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Student Liaison Commission Unanimously Votes to Oppose Minor Alcohol Preclusion Ordinance Friday, 27 January 2012 The City of Davis and the police department have a lot of work to do if they want to get student buy-in for the proposed alcohol preclusion act. Following a lengthy discussion, where students consistently expressed concern with the ordinance and distrust for the intentions of the police, the Student Liaison Commission, comprised mainly of students with a few voting members from the public at-large, voted to oppose the ordinance. The final version of that motion did incorporate language that left issues open and encouraged future discussions. John Youmans, commission member from the... 8 CommentsRead more...WAC Votes to Hold Future Meeting at Community Chambers and Televise Friday, 27 January 2012 by Matt Williams Meeting number 3 of the Water Advisory Committee is now in the books, and it was largely uneventful. Committee Chair called the meeting to order and read a cautionary statement to all the members and alternates about the importance of not speaking in public about water/wastewater without clearly stating that any comments are personal, and not official comments of the WAC. Although it wasn't said, Walter Sadler's Op-Ed probably prompted the caution, since the Enterprise chose to end the Op-Ed with the sentence, "He (Walter) is an alternate member of the Davis City... 18 CommentsRead more...Deputy Files Suit Against Sheriff Prieto Alleging Racially Insensitve Names and Hostile Work Environment Friday, 27 January 2012 A Yolo County Sheriff's Deputy has accused Sheriff Ed Prieto of using racially insensitive language during a departmental staff meeting last fall. Deputy Darrel Johnson told KCRA that during a meeting with a number of deputies and other high-ranking officials in the Yolo County Sheriff's Department in September of 2011, the Sheriff singled him out using possibly racially inflammatory names such as "gravy" and "dark one." Deputy Johnson, who turns 43 next week, is a 14-year veteran peace office who has served the past seven years as a sheriff's deputy with the Yolo County Sheriff's... 10 CommentsRead more...Council Vote to Save Davis Diamonds Helps Line Pocket of Double Dealing Broker Thursday, 26 January 2012 Double Agent Plays Strong Role in Driving Process Away From Alternative Locations By a 3-2 vote, the Davis City Council approved a motion that would authorize the city staff to develop a conditional use permit that would allow for the construction and move of Davis Diamond Gymnastics to a location on the Davis Auto-Center. While the Vanguard initially supported this idea in concept, as facts became more and more clear on Tuesday night, it became clear that the children and families that utilize the Davis Diamond Gymnastics facility were being used in order to line the pockets of several key... 57 CommentsRead more... |
