Sunday Commentary: With Transparency and Justice For All…
It was a pretty good crowd for a Saturday, and the regular crowd shuffled into the Davis…
My View II: When Should Employee Compensation Increase?
Yesterday’s article on potential revenue from new hotels triggered another side discussion on employee compensation. The problem…
Analysis: Can Hotels Be the Short-Term Revenue Fix That the City Needs?
When Councilmember Rochelle Swanson was explaining her vote on the MOUs and explaining where the money might…
Commentary: Will MOU Fallout Impact Other Issues?
It may be that this is simply an issue that resonates only for the “Vanguard 10,” but…
Should the City Consider a Utility User Tax?
By Bob Fung How would you feel about the city adding as much as a 5 percent…
Sunday Commentary II: A Tale of Two Consent Items
It was June 2013, school was about to let out and people were likely not following the…
My View II: Davis Police Central Figures in MOU Debate and City This Week
Since 2006 the rank and file of the Davis Police Department have really attempted to stay out…
My View: Is the MOU Issue a Vanguard-Only Issue?
On Tuesday night when I expressed concern to a councilmember about the fact that the MOU issue…
Commentary: Thinking About Taxes and the Need for Revenue
I thought it was an interesting comment that former Assemblymember and County Supervisor Helen Thomson made with…
Councilmember Swanson Explains Her MOU Vote and the Process
For Councilmember Rochelle Swanson, the Vanguard column the other day following the council meeting and the 4-1…
Commentary: Council Passes MOUs Without a Word
The Davis City Council’s biggest decision on Tuesday night, with the deepest ramifications for the future of…
Analysis: Complex Situation Leads to MOUs
There are multiple considerations driving the apparent council support for MOUs that will provide four bargaining units…
Special Commentary: Council Set to Approve $1.1 Million in New Spending on MOUs
Despite projections from last June showing the precarious nature of the city budget and despite sales tax…
City Needs $10 Million Annually to Maintain Pavement
Back in 2013, the Davis City Council adopted a funding strategy to allocate roughly $4 million of…
My View: The Public is Not Aware of Fiscal Challenges For the City
Yesterday’s commentary noted that the city’s messaging on the road congestion missed a critical opportunity to inform…
Commentary: We Need to Take a Very Realistic Approach on the Sports Complex
On Tuesday night, the Davis City Council voted to create the Sports Park Task Force, amending the…
Commentary: Top Issue and Most Elusive Goal in This Community is Fiscal Sustainability
This is probably not a fair indictment, but in the last 12 to 18 months, it seems…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Stacked Deck on the Sports Park?
In July, the Davis City Council did the right thing by separating the issue of the potential…
Is a Task Force the Best Way to Determine Whether We Need a New Sports Complex?
This summer when the city council was considering an infrastructure revenue measure, activists encouraged and abated by…
Sunday Commentary: Exposing the Dark Underbelly
As we celebrate the Vanguard’s ninth anniversary of its founding, few of our current readers probably are…
