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Sunday Commentary: Time to End These Smear Attacks on a Housing Advocate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Time to End These Smear Attacks on a Housing Advocate

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - A series of articles have been published over the course of the past tw ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - A series of articles have been published over the course of the past two weeks—several of which the Vanguard has declined to publish because of factual errors, missta ...

June 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Process Yes, Paralysis By Analysis No

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 06, 2021
| (1) Comment

Sunday Commentary: Process Yes, Paralysis By Analysis No

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There are times when the call for proper process is really a stalling t ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There are times when the call for proper process is really a stalling tactic—they want to avoid calling the question and hope to paralyze the process by having more b ...

June 06, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Toward a Director of Public Health and Safety in Davis – Blueprint and First Steps

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 04, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Toward a Director of Public Health and Safety in Davis – Blueprint and First Steps

by Robb Davis On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the Davis City Council created a budgetary "placeholder" to fund ...

by Robb Davis On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the Davis City Council created a budgetary "placeholder" to fund a new position to oversee social services. This article argues that the position should focus ...

June 04, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Community Activists Continue to Press for Changes to Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2021
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Community Activists Continue to Press for Changes to Policing

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The city council last week heard the first round of the budget proposal ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The city council last week heard the first round of the budget proposal which included, for the first time, some of the items approved on April 6 as part of the re-im ...

June 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Former Mayor of Davis Serves as a ‘Roll’ Model for a Car-Free Lifestyle

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 06, 2021
| (9) Comments

Guest Commentary: Former Mayor of Davis Serves as a ‘Roll’ Model for a Car-Free Lifestyle

By Lisa Montanaro Sometimes it’s the very people that don’t intend to be an inspiration that inspire us t ...

By Lisa Montanaro Sometimes it’s the very people that don’t intend to be an inspiration that inspire us the most. Such is the case with Robb Davis, who served as the Mayor of Davis from 2016-2018 (yes ...

May 06, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Robb Davis, Former Davis Mayor, Joins Yolo Food Bank As Impact and Innovation Officer

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 23, 2021
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Robb Davis, Former Davis Mayor, Joins Yolo Food Bank As Impact and Innovation Officer

By Joy Cohan Bringing with him a unique background in community-based health and nutrition, program devel ...

By Joy Cohan Bringing with him a unique background in community-based health and nutrition, program development, and public policy-making, former Davis Mayor Robb Davis has joined Yolo Food Bank in th ...

March 23, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: The Legacy of Gandhi in Davis Toppled

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 31, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: The Legacy of Gandhi in Davis Toppled

By David M. Greenwald From the start, the Gandhi statue got off on the wrong foot in Davis. An internati ...

By David M. Greenwald From the start, the Gandhi statue got off on the wrong foot in Davis. An international symbol of peace at the park in Davis, what could go wrong? But one person’s freedom fight ...

January 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Expungement in Islamic Center Vandalism Case Leads to Debate – Justice or White Privilege or Both?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2020
| (10) Comments

My View: Expungement in Islamic Center Vandalism Case Leads to Debate – Justice or White Privilege or Both?

Three years ago in Davis, Lauren Kirk-Coehlo in the early days of the Trump administration committed an a ...

Three years ago in Davis, Lauren Kirk-Coehlo in the early days of the Trump administration committed an act of vandalism on the Davis Islamic Center, when she broke windows, slashed tires and most, no ...

August 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Enlarging the Discussion on ‘Defunding’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 07, 2020
| (24) Comments

Guest Commentary: Enlarging the Discussion on ‘Defunding’

By Robb Davis Observing the early evolution of discussions around defunding the police--and after having ...

By Robb Davis Observing the early evolution of discussions around defunding the police--and after having read The End of Policing by Alex Vitale--it is clear that the real debate is around reprioritiz ...

August 07, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: In Defense of Diversity

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: In Defense of Diversity

By Robb Davis Telos is a Greek word that means “ends”, specifically “ultimate” ends—what in French is “ra ...

By Robb Davis Telos is a Greek word that means “ends”, specifically “ultimate” ends—what in French is “raison d’être” or the reason for a thing, why it exists. The first enormous truth flowing from ou ...

