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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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Monday Morning Thoughts: Analysis of District Elections Misses the Motivation of the College Republicans

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Analysis of District Elections Misses the Motivation of the College Republicans

Bob Dunning’s column this weekend lights into Matt Rexroad. It’s not that we necessarily blame him for t ...

Bob Dunning’s column this weekend lights into Matt Rexroad. It’s not that we necessarily blame him for this, but the problem is his analysis is incomplete and seems to assume this is about a paycheck ...

August 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Why Are Davis College Republicans Behind the CVRA Suit? They Aren’t Talking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2019
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Why Are Davis College Republicans Behind the CVRA Suit? They Aren’t Talking

On Thursday, the Vanguard received a tip that two members on the Davis College Republicans Executive Boar ...

On Thursday, the Vanguard received a tip that two members on the Davis College Republicans Executive Board – JB Martinez and Karan Brar – are the plaintiffs in the CVRA (California Voting Rights Act) ...

August 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Expresses Frustration, but Does the Right Thing on District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2019
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Commentary: Council Expresses Frustration, but Does the Right Thing on District Elections

There are a lot of reasonable questions that the community can ask at this point – one of the biggest per ...

There are a lot of reasonable questions that the community can ask at this point – one of the biggest perhaps is why the city didn't anticipate the challenge of converting to district elections before ...

August 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Accedes to Demands, Will Move toward District Elections in November 2020

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 14, 2019
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Council Accedes to Demands, Will Move toward District Elections in November 2020

The city council on Tuesday made it clear that they did not like the tactics of former Supervisor Matt Re ...

The city council on Tuesday made it clear that they did not like the tactics of former Supervisor Matt Rexroad, but they also made it clear that they had no choice, given the state of the law in Calif ...

August 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Rexroad Insists on November 2020 for Elections

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 14, 2019
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Letter: Rexroad Insists on November 2020 for Elections

By Matt Rexroad (Editor's Note: The following is the letter sent on July 25 by Matt Rexroad to the City i ...

By Matt Rexroad (Editor's Note: The following is the letter sent on July 25 by Matt Rexroad to the City in response to the city’s initial reaction). I write in response to your email to my co-counsel ...

August 14, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Do We Really Need a Citizen’s Commission for This?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Do We Really Need a Citizen’s Commission for This?

Yesterday, Matt Williams published a guest commentary that outlined what he believed to be several “defic ...

Yesterday, Matt Williams published a guest commentary that outlined what he believed to be several “deficiencies” with the staff report on district elections. Among his complaints was that staff was ...

August 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Rexroad Believes He Has Enough to Prove RPV in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2019
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Analysis: Rexroad Believes He Has Enough to Prove RPV in Davis

Under the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA), a political entity such as the city of Davis is prohibited ...

Under the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA), a political entity such as the city of Davis is prohibited from from using any at-large method of election that “impairs the ability of a protected class ...

August 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Lot of Unfounded Arguments against District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Lot of Unfounded Arguments against District Elections

One official from the city told me a few weeks ago that they had thought the school district bowed down t ...

One official from the city told me a few weeks ago that they had thought the school district bowed down too easily on the threat of district elections – until they looked at the statutes and case law ...

August 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Rexroad Letter Shows School District Did the Right Thing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2019
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Commentary: Rexroad Letter Shows School District Did the Right Thing

The school board took a lot of heat for making the decision to go to district elections. As it turns out ...

The school board took a lot of heat for making the decision to go to district elections. As it turns out they made the exact right decision – as we have now seen from what has happened with the city. ...

July 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary and Analysis: Why Davis Should Go to District Elections in November 2020

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2019
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Commentary and Analysis: Why Davis Should Go to District Elections in November 2020

All indications suggest but do not confirm that a resident of South Davis is behind the filing of the let ...

All indications suggest but do not confirm that a resident of South Davis is behind the filing of the letter and potential lawsuit against the city of Davis. That is a bit ironic because it would app ...

