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What Even Is A “Progressive” Anyway?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 01, 2018
| (48) Comments

What Even Is A “Progressive” Anyway?

By Neil Ruud As another self-proclaimed progressive, I’m a bit confused about how to vote this year. Am I ...

By Neil Ruud As another self-proclaimed progressive, I’m a bit confused about how to vote this year. Am I supposed to vote to “poison toddlers” or should I be more concerned with the protection of end ...

June 01, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Who Gets Harmed As We Debate Over Process and the Perfect?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 31, 2018
| (35) Comments

Commentary: Who Gets Harmed As We Debate Over Process and the Perfect?

In this long debate over Nishi, I perhaps agree with Matt Williams on one thing – the system is in fact b ...

In this long debate over Nishi, I perhaps agree with Matt Williams on one thing – the system is in fact broken, but not as he describes. I think it is broken because we cannot provide for the basic n ...

May 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Robb Davis/Matt Williams Dialogue on Nishi Financials – Part Two

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: May 29, 2018
| (23) Comments

Robb Davis/Matt Williams Dialogue on Nishi Financials – Part Two

On Saturday afternoon Mayor Robb Davis took the time to provide eleven (11) responses (see LINK) to the e ...

On Saturday afternoon Mayor Robb Davis took the time to provide eleven (11) responses (see LINK) to the eleven specific points I had made in my earlier comment (see LINK) Saturday morning. I thank Rob ...

May 29, 2018
| by Matt Williams

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Robb Davis/Matt Williams Dialogue on Nishi Financials — Part One

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: May 28, 2018
| (8) Comments

Robb Davis/Matt Williams Dialogue on Nishi Financials — Part One

Yesterday morning in the comments of David’s latest advocacy statement in favor of the Nishi project, I p ...

Yesterday morning in the comments of David’s latest advocacy statement in favor of the Nishi project, I posted the following response: Individuals have different reasons for opposing this Nishi projec ...

May 28, 2018
| by Matt Williams

| (8) Comments

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More Weird Red Herrings on Nishi from the No Side

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 28, 2018
| (9) Comments

More Weird Red Herrings on Nishi from the No Side

The Vanguard has received these public records regarding Colin Walsh asking the city questions on Nishi. ...

The Vanguard has received these public records regarding Colin Walsh asking the city questions on Nishi. Give him some credit here – at least this time he asked the questions before putting his weird ...

May 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (9) Comments

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Analysis: Which Candidates Are Most Realistically Supportive of New Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 27, 2018
| (10) Comments

Analysis: Which Candidates Are Most Realistically Supportive of New Housing?

A reader wrote in and asked an interesting question – which candidates are realistically most supportive ...

A reader wrote in and asked an interesting question – which candidates are realistically most supportive of new housing? They are looking for “realistic support of real housing” not “those who might ...

May 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (10) Comments

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Commentary: The Old Air Quality Debate at Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2018
| (9) Comments

Commentary: The Old Air Quality Debate at Nishi

For once, I think Bob Dunning has it mostly correct when he argues that pollution doesn’t magically end a ...

For once, I think Bob Dunning has it mostly correct when he argues that pollution doesn’t magically end at Olive Drive. The point I have been making for some time is that there isn’t that much functi ...

May 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Students Wearing High Heels in Protest of Alleged Sexist Comments by Nishi Opponent

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 24, 2018
| (68) Comments

Students Wearing High Heels in Protest of Alleged Sexist Comments by Nishi Opponent

It started late on Tuesday as Colin Walsh, who is wearing a number of overlapping hats this election cycl ...

It started late on Tuesday as Colin Walsh, who is wearing a number of overlapping hats this election cycle, on Facebook posted a screen shot of a Yes on J sponsored article. The sponsored article was ...

May 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Nonsensical Argument that Nishi Project Will Make Downtown Traffic Worse

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2018
| (39) Comments

Commentary: Nonsensical Argument that Nishi Project Will Make Downtown Traffic Worse

I noticed on my Facebook feed an article by John Troidl on another site that argues the Nishi project wil ...

I noticed on my Facebook feed an article by John Troidl on another site that argues the Nishi project will make downtown traffic worse. That certainly doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, as I will exp ...

May 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Potential Nishi Sales Tax Revenues from Construction

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 23, 2018
| 0 comments

Potential Nishi Sales Tax Revenues from Construction

by Richard McCann One fiscal impact not included in previous analyses is the additional sales tax revenue ...

by Richard McCann One fiscal impact not included in previous analyses is the additional sales tax revenues from construction. The proposed Nishi project is subject to sales and use taxes upon construc ...

May 23, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Student Housing at Nishi: Sound Planning for Much-Needed Housing

Posted by Don Shor
|Date: May 22, 2018
| (69) Comments

Student Housing at Nishi: Sound Planning for Much-Needed Housing

By Don Shor On June 5th, Davis voters will be asked to vote on Measure J to approve the Student Housing a ...

