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Provenza Heads for a November Runoff against Deos – Both Candidates Are Confident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 13, 2020
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Provenza Heads for a November Runoff against Deos – Both Candidates Are Confident

Jim Provenza is seeking his fourth term for county supervisor, but this figures to be his most difficult ...

Jim Provenza is seeking his fourth term for county supervisor, but this figures to be his most difficult race—for just the second time he faced competition, and this time, unlike in 2008, he faces a N ...

April 13, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Why We Got Measure G So Wrong…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2020
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My View: Why We Got Measure G So Wrong…

The funny thing is that going into the election I figured Measure G, the parcel tax, would pass narrowly— ...

The funny thing is that going into the election I figured Measure G, the parcel tax, would pass narrowly—in the 67 to 68 percent range. It did. How it got there was stunning, however. I have been doin ...

April 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Measure G Completes Its Stunning Victory, Provenza Headed to a Run-Off

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 09, 2020
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Measure G Completes Its Stunning Victory, Provenza Headed to a Run-Off

Many believed from the start that Measure G, the parcel tax measure for Davis Joint Unified that will fun ...

Many believed from the start that Measure G, the parcel tax measure for Davis Joint Unified that will fund teacher compensation increases, could win a narrow victory—as defined under current state law ...

April 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Yolo County Board Unanimously Votes to Move Forward on Climate Emergency Resolution

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 14, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Yolo County Board Unanimously Votes to Move Forward on Climate Emergency Resolution

by Nick Buxton By unanimous vote at its Tuesday March 10th meeting, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors ...

by Nick Buxton By unanimous vote at its Tuesday March 10th meeting, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors directed its staff to work with a local group of community advocates to develop a climate emerg ...

March 14, 2020
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Updated Election Totals Show Barajas Taking Lead in 5th, Runoff Likely in 4th, No Change in Measure G

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2020
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Updated Election Totals Show Barajas Taking Lead in 5th, Runoff Likely in 4th, No Change in Measure G

We are now ten days since the local election and we now have some preliminary updated vote counts. It ap ...

We are now ten days since the local election and we now have some preliminary updated vote counts. It appears that there were about 6200 new votes in the Measure G election. The yes percentage ticke ...

March 13, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Local Election Results: Measure Q Passes, Measure G Trails, Provenza Could Be Heading for Runoff in November

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2020
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Local Election Results: Measure Q Passes, Measure G Trails, Provenza Could Be Heading for Runoff in November

One big question after Tuesday night is how many votes remain to be counted in Yolo County. Just under 1 ...

One big question after Tuesday night is how many votes remain to be counted in Yolo County. Just under 12,000 votes were counted in the city of Davis for Measure Q and just under 13,000 in the DJUSD ...

March 04, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Anti-Reform Group Does IE in Supervisors Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2020
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Anti-Reform Group Does IE in Supervisors Race

A political action committee, the Safe Neighborhoods Coalition, has apparently entered the supervisors ra ...

A political action committee, the Safe Neighborhoods Coalition, has apparently entered the supervisors race, pushing advertising for Jim Provenza in support of his re-election campaign. The group app ...

February 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: For Economic Development to Succeed, We Need Leadership Lacking on ARC to Step Up

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 18, 2020
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Commentary: For Economic Development to Succeed, We Need Leadership Lacking on ARC to Step Up

In 2010 a combination of political and business leaders came together through DSIDE (Designing a Sustaina ...

In 2010 a combination of political and business leaders came together through DSIDE (Designing a Sustainable & Innovative Davis Economy) to push for economic development in Davis. Among the outco ...

February 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Elimination of Cash Bail and ARC – Two Things the County Should Prioritize

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2020
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My View: Elimination of Cash Bail and ARC – Two Things the County Should Prioritize

One of the new things in politics is that candidates and their volunteers send text messages to potential ...

One of the new things in politics is that candidates and their volunteers send text messages to potential voters. The nice thing about them is that they are from real people – not just robocalls. I ...

February 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Housing, Law Enforcement Among the Issues Addressed by Supervisor Candidates

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 12, 2020
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Housing, Law Enforcement Among the Issues Addressed by Supervisor Candidates

It was a late candidates forum beginning well into the evening on Tuesday night on the UC Davis campus, b ...

