Vanguard Report: Examining Reimbursements to Davis City Council
Councilmember Don Saylor spends more city money than the rest of his colleagues combined The City is…
100K Club of Davis
PARTIAL LIST–Click here for the full listing The Vanguard introduces the 100K Club of Davis. A listing…
Vanguard Report: City of Davis Employee Salaries Rise Far Faster Than Tax Revenue
Through a public records request to the City of Davis, the Vanguard has obtained data that show…
City Clerk to Leave Davis for Job with City of Menlo Park
During Friday’s traditional early morning August 1 City Council Meeting very little of substance occurred for the…
Vanguard Report: Genesis of DJUSD’s Fiscal Problems
The Vanguard has recently received a public memo from former Davis Joint Unified Superintendent David Murphy to…
City Manager Calls for the Hire of Independent Investigator To Review Grand Jury Report on Davis Fire Department
Mayor Asmundson Expresses Concern That Something is “Amiss” In the Fire Department In a release late yesterday…
Councilmember Heystek Joins Call for Independent Investigator
Last night, the Sacramento news stations picked up the story on the Grand Jury’s report about the…
Commentary: City’s Response to Grand Jury Report Disappointing
Vanguard Calls For Independent Investigation of Grand Jury Report on the Davis Fire Department While the report…
Commentary: This is a Lesson of Accountability
Throughout the City Council election the lesson was one of “the cost to live in Davis” for…
Grand Jury Report Cites Major Improprieties by Davis Fire Department
The 2007-2008 Yolo County Grand Jury has released its final report. One of its investigations looks into…
City in Dire Financial Condition
Throughout this campaign, Incumbents Don Saylor and Stephen Souza have made the bold claim that we have…
Pensions Across the Country Threatened by Deficits
This past Sunday, the Washington Post ran an article about a silent crisis facing the pensions of…
Commentary: View of Budget Depends on Perspective and Assumptions
Is Davis’ budget balanced? Has the structural deficit been reduced or even eliminated? Like most things it…
Commentary: Growth is not the Answer to Schools Fiscal Problems
Saturday’s Sacramento Bee editorial once again raises the lack of growth specter as the culprit for the…
Vanguard Investigation Part IV: Fiscal Crisis Management Assistance Team Findings
The Vanguard continues its multipart series of former DJUSD Deputy Superintendent Tahir Ahad, Total School Solutions, and…
City Budget Plan A Tax and Spend Mirage
If you read the Davis Enterprise’s Wednesday addition you would have seen a small and scant article…
City Opts to Refinance DACHA to Keep Co-Op Viable and Limited Equity
In June of 2006, members of the Davis Area Cooperative Housing Association (DACHA) came forward with a…
Commentary: The City of Davis Spent $75,000 on THIS?
Background Late last November, before many on who read this blog frequently, were even reading the Vanguard,…
City Retiree Medical Benefits: Smart Financing or Voodoo Economics?
In the City Council this past Tuesday, there was expected to be a routine explanation of the…
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Request Drew Ire of Best Uses of Schools Task Force Member
Following the closing of the Valley Oak Elementary School, the People’s Vanguard of Davis made a formal…
