Analysis: City Manager Salary Increase and Its Impact on Employee Morale, Labor Negotiations
In 2009, as the city was starting to take on water fiscally, City Manager Bill Emlen decided…
My View: Civic Pool Repairs May Not Justify Inclusion In Parcel Tax
It made for spectacular headlines in August when the Vanguard first reported that Civic Pool had a…
Shared Fire Management July 2014
Chief’s Message Community Members, Your shared fire management team is pleased to present the July update on…
Analysis: Revenue Potential Remains a Huge Issue
If the centerpiece of an innovation park campaign will be the ability for the parks to generate…
Commentary: Judges Ruling Serves as a Warning, an Opportunity for a City at Crossroads on Future
The Sacramento Bee’s editorial board this morning argues that Federal Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein’s “potentially groundbreaking ruling…
Where Do We End Up?
by Rob White Over the last few weeks I have been doing a lot of serious reflection…
The Opportunity is Ours
By Doby Fleeman Even as a relatively new member of a family with 100-plus-year-old roots in the…
Sunday Commentary: City Budget Could Become Greatest Threat to Open Space, Environment
For the past several weeks, I have been reading about concerns that people have regarding city greenbelts…
City Manager Decision: Davis’ Future in the Balance
Over the last several months, a number of people have come to me, concerned that if they…
Commentary: The Biggest Challenge the City Faces?
With all of the complaints about the city using public resources to fund a poll, the poll…
Analysis: Council in a Catch-22 on New City Manager
If you read the council agenda item for Saturday, they figure to have a long day as…
Are Davis Fire Reforms Working?
For years, the Vanguard has been pushing for major reforms within the Davis Fire Department and, finally…
What We Can Learn From the City Survey Results
The city has finally released the telephone survey results from Godbe Research which was conducted from June…
Commentary: The Choices Ahead For Davis
On Saturday, Rob White and I wrote what were really inadvertent companion pieces – even though we…
My View: Time to Reengage the Public
One of the interesting things about the MRAP controversy is that it reengaged the public as we…
City Panel Working to Tighten Scrutiny of Taxpayer Dollars
By Jeff Miller and Dan Carson Last February, Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning mused on the city’s…
City of Davis Fire Department Annual Report 2013-14
MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF January 1, 2014 the City of Davis and University of California – Davis…
Sunday Commentary: Protecting Davis’ Assets
Last night, the Davis Sunset Rotary (of which I’m a member), sponsored Movies in the Park, and…
Community Outreach on Innovation Parks and Shared Fire Management
Today: Community Invited to Preview Concepts for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center Information Open House to be…
Council Emerges From Break with a Lot of Work to Do
One might excuse newly-installed Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis if he feels like he’s on a roller…