It was a late candidates forum beginning well into the evening on Tuesday night on the UC Davis campus, but the three candidates for the Fourth District Supervisor race, just three weeks prior to Elec ...

February 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Enterprise Endorses Jim Provenza

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 01, 2020
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Analysis: Enterprise Endorses Jim Provenza

The reaction to this will likely depend on which horse the reader is backing. For those supporting incum ...

The reaction to this will likely depend on which horse the reader is backing. For those supporting incumbent Jim Provenza, this will be seen as further confirmation that Jim Provenza is the most expe ...

February 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Part II of the League Forum for Supervisor Candidates

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 29, 2020
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Part II of the League Forum for Supervisor Candidates

This is part of two of the League of Women Voters forum on the 4th District County Supervisor race, featu ...

This is part of two of the League of Women Voters forum on the 4th District County Supervisor race, featuring incumbent Jim Provenza and two challengers – Linda Deos and David Abramson. They met on S ...

January 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Few Contrasts between the Candidates as Supervisor Candidates Discuss Issues at League Forum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2020
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Few Contrasts between the Candidates as Supervisor Candidates Discuss Issues at League Forum

Jim Provenza, a three-term supervisor, is facing two challengers this time – Linda Deos and David Abramso ...

Jim Provenza, a three-term supervisor, is facing two challengers this time – Linda Deos and David Abramson. But on most issues, it was hard to tell the three apart on Sunday as they met at Communitie ...

January 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Supervisor Candidates Not Very Supportive of Aggie Research Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Supervisor Candidates Not Very Supportive of Aggie Research Campus

This week we had a chance to look at various positions taken by the three candidates for Yolo County Boar ...

This week we had a chance to look at various positions taken by the three candidates for Yolo County Board of Supervisors on a variety of issues, many of them relating to the environment. As supervis ...

January 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 4

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 18, 2020
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 4

by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group This article is the 4th and final in a 4-part series on q ...

by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group This article is the 4th and final in a 4-part series on questions presented by the Sierra Club Yolano Group to candidates in the Yolo County District 4 ...

January 18, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 3

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 17, 2020
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 3

by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group This article is the 3rd in a 4-part series on questions p ...

by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group This article is the 3rd in a 4-part series on questions presented by the Sierra Club Yolano Group to candidates in the Yolo County District 4 Supervisor ...

January 17, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 2

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 16, 2020
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 2

by Alan Pryor – Chair, Sierra Club Yolano Group In the ballot for March 2020, three candidates are vying ...

by Alan Pryor – Chair, Sierra Club Yolano Group In the ballot for March 2020, three candidates are vying for the office of Yolo County District 4 Supervisor - Jim Provenza, Linda Deos, and David Abram ...

January 16, 2020
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 1

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 15, 2020
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Candidates Respond to Yolano Group Questionnaire – Part 1

by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group In the ballot for March 2020, three candidates are vying ...

by Alan Pryor, Chair – Sierra Club Yolano Group In the ballot for March 2020, three candidates are vying for the office of Yolo County District 4 Supervisor - Jim Provenza, Linda Deos, and David Abram ...

January 15, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Letter: Endorsements and Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 05, 2019
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Letter: Endorsements and Criminal Justice Reform

By Elizabeth Lasensky (Editor’s note: the writer notes that this was submitted to the Enterprise and not ...

By Elizabeth Lasensky (Editor’s note: the writer notes that this was submitted to the Enterprise and not printed in the paper). Yes, endorsements do matter because they attempt to sway public opinion. ...

December 05, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: DA Reisig, Dunning Respond to Letter on Provenza Race; Reisig Gets A Lot Wrong Here

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 11, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: DA Reisig, Dunning Respond to Letter on Provenza Race; Reisig Gets A Lot Wrong Here

Last week the Vanguard published a letter from about 40 citizens questioning the endorsement by Jeff Reis ...

Last week the Vanguard published a letter from about 40 citizens questioning the endorsement by Jeff Reisig of Jim Provenza. The response was interesting – a lot of pushback. A lot of claims that thi ...

November 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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