Commentary: Is Davis Governable?
Council is coming back from their winter break. We have nine candidates on the ballot to replace…
Council is coming back from their winter break. We have nine candidates on the ballot to replace…
The specter of organized opposition figures to make what might have already been a tough task even…
Last night as I was home and relaxing I got a string of text messages railing against…
Over the years, those who have supported growth in Davis have always argued that Davis was going…
At last week’s council meeting, Mayor Robb Davis emphasized the fact that passing a parcel tax or…
While the council is continuing to plan to move forward on revenue measures, they received a dose…
The Davis City Council is not waiting till the midnight hour to put a revenue measure on…
The council has until February 6 of next year to figure out what it wants to put…
One of the biggest issues facing the city of Davis is how it is going to close…
In April of 2014, the Steve Pinkerton era ended with a bang as a contingent of city…
Several commenters last week requested data on council compensation. Mayor Robb Davis indicated that he had requested…
It remains to be seen if the new version of Nishi proves to be less of a…
The Vanguard readers have been focused on the issue of fairness of the proposed tax, now that…
While city staff had pushed for the council to commission a poll to study voter inclinations, council…
This column goes against my instincts both as a former political scientist and someone who has worked…
A recent conversation about the fiscal impacts of the student housing project prompted a poster to basically…
Following yesterday’s column, the Vanguard received some important feedback on the fiscal state of the city. One…
As we prepare once again to search for a new city manager, once again it seems we…
The statement this week that City Manager Dirk Brazil had announced his retirement, effective January 8, 2018,…
Back in September 2015, the city council discussed the issue of short-term rentals via internet platforms, specifically…