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.
Greenwald is the founder, editor, and executive director of the Davis Vanguard. He founded the Vanguard in 2006. David Greenwald moved to Davis in 1996 to attend Graduate School at UC Davis in Political Science. He lives in South Davis with his wife Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald and three children.
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