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Heystek: "The Decision I Announced on October 17, 2009 Stands" Saturday, 13 March 2010 Lamar Heystek announced this afternoon at 4:30 pm in vestibule outside of the Community Chambers that his decision from October stood and he will not seek re-election. He thanked the outpouring of support from community members who signed the "Draft Lamar" petition. He said that this was a difficult decision the past two weeks, but he is placing his private life over his public life. He was surrounded by a small contingent of supporters, his father, his brother Louis, and his fiance Pui San. Lamar Heystek had originally announced his decision not to run in October citing at that time... 6 CommentsRead more...New Intrigue Emerges: Will Sue Greenwald Run For Supervisor? Friday, 12 March 2010 While the Davis political world waits on the final decision for Councilmember Lamar Heystek as to whether he will change his mind and run for re-election, a new intrigue has potentially emerged in the Supervisor's race.Up until now, Davis Mayor Pro Tem Don Saylor was running unopposed for the seat that Helen Thomson is leaving in her decision to retire from public office and therefore not seek reelection. However, now a potential opponent has emerge, or shall we say re-emerged. There was speculation that Councilmember and Former Davis Mayor Sue Greenwald would challenge Don Saylor... 15 CommentsRead more...UC Police Continue Investigation Into Hate Incidents As Students Complain Of Slow Response Friday, 12 March 2010 Wednesday's silent protest drew attention back to the issue of hate incidents that have occurred in the past month not only on the UC Davis campus, but across the UCs. On Wednesday, 100 students sat in silence on the quad, wearing black and taping their mouths shut.While administrators and the Chancellor have been quick to criticize the incidents and send out communications, there has been a general sense of a lack of swift disciplinary actions. In the demands read on Wednesday the message practically screams out, the protesters demanded: "That the chancellor respond to all of the... 5 CommentsRead more...Commentary: Leveraged Influence in Davis City Council Campaigns Thursday, 11 March 2010 As campaign time roles around, there is the bi-annual debate over what a campaign donation means and whether certain groups can purchase influence through a process of bundling checks. It was interesting yesterday morning I had a long discussion about this very topic with a community member who argued it should not make a difference who a candidate took money from if that individual was open to taking money and representing a broad-coalition of people. In theory and perhaps in other communities, that approach may work, in this community, taking money from certain individuals such as... 18 CommentsRead more... |
