Commentary: Granda Wastes Community’s Time with Nonsensical Arguments Against Measure O
From the start we need to be clear, there are legitimate arguments against the city’s sales tax….
Measure O’s Impact on Economic Development
The question of economic development has been cited as one of the pillars of economic sustainability. In…
Measure O: Have We Done Enough?
As most people who have been reading this site know, in the next six months the city…
Boiling the Frog
by Michael Bisch “People don’t pay attention until cities talk about bankruptcy, but by then the frog…
UC Davis, City of Davis Fire Services: A Shared Success
Yesterday in the Davis Enterprise, the editor wrote that the shared fire services agreement has been a…
Vanguard Analysis: The Road to Fiscal Sanity… If Only It Were That Easy
The city, in the next month and a half leading up to the June election and then…
Clarifying the Role a Public Agency May Play in a Local Ballot Measure
So Bob Dunning, without citing a single law or statute, offers up that he believes that the…
Analysis: City Analysis of Impact of Measure P Suggests It Is Not a Paper Tiger
One of the big questions is what happens if Measure P passes. There are those who believe…
Sunday Commentary: Asleep at the Switch, Yet Blaming Others
In Bob Dunning’s column this morning, he accuses the city of Davis of breaking the law, calling…
Sunday Commentary II: Listening to the Voters, Fifth Street, Budget
In the latest in a string of articles that examines letters to the editor, we get one…
Davis City Council Candidates Question 4 – Unfunded Liabilities
Editor’s Note: Every week on Friday the Vanguard will send all five of the candidates a question…
If You’re Not Part of the Solution…
by Rob White Over the past few months, the City Manager and other key staff have been…
Raise the Wage Organizers Acknowledge Reaching Signature Threshold Is a Tough Task
Bernie Goldsmith, who has been spearheading the drive to put a $15 an hour minimum wage on…
Report: City Faces Drastic Cuts Without Sales Tax
City Manager Steve Pinkerton has slightly upwardly adjusted city finances since December. He wrote, “On the whole,…
New Fire Chief Wins Over Support of East Davis Fire Protection District
It was almost a year ago on April 30, 2013, that the Davis City Council was asked…
New Report Backs Off Central Fire Station Move, More
When the council voted 3-2 to enter into a shared services agreement with UC Davis to share…
Fiscal Sustainability – Investing in Our Community
by Rob White Over the last several weeks, I have been having discussions with various parts of…
Analysis: Downtown Survey Gives Us a Guide to Fiscal Crisis
A few weeks ago Vanguard readers were asked to participate in the Davis Downtown’s Fiscal Crisis Survey…
Commentary: City Should Read Letters Like These…
I happened to glance at a letter to the editor this morning that says the “city needs…
Sunday Commentary II: POU Has Emerged as a Hot Button Issue While Roads Are Ignored
As we noted earlier this week, results from a Davis Downtown survey suggest that the city of…
