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Sheila Allen Announces Run for County Supervisor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2023
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Sheila Allen Announces Run for County Supervisor

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It may have been the least well-kept secret in Yolo Co ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It may have been the least well-kept secret in Yolo County. For a long time, it was surmised that Jim Provenza, who has served on the board of Super ...

May 17, 2023
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Provenza Will Not Seek a Fifth Term

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 29, 2023
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Provenza Will Not Seek a Fifth Term

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – This week Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza has announced he will n ...

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – This week Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza has announced he will not seek re-election for a 5th term in March of 2024. Provenza has spent 20 years in local gover ...

April 29, 2023
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Sales Tax Campaign – Measure Q – Kicks Off with a Press Conference in the Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 09, 2019
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Sales Tax Campaign – Measure Q – Kicks Off with a Press Conference in the Park

Mayor Brett Lee, Former Senator Lois Wolk, Councilmember Dan Carson and many others gathered in Central P ...

Mayor Brett Lee, Former Senator Lois Wolk, Councilmember Dan Carson and many others gathered in Central Park on Friday afternoon as they held a press conference to support Measure Q, the renewal to th ...

November 09, 2019
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Commentary: Errors in Dunning Column Lead to Wrong Conclusions on City Demographics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2019
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Commentary: Errors in Dunning Column Lead to Wrong Conclusions on City Demographics

In a column that appeared in the Sunday, September 1, paper, Bob Dunning writes that he sent a note to Ma ...

In a column that appeared in the Sunday, September 1, paper, Bob Dunning writes that he sent a note to Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida “asking what she thinks about our sudden move to district elections. ...

September 12, 2019
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That Time When Former Superintendent Murphy Couldn’t Explain What Happened to $5 Million in Facilities Money

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2018
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That Time When Former Superintendent Murphy Couldn’t Explain What Happened to $5 Million in Facilities Money

It was a decade ago that the Vanguard chronicled, in a multi-part series, how former DJUSD Deputy Superin ...

It was a decade ago that the Vanguard chronicled, in a multi-part series, how former DJUSD Deputy Superintendent Tahir Ahad used his position at the school district to start up a private education con ...

July 19, 2018
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My View: We Learn Once Again That Campaigns Matter

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 11, 2016
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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
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Analysis: Time Not Yet for A Council Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2015
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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
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My View II: Anyone Else Perplexed on the Grande Property Deal?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2014
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My View II: Anyone Else Perplexed on the Grande Property Deal?

I have to admit I was pretty stunned to see that the school district sold the Grande property for $5.5 mi ...

I have to admit I was pretty stunned to see that the school district sold the Grande property for $5.5 million, the same amount they had originally agreed to sell the property for back in 2005, before ...

December 06, 2014
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$5.5 Million Sale of Grande Property Ends a Long Saga

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2014
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$5.5 Million Sale of Grande Property Ends a Long Saga

The Davis school board accepted a bid from local developer Don Fouts to purchase the school district’s Gr ...

The Davis school board accepted a bid from local developer Don Fouts to purchase the school district’s Grande property for $5.5 million. The property was the subject of a major controversy nearly a de ...

December 05, 2014
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Analysis: In a Way the Community Never Moved On From Peterson…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2014
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Analysis: In a Way the Community Never Moved On From Peterson…

It was March 18, and the Davis School Board had just voted 3-1 to uphold the district’s decision on not r ...

It was March 18, and the Davis School Board had just voted 3-1 to uphold the district’s decision on not renewing volleyball coach Julie Crawford’s VSA (variable service agreement). At the time, Board ...

November 04, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: To New Beginnings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: To New Beginnings

It is Election Day on Tuesday, which means an end to the torment of the never ending attack ads in the Am ...

It is Election Day on Tuesday, which means an end to the torment of the never ending attack ads in the Ami Bera-Doug Ose congressional race, the Tom Torlakson-Marshall Tuck race, and the Prop. 46 cam ...

