Vanguard Analysis: Could Legal Challenge Undo Measure I?
As we await Judge Maguire’s ruling on the constitutionality of the water rates, one of the big…
Analysis: Impasse Savings Outstripped by Other Fire Reforms
The Vanguard has been arguing for the past few weeks that impasse does not go far enough. …
Davis Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem Among Those Signing Petition Opposing Pension Reform Measure
Back in October, a group of bipartisan California mayors – including San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed (D),…
Analysis: How Would Davis Avoid a New Tax?
I have heard and seen some opposition to a new tax. While I certainly understand that people…
Commentary: Council Majority Stays Strong Under Pressure on Fire Agreement
The Davis City Council returned from Thanksgiving break for a lengthy meeting in which they were asked…
Commentary: The Revenue Side Still Needs Fiscal Discipline to Work
In yesterday’s column was my effort to debunk the notion that slow or no-growther policies are the…
Commentary: Davis Remains Perilously Close to the Edge
The recent votes on the shared fire management and imposing the last, best and final offer will…
Commentary: Blaming Slow-Growthers
An interesting debate emerged on Tuesday with regard to the city’s budget situation. It began with a…
Commentary: Why is the University’s Business Not About Public Safety?
One of the stranger arguments that has come forth in the two letters, and now a statement…
Commentary: City Remains Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Here is the dilemma that the city faces – right now we are staring at a $5…
Sunday Commentary: Has the City Done Enough to Earn Your Support for Taxes?
In March 2004, the voters of Davis approved the passage of a one-half cent local transaction and…
Vanguard Commentary: Impasse Does Not Go Far Enough
On Tuesday, the council, as expected, imposed the last, best, and final offer on the firefighters’ union. …
Judge Orders Former Chief to Pay $43,000 in Attorney Fees (Correction)
In June 2013, after four and a half years, the city of Davis released the full and…
Commentary: Council’s Questionable Decision to Bail Out Explorit
For two weeks in a row, the council chambers have been filled with board members and supporters…
Council Unanimously Imposes Contract on the Firefighters
All of the city’s bargaining groups are under the new terms and conditions. It took a year…
City Braces For New $5.1 Million Structural Deficit
City Will Look to Revenue Measure in June – City Manager Steve Pinkerton reports in his 2014-15…
Analysis: The City Uses Me-Too Clause to Its Advantage
The Davis Police Officers’ Association was among the first groups to agree to a new contract last…
Sunday Commentary: Conversations About Firefighters in a Public Restroom
It was December 3 and I went to the restroom at the Davis Community Chambers, waiting for…
Staff Recommends Imposing Contract on Firefighters
It is perhaps fitting that the Davis firefighters will have the final 2012 contract imposed on them,…
Commentary: Hundreds Would Happily Take Fire Contract
By next week at this time, it is possible that the Davis firefighters will have a new…
