UCD Students Sit in Silent Protest Against Bigotry in UC System
Around 100 UC Davis students waged a silent sit-in yesterday in protest against acts of bigotry in the UC System over the past month. The student wearing all black and tape or other coverings over their mouths, sat in silent protest yesterday.
The first hour was spent in the MU, the second hour at the Silo, and the event ended up at Mrak Hall. Students every half an hour broke their silence to list their demands and every hour changed places, marching through campus also in silence.
In October of last year, Councilmember Lamar Heystek stunned many in the community and many of his closest supporters by announcing he would not seek a second term to the Davis City Council. As it turned out that would not be the end of the story for Mr. Heystek who has distinguished himself during his first term as a strong advocate for fiscal responsibility in the city of Davis while at the same time he remains graceful and civil on the dais.
And then there were three again. There was a brief period of time when it looked like candidates Sydney Vergis and Joe Krovoza would be anointed rather than elected to the Davis City Council. That was in a period where everyone believed that Mayor Ruth Asmundson would not run for a third term on City Council.
In November it was suddenly discovered that the city had issued 37 permits in the city of Davis allowing NewPath to construct a telecommunications network in the city. However, when residents caught wind of this, it was discovered that the permits were improperly issued based on the city’s Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Ordinance.
The challenge to the Gang Injunction was originally to begin today (March 9), however last week, Judge David Reed suddenly recused himself citing a number of cases that he was involved in as a defense attorney that the District Attorney’s Office intends to use. That move was likely a ploy by the District Attorney’s Office to remove Judge Reed who seemed to view their case more unfavorably than others.
Just about everyone understands that there is a problem with the structure of the current pension system in California right now. It is a problem that was brought to the fore by the recent economic and market collapse that put a strain on a tenuous CalPERS investment system.
Two weeks after Chief Rose Conroy abruptly retired, Davis has announced that they have hired William (Bill) Weisgerber, Jr. to serve in an interim capacity for the next several months.
Remember 2006, at the time, PG&E spent over $10 million to prevent Yolo County from turning to SMUD for its power. It was a complicated process in that Yolo County had to pass two initiatives and Sacramento had to approve.
What started out as a modest story on the Vanguard has now been featured in stories across the world. Yes you read that correctly. On Monday February 8, 2010, the Vanguard wrote a story called “
On January 26, 2010, the Vanguard reported that the Natural Resources Commission had approved a water rate hike of 18% for next year. That increase was pending approval by the Davis City Council, but on Tuesday the City Council was asked to approve the noticing of a much more modest increase of 5% for water and 6% for sewer.
Mayor Ruth Asmundson made official what many have speculated in the weeks following the January 26, 2010 City Council Meeting she will not seek a third term to the Davis City Council. Her decision is just one of several changes to what was shaping up to be a rather mundane council race. Right now her decision means that neither incumbent will seek re-election. Last October Councilmember Lamar Heystek announced that he would not seek re-election siting personal reasons in his decision. However, as we report above, a group of citizens is mobilizing to get him to possibly reconsider that decision.