By Don Shor On June 5th, Davis voters will be asked to vote on Measure J to approve the Student Housing at Nishi project, which will provide much-needed housing units. With a 0.2% apartment vacancy ra ...

May 22, 2018
| by Don Shor

| (69) Comments

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Letter Challenges Affordable Student Housing Plans

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 22, 2018
| (12) Comments

Letter Challenges Affordable Student Housing Plans

(Editor’s note: This letter from the Soluri Meserve Firm challenges affordable student housing projects i ...

(Editor’s note: This letter from the Soluri Meserve Firm challenges affordable student housing projects in Davis. The group Davis Coalition for Sensible Planning filed a lawsuit against Nishi. Court ...

May 22, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (12) Comments

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Commentary: Why Nishi?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 18, 2018
| (14) Comments

Commentary: Why Nishi?

Measure J/Measure R campaigns seem to have devolved into an exercise where the opponents of a project att ...

Measure J/Measure R campaigns seem to have devolved into an exercise where the opponents of a project attack the weaknesses of the project and the proponents of the project are forced to play defense ...

May 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

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Commentary: Maximizing Density At Nishi No Guarantee

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 16, 2018
| (38) Comments

Commentary: Maximizing Density At Nishi No Guarantee

One of the more curious issues in the Nishi debate is the notion that the Nishi project underutilizes its ...

One of the more curious issues in the Nishi debate is the notion that the Nishi project underutilizes its space. Matt Williams, for example, in a column on the Vanguard, acknowledges, “We have a seri ...

May 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (38) Comments

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UC Davis Graduate Student Association & ASUCD Endorse Measure J – Students Housing at Nishi

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 16, 2018
| 0 comments

UC Davis Graduate Student Association & ASUCD Endorse Measure J – Students Housing at Nishi

(From Press Release) – The UC Davis Graduate Student Association (GSA) and the Associated Students of Uni ...

(From Press Release) – The UC Davis Graduate Student Association (GSA) and the Associated Students of University of California, Davis (ASUCD) both recently passed resolutions in support of Measure J – ...

May 16, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Opponents of Nishi Should Stop Digging into Their Weird Red Herrings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2018
| (45) Comments

Commentary: Opponents of Nishi Should Stop Digging into Their Weird Red Herrings

There is an old adage in politics – when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. But Colin Walsh and ...

There is an old adage in politics – when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. But Colin Walsh and Matt Williams just can’t help themselves. They start a two-part series attempting to get out o ...

May 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (45) Comments

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Getting the Nishi Discussion out of the Rabbit Hole: Part 2 of 2 (lack of process integrity)

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: May 15, 2018
| (4) Comments

Getting the Nishi Discussion out of the Rabbit Hole: Part 2 of 2 (lack of process integrity)

by Matt Williams and Colin Walsh The Davis Vanguard’s article of May 9, 2018 (“Commentary: Enough with th ...

by Matt Williams and Colin Walsh The Davis Vanguard’s article of May 9, 2018 (“Commentary: Enough with the Weird Red Herrings”) is a disservice to the Davis Community. Instead of addressing the main b ...

May 15, 2018
| by Matt Williams

| (4) Comments

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Getting the Nishi Discussion Out of the Rabbit Hole: Part 1 of 2 (air quality, finances)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 14, 2018
| (26) Comments

Getting the Nishi Discussion Out of the Rabbit Hole: Part 1 of 2 (air quality, finances)

by Matt Williams and Colin Walsh The Davis Vanguard’s article of May 9, 2018 (“Commentary: Enough with th ...

by Matt Williams and Colin Walsh The Davis Vanguard’s article of May 9, 2018 (“Commentary: Enough with the Weird Red Herrings”) is a disservice to the Davis Community. Instead of addressing the main b ...

May 14, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (26) Comments

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Commentary: Enough with the Weird Red Herrings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 09, 2018
| (43) Comments

Commentary: Enough with the Weird Red Herrings

The most memorable moment of the forum on Sunday came when Colin Walsh was pursuing another hypothetical ...

The most memorable moment of the forum on Sunday came when Colin Walsh was pursuing another hypothetical nitpick of the Nishi project. It is one thing to complain about legitimate concerns in a proje ...

May 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (43) Comments

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Mayor Apologizes

Posted by Robb Davis
|Date: May 09, 2018
| (7) Comments

Mayor Apologizes

By Robb Davis An Apology: I wish to offer an apology for my behavior at the CivEnergy Forum of Sunday, Ma ...

By Robb Davis An Apology: I wish to offer an apology for my behavior at the CivEnergy Forum of Sunday, May 6, 2018. I apologize for accusing Matt Williams and Colin Walsh of lying (of being liars) whe ...

May 09, 2018
| by Robb Davis

| (7) Comments

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