the council fell in line behind the Map 5-4 option. The key vote tur ...

October 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Partida Flips on District Elections to Push Five Districts by Narrow Margin

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2019
| (43) Comments

Partida Flips on District Elections to Push Five Districts by Narrow Margin

Two weeks ago Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida indicated her support for seven districts, setting up Mayor Br ...

Two weeks ago Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida indicated her support for seven districts, setting up Mayor Brett Lee as the deciding vote, as it was deadlocked with two councilmembers supporting five and ...

October 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: District and Incumbents

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 22, 2019
| (7) Comments

Guest Commentary: District and Incumbents

by Alan C. Miller I expected someone to analyze the districts in each scenario relative where the incumbe ...

by Alan C. Miller I expected someone to analyze the districts in each scenario relative where the incumbents were for the City council race. I don't believe anyone has. I did not know how this was g ...

October 22, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Dunning is Not Being Helpful on District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2019
| (12) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Dunning is Not Being Helpful on District Elections

“We should fight” – that’s the implication of Bob Dunning’s column this week. I get the impulse, as no o ...

“We should fight” – that’s the implication of Bob Dunning’s column this week. I get the impulse, as no one wants to be forced to do something, especially in a process that seems questionable at best ...

October 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Analyzing Race and Renters in the Maps

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 19, 2019
| (13) Comments

My View: Analyzing Race and Renters in the Maps

Looking at two key dimensions – percent of whites, according to the American Community Survey, and percen ...

Looking at two key dimensions – percent of whites, according to the American Community Survey, and percentage of renters, we have analyzed the ten maps put out by Paul Mitchell’s company and noticed s ...

October 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Releases 10 More Draft Maps ahead of Next Week’s Hearing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2019
| (27) Comments

City Releases 10 More Draft Maps ahead of Next Week’s Hearing

On Tuesday will be the fourth public hearing for the city’s districting process. They will receive furth ...

On Tuesday will be the fourth public hearing for the city’s districting process. They will receive further input on proposed district maps, select the final district map and introduce an ordinance to ...

October 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (27) Comments

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