What to Make of the Measure A Financials?
The last financial statements are now in from Measure A. While this seems to be one of the more contested parcel taxes we have seen, the amount of organized opposition, even this time, is fairly small, as the No on Measure A committee named “Davis Taxpayers Against Measure A” received a total of 740 dollars from three donors.
Two of those donors should be no surprise to anyone: Jose Granda who has been been one of the more outspoken opponents of this measure chipped in 130 dollars, while Thomas Randall chipped in ten. The third donor bears some scrutiny: six hundred from Voters for District Elections.
This past week we ended up covering a very interesting trial that frankly should never have gone to trial. In his opening statement, the defense attorney acknowledged that they were conceding the basic charges and only disputing the top end charges.
City Manager Hire Crucial to Moving the City Forward – 
Back in early March, a Yolo County Jury convicted Bennie Moses of 62 counts for the molestation and rape of his daughter from the time she was 12 until she turned 21.
We took up the public pension issue primarily based on what was happening to local governments as the result of increased pension plans in the early part of the last decade, and rising public employee salaries.
A few weeks ago, Judge Kathleen White issued a seven-year permanent injunction on the safety zone in West Sacramento. As we have written a number of times, there just does not seem to be a nuisance in West Sacramento that necessitates such a move, that infringes on the fundamental right that one is innocent until proven guilty.
This morning the Sacramento Bee writes, “To preserve what’s best about Picnic Day and to secure its long-term future, Davis leaders need to give it a break.”
Some of my greatest memories from living in this area are probably the days of going to the Graduate in the early part of the decade when the Kings were going strong and feeling the energy of the packed audience living and dying with every shot the Kings took.
By E. Roberts Musser – 
On Monday, layoff notices to 63 employees were reviewed by an administrative law judge. According to district sources, the rank order of those layoffs will be determined by the hiring dates of the employees, with the last ones hired being the first ones laid off.
Delays Poses Possibility of Re-Doing Jury Selection and Questions About Rising Costs During Economic Hardship – 
