City Finally Launches Road Repairs After Years of Deterioration
For the first time in years, the city has launched a major road repair effort, the city…
Shared Fire Management with UCD To Continue Through 2016
Quietly, earlier this month with no fanfare or controversy, a critical date passed in the city. The…
Sunday Commentary: The Vanguard’s View of the Council Accomplishments of 2014-15
This week the mayor published his monthly Mayor’s Corner and called the past year “a year to…
Analysis: Should Davis Count on Help for Roads?
Last week, Dan Carson reported in the Vanguard, “For the first time in decades, there is a…
Additional State Aid to Fix Davis Roads Looking More Likely
By Dan Carson For the first time in decades, there is a growing bipartisan consensus in the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Should Council Have Simply Killed the Sports Park?
It is easy to understand why the Davis City Council took the action that they did last…
Commentary: Did Council Go Far Enough By Separating Sports Parks from Tax Discussion?
The Davis City Council made the move they had to make on Tuesday night – which was…
Monday Morning Thoughts II: Wrong Time to Discuss Sports Complex, 50-Meter Pool
On Sunday, Eileen Samitz in her guest column wrote that a “Sports Complex on Toxic Former City…
Monday Morning Thoughts: It Is Easy to Under-Estimate Impacts of Firefighters’ Union on City Politics
On Sunday the Vanguard showed how the 2004 sales tax, that was supposed to go for shoring…
Sunday Commentary: The General Use Tax and Tales of 2004
The risk of a general use tax is that the voters have no say over how that…
Sports Complex on Toxic Former City Landfill Site Is a Bad Idea
By Eileen Samitz Last Sunday on June 28th, two articles appeared in our local newspaper regarding the…
My View: Does Utility Tax Give Us Enough Assurance?
It has been more than a year since voters, by a margin of 58-42 percent, passed the…
My View: Is this a Budget to Celebrate?
This week, the Davis City Council approved the city’s 2015-16 budget. Let us be clear about one…
Council to Consider Potential Tax Measure for Unfunded Needs
While the council has in the past talked about a parcel tax, they are now looking at…
Analysis: Gloves Come Off in Debate Over City Manager
Last week, we noted and analyzed Rich Rifkin’s column, “Davis City Manager Fails to Lead” (6/24) where…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Start on Roads But When Do We Get Serious About Funding?
On Tuesday the Davis City Council will have before them a very important consent agenda item –…
Council Will Approve the 2015-16 City Budget
There has been a lot of discussion on the longer range budget issues such as how the…
Analysis: Is It Time to Start Evaluating the City Manager?
It is perhaps easy to forget the world of 2008. It was just seven years ago that…
Concerns Raised About the Budget Process
Elaine Roberts Musser on Tuesday addressed the Davis City Council during public comment of their budget discussion…
Commentary: The Case For Economic Development Is Stronger Than Ever
This is not the strongest economic recovery we have seen and at some point in the next…
