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Commentary: Suddenly the Council Has $300,000 to Throw Around?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2014
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Commentary: Suddenly the Council Has $300,000 to Throw Around?

Tuesday evening took an odd turn as suddenly two of the councilmembers with the strongest record on fisca ...

Tuesday evening took an odd turn as suddenly two of the councilmembers with the strongest record on fiscal prudence were proposing the city allocate $300,000 for a BearCat or another civilian replacem ...

October 23, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council Rejects $300,000 Appropriation For New Vehicle; Returns the MRAP

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 22, 2014
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Council Rejects $300,000 Appropriation For New Vehicle; Returns the MRAP

The city of Davis will be returning the MRAP (mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle), as the council re ...

The city of Davis will be returning the MRAP (mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle), as the council reaffirmed its August vote by a 3-2 margin, with Councilmembers Brett Lee and Rochelle Swanson di ...

October 22, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Staff Report Recommends Davis Return MRAP, Council to Consider Options

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2014
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Staff Report Recommends Davis Return MRAP, Council to Consider Options

It has been sixty days since the Davis City Council made national news by becoming among the first commun ...

It has been sixty days since the Davis City Council made national news by becoming among the first communities to decide to return its military surplus equipment – in this case, a Mine-Resistant Ambus ...

October 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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City Council Finally Get Its Man: Dirk Brazil, New City Manager

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2014
| (59) Comments

City Council Finally Get Its Man: Dirk Brazil, New City Manager

By the time the council formally meets to hire Dirk Brazil as city manager on October 21, it will be just ...

By the time the council formally meets to hire Dirk Brazil as city manager on October 21, it will be just shy of six months since former City Manager Steve Pinkerton officially left. On Monday night, ...

October 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Decision Forthcoming, Do You Know Where Your MRAP Is?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2014
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Sunday Commentary: Decision Forthcoming, Do You Know Where Your MRAP Is?

When the Davis City Council voted 3-1-1 back in late August to send the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected v ...

When the Davis City Council voted 3-1-1 back in late August to send the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle back, they put in language to bring the issue back after sixty days. The Davis Police De ...

October 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Avoiding a Return of a Toxic City Hall Environment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2014
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My View: Avoiding a Return of a Toxic City Hall Environment

A few days ago I was going back over old Vanguard articles as I was in search of an old story, and it str ...

A few days ago I was going back over old Vanguard articles as I was in search of an old story, and it struck me how toxic the city council environment was from 2006 to 2010. One of the stunning factor ...

October 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: MRAP is the Issue That Won’t Die

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2014
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Sunday Commentary: MRAP is the Issue That Won’t Die

For those who are tiring of the MRAP debate, sorry, it is not going away. The raid on Wednesday has pushe ...

For those who are tiring of the MRAP debate, sorry, it is not going away. The raid on Wednesday has pushed the Davis police, both behind the scenes and in public, to make another push for the council ...

September 28, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council Reverses Vote to Allow ADUs to Count Toward Affordable Housing Requirements

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2014
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Council Reverses Vote to Allow ADUs to Count Toward Affordable Housing Requirements

In July of 2013, by a narrow 3-2 vote, the Davis City Council voted to amend the Affordable Housing Ordin ...

In July of 2013, by a narrow 3-2 vote, the Davis City Council voted to amend the Affordable Housing Ordinance to allow credit for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs, or granny flats) to count toward inclu ...

September 24, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Council Unlikely to Reconsider MRAP

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 20, 2014
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My View: Council Unlikely to Reconsider MRAP

Prior to the New York Times article, if you would have asked me, I would have believed there was a chance ...

Prior to the New York Times article, if you would have asked me, I would have believed there was a chance that the MRAP would get reconsidered by the city council. However, I think that door closed – ...

September 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Did Council Overreact When They Killed the POU?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2014
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Analysis: Did Council Overreact When They Killed the POU?

In mid-May when the Davis City Council voted 4-1 to kill the city’s exploration into public power, the mo ...

