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City Sued by Former Mayor Over Sky Track at Arroyo Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2022
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City Sued by Former Mayor Over Sky Track at Arroyo Park

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The dispute between the city and Joe and Janet Krovoza ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The dispute between the city and Joe and Janet Krovoza progressed to a lawsuit filed on October 5 by Sacramento attorney Daniel Cucchi, but the suit ...

October 26, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Corrupt and Wasteful Process Led to the Arroyo Park Sky Track

Posted by Joe Krovoza
|Date: September 30, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Corrupt and Wasteful Process Led to the Arroyo Park Sky Track

by Janet and Joe Krovoza By now pretty much everyone following city matters knows of the public follies o ...

by Janet and Joe Krovoza By now pretty much everyone following city matters knows of the public follies of the Arroyo Park Sky Track. That it was installed in Arroyo Park in May 2019, steps from neigh ...

September 30, 2022
| by Joe Krovoza

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Letter: Morrill Has the Davis Values and Skill Set Our Council Needs Now

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 21, 2022
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Letter: Morrill Has the Davis Values and Skill Set Our Council Needs Now

By Joe Krovoza Adam Morrill is perfect for our city council, and the time we need him is now. The core ta ...

By Joe Krovoza Adam Morrill is perfect for our city council, and the time we need him is now. The core task of serving on city council is overseeing the efficient and principled running of our city. T ...

September 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: City Hid Data to Justify New Locations for Arroyo Park Sky Track

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: City Hid Data to Justify New Locations for Arroyo Park Sky Track

by: Janet and Joe Krovoza Regarding Arroyo Park’s Sky Track, here’s the latest reveal: data omitted from ...

by: Janet and Joe Krovoza Regarding Arroyo Park’s Sky Track, here’s the latest reveal: data omitted from a March 1, 2022 noise report shows that for the three years of the Sky Track’s use, the apparat ...

June 21, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Former Mayors Condemn Court Action

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 13, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Former Mayors Condemn Court Action

by Joe Krovoza, Sue Greenwald, Mike Corbett, Ken Wagstaff, Ann M. Evans, Bill Kopper We are concerned tha ...

by Joe Krovoza, Sue Greenwald, Mike Corbett, Ken Wagstaff, Ann M. Evans, Bill Kopper We are concerned that Davis City Councilman Dan Carson’s involvement in the Measure H campaign and his efforts to p ...

May 13, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: City Pulls Noise Ordinance Issue, but Bypassing Commissions in Davis Is a Recipe for Trouble

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 03, 2021
| (24) Comments

Commentary: City Pulls Noise Ordinance Issue, but Bypassing Commissions in Davis Is a Recipe for Trouble

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - It’s rarely a good idea in Davis to attempt to push through changes wit ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - It’s rarely a good idea in Davis to attempt to push through changes without going through the commission process. For another example of that look at the proposed ch ...

June 03, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Key Question Is What Has Gone Wrong with Cannery?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 03, 2019
| (8) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: A Key Question Is What Has Gone Wrong with Cannery?

When the Cannery development came to a council vote in the late fall of 2013, the final vote was 3-2 for ...

When the Cannery development came to a council vote in the late fall of 2013, the final vote was 3-2 for approval, with Brett Lee and Joe Krovoza casting the dissenting votes. Writing in 2015 in the w ...

June 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Two Years of Ignoring Fiscal Challenges Were Costly

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2017
| (1) Comment

Monday Morning Thoughts: Two Years of Ignoring Fiscal Challenges Were Costly

As we prepare once again to search for a new city manager, once again it seems we have forgotten where we ...

As we prepare once again to search for a new city manager, once again it seems we have forgotten where we stood a few years ago and where we stand today. While we have a city manager form of governmen ...

October 02, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Paid Parking Is the Gorilla in the Room

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2017
| (29) Comments

Commentary: Paid Parking Is the Gorilla in the Room

The comments by the Davis City Council regarding the proposed Davis Ace Project were instructive. They w ...

The comments by the Davis City Council regarding the proposed Davis Ace Project were instructive. They were clearly willing to grant the project – three of the four councilmembers at the meeting in t ...

June 22, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Looking at a Brief Recent History of Road Maintenance in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 03, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Looking at a Brief Recent History of Road Maintenance in Davis

There is a mix of views on whether the state will finally enact a transportation package which would prov ...

