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UC Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against AFSCME
The California Aggie yesterday reported that UC has filed an unfair labor practice charge against AFSCME 3299…
Commentary: Beware of the Growth Boogie Man in the School Budget Debate
In two days, there have been two letters to the editor in the Davis Enterprise that have…
Vanguard Radio Programming Announcement
The People’s Vanguard of Davis proudly announces that on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, its radio show will…
Councilmember Heystek’s Persistence on Living Wage Leads to Future Discussion
Early in Lamar Heystek’s tenure as Davis City Councilmember, he pushed for a living wage ordinance. This…
City To Look into Strengthening Public Records Retention Policies
File this one under politics makes for strange bedfellows. During the course of my investigation into Davis…
Charter City Proposal Moves Forward
In November of 2006, the voters of Davis passed an advisory vote to ask the city to…
Commentary: On Historic Resources, Student Housing, and Core Area Planning
Last night during the course of the Davis City Council-Historic Resources Management Commission meeting a very interesting…
Guest Commentary: Preparing For The Worst At Any Age
by E.A. Roberts ____________ Obviously disaster preparedness is on everyone’s mind, since the little mini-emergency that occurred…
Davis Enterprise’s Story on the Vanguard
While our top story remains the Vanguard investigation into Davis Joint Unified’s former CBO, Tahir Ahad, I did want to talk a bit about the Davis Enterprise story on the Vanguard. As Claire St. John mentioned to me, the Vanguard has been up for a year and a half, it’s about time we acknowledged it. I thank the Davis Enterprise and Claire for covering local blogs, it must have been a bit tough to admit that there are other news sources out there.
For those who have not read the story, here is what Claire St. John wrote about the blog and myself:
VANGUARD INVESTIGATION Uncovers Evidence of Wrongdoing and Corruption in DJUSD Business Office Under Tahir Ahad
Yolo County District Attorney’s Office Looks into Allegations Background: On November 18, 2007 two former Davis Joint…
Fight For Valley Oak Goes to the County… And Beyond
As if Valley Oak did not have enough obstacles already, looking at the budget situation for the…
Commentary: Okay we get it, Don’t Cut Music
Yesterday I made a phone call to one of the school board members on an unrelated matter….
Young Man Faces 7 Years in Prison for Allegedly Stealing Less Than $100 Worth of Property
During the course of following cases such as the Buzayan case, I have often openly wondered on…
Breaking News: Three Students Arrested for Trespassing at DQ University
The Vanguard responding to reports that students at DQ University had been arrested for allegedly trespassing went…
Emergency Preparedness, Emlen: “We were Fortunate”; Atria Has Serious Explaining to Do
On Tuesday night at the Davis City Council meeting, the city finally received a full report on…
Local Presidential Results a Microcosm of the Debate About to Sweep The Nation Regarding the Role of Superdelegates
In a year where the Democratic Presidential Nomination is coming down to the wire, it is interesting…
Commentary: DJUSD Cut of Climate Position Threatens To Set Back Efforts by Two Decades
SchoolsWithin the course of cutting $4 to $4.5 million from the school district’s budget, you know that the cuts are going to – for the most part -be deep and painful. In fact, that is one reason I have mostly avoided hitting this topic head-on. I have a full understanding that there are going to be painful cuts for all.
That being said, with proposals now on the table, I think we also have to think about the bigger picture and along those lines I have some concerns about some of the cuts.
UC Regents, Fee Increase, Pay Raises All Par For the Course
On Wednesday, at UC Davis Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef’s quaterly brown bag lunch he laid out a number…
Commentary: “Food Miles” Cannot Be Discussed in Isolation From Land Use Policies
Recently in the Davis Enterprise, John Mott-Smith had a provocative piece on the importance of keeping down…