November 03, 2014
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DJUSD Candidate Pool Swells to Eight But Fernandes Still Unopposed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2014
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DJUSD Candidate Pool Swells to Eight But Fernandes Still Unopposed

The number of candidates has swollen to eight for four DJUSD School Board seats, but Alan Fernandes remai ...

The number of candidates has swollen to eight for four DJUSD School Board seats, but Alan Fernandes remains the only candidate for the two-year seat to which he was appointed in May. That appointment ...

August 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Julie Crawford: Moves Forward, Back Doing What She Loves

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2014
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Julie Crawford: Moves Forward, Back Doing What She Loves

It is 7 am in mid-July, but the Davis High School girls’ volleyball players are working hard at the Perfo ...

It is 7 am in mid-July, but the Davis High School girls’ volleyball players are working hard at the Performance 22 gym to get in shape for the start of the season. For Coach Julie Crawford, it was not ...

July 18, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Decline of the Yolo County Democratic Machine?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 08, 2014
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Analysis: Decline of the Yolo County Democratic Machine?

In local races, the Yolo County Democratic Party would endorse Dan Wolk for Assembly, Norma Alcala for Co ...

In local races, the Yolo County Democratic Party would endorse Dan Wolk for Assembly, Norma Alcala for County Supervisor, Don Saylor for County Supervisor, Jesse Ortiz for Yolo County Superintendent o ...

June 08, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Analysis: Davis City Council Outcome

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 05, 2014
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Vanguard Analysis: Davis City Council Outcome

We begin with the caveat that there are probably 2000 to 3000 votes still to be counted in this race. His ...

We begin with the caveat that there are probably 2000 to 3000 votes still to be counted in this race. Historically, we have not seen these late ballot counts change the results of races where there is ...

June 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Elected as Mayor Pro Tem; Swanson with a Narrow Lead Over Munn for Second

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 04, 2014
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Davis Elected as Mayor Pro Tem; Swanson with a Narrow Lead Over Munn for Second

Measure O Passes Handily, Measure P Ahead With 100% of the precincts reporting, one thing is clear, Robb ...

Measure O Passes Handily, Measure P Ahead With 100% of the precincts reporting, one thing is clear, Robb Davis finished first and will be the Mayor Pro Tem on the Council starting July 1, 2014 and May ...

June 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Election Day Analysis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 03, 2014
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Vanguard Election Day Analysis

Election Day is either finally here or all too quickly here, depending on your perspective. In ours, with ...

Election Day is either finally here or all too quickly here, depending on your perspective. In ours, with the lack of real polling, prognostication is a crap shoot. However, we can guess like everyone ...

June 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council League of Women Voters Candidates’ Forum (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2014
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Council League of Women Voters Candidates’ Forum (Video)

Back in early May, four of the Davis City Council candidates met to discuss the issues at the League of W ...

Back in early May, four of the Davis City Council candidates met to discuss the issues at the League of Women Voter's Forum. Rochelle Swanson was in Washington, DC, for Cap-to-Cap. For the Vanguard w ...

June 02, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Davis City Council Community Values Forum (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2014
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Davis City Council Community Values Forum (Video)

On May 12, 2014, the Davis Community Church hosted the Community Values Forum which was an opportunity fo ...

On May 12, 2014, the Davis Community Church hosted the Community Values Forum which was an opportunity for members of the public to engage with the City Council candidates before the upcoming election ...

June 02, 2014
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Vanguard Analysis: Another Anti-Measure O Argument Goes Awry

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 26, 2014
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Vanguard Analysis: Another Anti-Measure O Argument Goes Awry

In a co-authored op-ed, Jose Granda and Tom Randall bring us another argument against the schools parcel ...

In a co-authored op-ed, Jose Granda and Tom Randall bring us another argument against the schools parcel tax… oh wait, the city sales tax. Unfortunately, once again, they miss the critical issues faci ...

May 26, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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