by Jeff Boone If approved, Prop-30 will require an amendment to the California Constitution. It will increase sales tax by .25% for four years.
Nancy Peterson has worked as a volunteer at Montgomery Elementary for 12 years. She has seen Montgomery become the first campus in Davis to enter Program Improvement status and has become a fierce advocate to at-risk and Title I children.
She brings to the school board race a candidate whose own children have been at Montgomery and who has a firsthand view of what happens when a school goes through program improvement.
“Before you light a wood fire at home this winter, you need to determine whether it is legal to do so,” a city press release warns.
Last week the council, by a 5-0 vote, implemented new mandatory wood burning restrictions. In a press release on Wednesday, Jacques DeBra of the Public Works Department attempts to explain the rules to the public.
FACT CHECK: There has been an ongoing debate in the letters to the editor about Medicare and Congressional Representive John Garamendi’s support for the Affordable Care Act.
A letter writer starts out arguing, “I heard many Democrats trying to scare seniors into thinking that Republicans would destroy these programs. As a senior, frankly, I find this tactic by the president and John Garamendi to be offensive.”