July 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Rexroad Demands Davis Shift to District Elections for Council Races

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2019
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Rexroad Demands Davis Shift to District Elections for Council Races

It looks like by 2022 both the school district and city will have gone to district elections. While Matt ...

It looks like by 2022 both the school district and city will have gone to district elections. While Matt Rexroad told the Vanguard that the city should change in time for March 2020, the city respond ...

July 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does a Prosecutor Have to Be Tough on Crime?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does a Prosecutor Have to Be Tough on Crime?

I found Matt Rexroad's letter in support of DA Jeff Reisig interesting. I asked him if he would submit i ...

I found Matt Rexroad's letter in support of DA Jeff Reisig interesting. I asked him if he would submit it to the Vanguard, but he declined, suggesting this wasn't the audience he wanted to reach. Fin ...

April 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Election News: Gary Sandy In, Rexroad Out; Prieto Makes Immigration Statement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2018
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Election News: Gary Sandy In, Rexroad Out; Prieto Makes Immigration Statement

It has been a tumultuous week in the Yolo County supervisor’s race. Two days before the deadline, three- ...

It has been a tumultuous week in the Yolo County supervisor’s race. Two days before the deadline, three-term Supervisor Matt Rexroad announced he was not going to seek reelection. However, Mr. Rexro ...

March 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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In Surprise Announcement, Rexroad Bows Out

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2018
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In Surprise Announcement, Rexroad Bows Out

Supervisor Matt Rexroad was well on his way to running for a fourth term. He had received a challenger i ...

Supervisor Matt Rexroad was well on his way to running for a fourth term. He had received a challenger in Meg Stallard in February, but was working to secure endorsements and continue his service to ...

March 08, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Battle Over Gibson House Leads to Electoral Challenge to Matt Rexroad

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 12, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Battle Over Gibson House Leads to Electoral Challenge to Matt Rexroad

In 2006, Matt Rexroad won a heavily contested race against Frank Sieferman and then has run unopposed in ...

In 2006, Matt Rexroad won a heavily contested race against Frank Sieferman and then has run unopposed in 2010 and 2014. But not in 2018. A contentious issue over who should run the historic Gibson Ho ...

February 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo County Judge Basha Announces His Retirement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2017
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Yolo County Judge Basha Announces His Retirement

Yolo Superior Court Presiding Judge Janet Gaard announced Friday that Judge Steven M. Basha has submitted ...

Yolo Superior Court Presiding Judge Janet Gaard announced Friday that Judge Steven M. Basha has submitted his application to retire effective January 23, 2018, according to a release from the Yolo Cou ...

November 04, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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County Board of Supervisors Receives Report on Cannabis Enforcement Actions; Pushes for More

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2017
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County Board of Supervisors Receives Report on Cannabis Enforcement Actions; Pushes for More

Sheriff Ed Prieto told the Board of Supervisors “there are lots of concerns about the illegal grows in Yo ...

Sheriff Ed Prieto told the Board of Supervisors “there are lots of concerns about the illegal grows in Yolo County and we’ve received many complaints and concerns.” He said in the past few weeks the ...

October 11, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Response to Rexroad on the Conduct of a Deputy District Attorney

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 06, 2017
| (2) Comments

Response to Rexroad on the Conduct of a Deputy District Attorney

Supervisor Rexroad has made a mountain out of a molehill here. The Vanguard has for some time offered re ...

Supervisor Rexroad has made a mountain out of a molehill here. The Vanguard has for some time offered recurring monthly subscriptions as a way to create certainty of costs in order to be able to meet ...

June 06, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard’s Questionable Journalistic Ethics

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 06, 2017
| (19) Comments

Vanguard’s Questionable Journalistic Ethics

By Matt Rexroad For democracy to work well we must have a free press, which is why it’s enshrined in the ...

By Matt Rexroad For democracy to work well we must have a free press, which is why it’s enshrined in the First Amendment. But with that freedom comes responsibility. Too often in our country’s history ...

June 06, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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