The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem were a bit festive the meeting before Christmas last week
Davis Mayor Brett Lee comes on for his second monthly podcast. The big question the day before Christmas – did the council address core issues or were they simply putting out brushfires. Naturally the Mayor thought that the council was addressing core issues rather than putting out brushfires.
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