July 16, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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They Needed 658 Signatures, They Got Over 1700 – It Appears Special Election Will Qualify

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2020
| (75) Comments

They Needed 658 Signatures, They Got Over 1700 – It Appears Special Election Will Qualify

Barring something truly extraordinary, it appears that the school board decision to appoint Joy Klineberg ...

Barring something truly extraordinary, it appears that the school board decision to appoint Joy Klineberg to fill the vacancy left by Cindy Pickett will go to the voters in November in a special elect ...

July 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: COVID-19 – What Has Brought Us Here, Where Do We Go Next?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 15, 2020
| (6) Comments

Guest Commentary: COVID-19 – What Has Brought Us Here, Where Do We Go Next?

by Robb Davis Yesterday David wrote of the difficult place in which we now find ourselves vis-a-vis the v ...

by Robb Davis Yesterday David wrote of the difficult place in which we now find ourselves vis-a-vis the virus. It is a challenging moment and past time to think about what brought us here and what we ...

July 15, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Letter: We Are Seeking 800 Signatures to Place Vacated DJUSD Seat on the November Ballot

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 11, 2020
| (35) Comments

Letter: We Are Seeking 800 Signatures to Place Vacated DJUSD Seat on the November Ballot

By Robb Davis On Thursday July, 2, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Trustees made ...

By Robb Davis On Thursday July, 2, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Trustees made a provisional appointment to fill a board seat vacated by the resignation of Cindy Pickett, wh ...

July 11, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Expanded Homeless Facility, Paul’s Place, Goes before Planning Commission Next Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 09, 2020
| (4) Comments

Expanded Homeless Facility, Paul’s Place, Goes before Planning Commission Next Week

A proposed redevelopment of an existing facility that would offer supportive services and other opportuni ...

A proposed redevelopment of an existing facility that would offer supportive services and other opportunities for people suffering from homelessness is headed to the Planning Commission next week, whi ...

May 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Hole Grows Deeper – Five Mayors Speak Out

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 29, 2020
| (32) Comments

Commentary: The Hole Grows Deeper – Five Mayors Speak Out

As a long time political observer, I cringe when, time after time, government bodies and elected official ...

As a long time political observer, I cringe when, time after time, government bodies and elected officials dig in rather than acknowledge a mistake. We can disagree over whether the mistake in the Br ...

April 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Former Mayors Criticize BrightNight Deal

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 28, 2020
| (2) Comments

Letter: Former Mayors Criticize BrightNight Deal

by Robb Davis, Joe Krovoza, Ann Evans, Mike Corbett and Bill Kopper On March 24, the City Council voted 4 ...

by Robb Davis, Joe Krovoza, Ann Evans, Mike Corbett and Bill Kopper On March 24, the City Council voted 4-1 to direct the city manager to execute a Lease Option with BrightNight LLC for 235 acres of C ...

April 28, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: We Should Revisit the Social Services Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2019
| (5) Comments

Sunday Commentary: We Should Revisit the Social Services Tax

The homeless problem has markedly increased in Davis over the last decade. To give you an idea of just h ...

The homeless problem has markedly increased in Davis over the last decade. To give you an idea of just how much, I was just looking at an old article that noted the homeless count in Davis jumped fro ...

December 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: DPD Tries Again on Armored Rescue Vehicle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2019
| (40) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: DPD Tries Again on Armored Rescue Vehicle

It has been five years since the last time the Davis Police Department attempted to acquire an armored re ...

It has been five years since the last time the Davis Police Department attempted to acquire an armored rescue vehicle (ARV). However, in the aftermath of Ferguson and concerns about the militarizatio ...

September 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2019
| (37) Comments

Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?

Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most par ...

Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most part that was a pro forma move, designed to allow the council to hold a special election next Marc ...

September 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: What Message Should Council Be Sending on the Budget?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2019
| (30) Comments

Sunday Commentary: What Message Should Council Be Sending on the Budget?

We have watched over the years the ebb and flow about the concern of the budget. In fact, the budget dis ...

We have watched over the years the ebb and flow about the concern of the budget. In fact, the budget discourse may be some of the most telling information about the direction coming out of City Hall. ...

June 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (30) Comments

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