In mid-May when the Davis City Council voted 4-1 to kill the city’s exploration into public power, the most commonly cited evidence to support their decision was public opinion. The issue was controve ...

September 11, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council Turns Back Tide of Police Militarization

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2014
| (159) Comments

Council Turns Back Tide of Police Militarization

On a night where dozens of citizens came forward to oppose the city’s acquisition by the police of the mi ...

On a night where dozens of citizens came forward to oppose the city’s acquisition by the police of the military MRAP vehicle, many of whom were speaking for the first time before council and gave impa ...

August 27, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Appalling Lack of Sensitivity to Community Values with Police Vehicle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 23, 2014
| (101) Comments

My View: Appalling Lack of Sensitivity to Community Values with Police Vehicle

The timing of the disclosure could not have been worse from the city’s perspective and it is not without ...

The timing of the disclosure could not have been worse from the city’s perspective and it is not without some irony that, had the city immediately disclosed the acquisition of the MRAP (Mine-Resistant ...

August 23, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Just Who is Running This City?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 21, 2014
| (66) Comments

Commentary: Just Who is Running This City?

The Vanguard will have more specific thoughts on the police acquisition of a military vehicle and whether ...

The Vanguard will have more specific thoughts on the police acquisition of a military vehicle and whether that is a sign of the militarization of the police force this weekend, but there is a troublin ...

August 21, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Police Militarization Comes to Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2014
| (112) Comments

Police Militarization Comes to Davis

Even before the Ferguson incident, the issue of the militarization of American policing had come to the f ...

Even before the Ferguson incident, the issue of the militarization of American policing had come to the forefront. On June 24, the ACLU released its report, “War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarizati ...

August 20, 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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Council Votes to Increase Compensation Plan For New City Manager

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2014
| (39) Comments

Council Votes to Increase Compensation Plan For New City Manager

The Davis City Council in a special meeting on Thursday evening, acting on advice from Melissa Chaney, Di ...

The Davis City Council in a special meeting on Thursday evening, acting on advice from Melissa Chaney, Director of Human Resources, and consultants from the executive search firm Ralph Andersen & ...

July 18, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Developers Pull Back on November Advisory Vote

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2014
| (82) Comments

Developers Pull Back on November Advisory Vote

It appears there will not be a November advisory vote after all, as the group heading up the Mace Ranch I ...

It appears there will not be a November advisory vote after all, as the group heading up the Mace Ranch Innovation Center led by Dan Ramos sent a letter on Wednesday to the city, pulling back. The let ...

July 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Mace 391: The Turning Point in Business Park Discussions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 07, 2014
| (108) Comments

Mace 391: The Turning Point in Business Park Discussions

It has been nearly 10 months since the Vanguard wrote an analysis: “Should Davis Reconsider Conservation ...

It has been nearly 10 months since the Vanguard wrote an analysis: “Should Davis Reconsider Conservation Easement on Mace 391?” On June 11, 2013, the Davis City Council voted 3-2 to oppose a proposal ...

July 07, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Compromise on Water Hinged on Burning the Strawmen

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 05, 2014
| (72) Comments

My View: Compromise on Water Hinged on Burning the Strawmen

One of the more dangerous public policy moves is to make decisions based on assumptions and partial knowl ...

One of the more dangerous public policy moves is to make decisions based on assumptions and partial knowledge of the facts. One of the pieces of partial knowledge that appeared throughout both the URA ...

July 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council Votes 4-1 to delay Parcel Tax

Posted by Uptown Studios
|Date: July 04, 2014
| (14) Comments

Council Votes 4-1 to delay Parcel Tax

By Michelle Millet On Tuesday night, city council, after some debate – a majority of which took place bet ...

By Michelle Millet On Tuesday night, city council, after some debate – a majority of which took place between Brett Lee and newly-elected councilmember Robb Davis – decided to delay placing any parcel ...

July 04, 2014
| by Uptown Studios

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