There is a mix of views on whether the state will finally enact a transportation package which would provide at least some statewide money to local communities like Davis, which are struggling under h ...

April 03, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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A Look Ahead to Mayor Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 26, 2016
| (62) Comments

A Look Ahead to Mayor Davis

Two years ago, Joe Krovoza ended his lengthy tenure as mayor, where he had served from January 2011 until ...

Two years ago, Joe Krovoza ended his lengthy tenure as mayor, where he had served from January 2011 until June 2014. For some observers, the expectation was that there would not be a tremendous amoun ...

June 26, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Closer Examination of Assembly Race and Demise of Dan Wolk

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2016
| (9) Comments

Analysis: Closer Examination of Assembly Race and Demise of Dan Wolk

This week we learned the final results in Yolo County. The only race that was really in possible doubt w ...

This week we learned the final results in Yolo County. The only race that was really in possible doubt was Nishi, but finalizing Yolo County gives us one more opportunity to look at the 4th Assembly ...

June 24, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View: We Learn Once Again That Campaigns Matter

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 11, 2016
| (26) Comments

My View: We Learn Once Again That Campaigns Matter

If I were going to design the perfect candidate profile, it would be a person like Will Arnold. He grew ...

If I were going to design the perfect candidate profile, it would be a person like Will Arnold. He grew up in Davis, his father was a prominent real estate broker, his mother a popular teacher for de ...

June 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Evolutionary Change Coming to Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 10, 2016
| (57) Comments

Commentary: Evolutionary Change Coming to Davis

In the early 1970s a revolution hit Davis, which transformed it from a conservative, agricultural town, t ...

In the early 1970s a revolution hit Davis, which transformed it from a conservative, agricultural town, to a progressive stronghold. Davis politics were transformed by the election of Bob Black, Dick ...

May 10, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Cannery Comes Back for Another Bite: 24 Additional Units

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2016
| (64) Comments

Cannery Comes Back for Another Bite: 24 Additional Units

In November 2013, a divided city council voted 3-2 to approve the development agreement to put 547 units ...

In November 2013, a divided city council voted 3-2 to approve the development agreement to put 547 units of various housing at Cannery. However, that was not the end of the story, as the project has ...

April 21, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Close Money Race in 4th AD, Saylor with Most on Hand

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 02, 2016
| (2) Comments

Analysis: Close Money Race in 4th AD, Saylor with Most on Hand

If Davis Mayor Dan Wolk is the front runner in the race, it is not completely obvious from the 2015 contr ...

If Davis Mayor Dan Wolk is the front runner in the race, it is not completely obvious from the 2015 contribution period for contributions ending on December 31, 2015, and reported on February 1, 2016. ...

February 02, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Dire Predictions Did Not Come To Pass with Fire Service Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2015
| (13) Comments

Commentary: Dire Predictions Did Not Come To Pass with Fire Service Reform

It was late 2012, when then-Interim Fire Chief Scott Kenley brought the Davis City Council a proposal tha ...

It was late 2012, when then-Interim Fire Chief Scott Kenley brought the Davis City Council a proposal that, among other things, would reduce the number of firefighters on duty from 12 to 11, implement ...

October 09, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Minicozzi’s Model Applied to Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2015
| (88) Comments

Minicozzi’s Model Applied to Davis

Before a large crowd at the Veteran’s Memorial Theater, Joe Minicozzi came to Davis Tuesday to do two tal ...

Before a large crowd at the Veteran’s Memorial Theater, Joe Minicozzi came to Davis Tuesday to do two talks in a program called “Dollars and Sense.” One of his central points was to show how land use ...

October 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Don Saylor Simply the Spoiler in the Assembly Race?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 10, 2015
| (29) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Don Saylor Simply the Spoiler in the Assembly Race?

Back in June of last year (2014), when it became clear that Dan Wolk was not going to be a finalist for t ...

Back in June of last year (2014), when it became clear that Dan Wolk was not going to be a finalist for the State Assembly Seat, there was a belief that Dan Wolk and fellow Davis resident, Davis Mayor ...

August 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Time Not Yet for A Council Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2015
| (7) Comments

Analysis: Time Not Yet for A Council Race

In the past month, we have seen the State Senate and State Assembly races already flooded with candidates ...

In the past month, we have seen the State Senate and State Assembly races already flooded with candidates, as Bill Dodd joined Mariko Yamada, who had announced her campaign for the State Senate back i ...

July 29, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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