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Two Years Later, Topete Case As Confounding As Ever Thursday, 02 September 2010 Over two years ago, Marco Topete allegedly shot and killed Yolo County Sheriff's Deputy Anthony Diaz. The evidence in support of that is strong and compelling. Yet from day one, the case has been fumbled all over the field.On June 18, 2008, Mr. Topete was to be arraigned on charges that included the first-degree murder of a Yolo County Sheriff's Deputy. The media and public, including Mr. Topete's family, were locked out of that hearing. Deputy Diaz had himself been a bailiff in these courts, and evidence suggests that on the arraignment day other courtrooms recessed early,... 2 CommentsRead more...Commentary: Three Trucks Are Faster than One? Thursday, 02 September 2010 As a social scientist, one is trained always to view the world of data analysis through skeptical and critical eyes. In the real world, that makes you skeptical of conclusions based on limited studies that have not weathered competing hypotheses and alternative conclusions. It is with those eyes that I read Rich Rifkin's column in the Davis Enterprise. Without a lot of the work of Mr. Rifkin, the issue of employee compensation would be something just a few people on the council would know anything about. So, I do not want to go too far in criticizing Mr. Rifkin. But what Mr. Rifkin is... 32 CommentsRead more...Council Meets Tuesday, but Does Not Make Decision on Interim City Manager Wednesday, 01 September 2010 The City Council of Davis met behind closed doors on Tuesday night but made no decision to be reported. The meeting was posted as "public employee appointment," "interim city manager/ city manager." The council seems to feels no rush to make the appointment. The city manager last week made a surprise announcement that he was taking a job with Solano County.His final day working for the city will be September 24th and he starts work for Solano County on September 27. He has pomised to help with the transition. The council has a couple of weeks more to determine who they... 14 CommentsRead more...A Brief Look At Seven Months of Monitoring Yolo County Courts Wednesday, 01 September 2010 On January 20, we launched the Yolo Judicial Watch project as a focused effort to monitor and track cases that go through the Yolo County Judicial system. The idea was to report to the public on what happens in an area of our government that they often have limited access to. We do not have TV in our local courtrooms. We do not have regular news coverage either.Often, all the public has to go on is the first-hand coverage of a few high-profile cases and the press releases from the DA's office that are biased and often run verbatim in the local newspapers and local media. In the... 31 CommentsRead more... |
