Wednesday Briefs
Vanguard Radio Show Today Special guest: 4th District Supervisor Candidate Cathy Kennedy Today from 6 PM to…
Commentary: An Analysis of Measure J
The issue of Measure J has become a key issue in the current city council election. Following…
The Sierra Club Yolano Group and the Davis Neighborhood Coalition Plan a City Council Candidates Forum
Please come to the Community Chambers on Wednesday, April 30 at 7:00 PM to hear candidates for…
Word To The Wise: Reverse Mortgages – A Blessing or Curse?
by E.A. Roberts ____________ The credit crisis has reached epidemic proportions. Homes with adjustable rate mortgages are…
Sunday Morning Musings: Anonymous Emails and City Council Coverage
This has been a busy week and there are two little odds and ends that I wanted…
Commentary: A critical examination of our affordable housing program in Davis
The issue of affordable housing is clearly one of those issues that will likely arise in each…
Davis Democratic Club Hosts Candidates Forum for Assembly and City Council
Last night the Davis Democratic Club had candidate’s forums for the Democratic Candidates in a variety of…
UC Davis College Democrats Host Forum for City Council Candidates
Last night, the Davis College Democrats hosted a candidate’s debate for the five City Council candidates that…
Housing Report Presented to Council and Planning Commission
Last night at a Joint Meeting between the City of Davis and the Planning Commission, the Housing…
Commentary: The Perpetual Problem of Parking in the Downtown
If there is one problem that the City Council has not adequately addressed it is the problem…
Mayor Greenwald Joins Councilmember Heystek in Support of Sodexho Workers
On Monday April 14, 2008, Davis Mayor Sue Greenwald wrote a letter to UC Davis Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef, making public her “support of Sodexho workers’ requests.”
Greenwald has met with Sodexho workers over the past two years and chose to make her support public now as she and City Councilmember Lamar Heystek have begun taking public actions for a Living Wage City Ordinance.
Mayor Sue Greenwald in a letter to Chancellor Vanderhoef wrote:
“I feel strongly that if the University truly believes in its ‘Principals of Community’ ethic it would treat all of its workers with the respect and equity that they are due.”
Council Holding Off on Discussions of Measure J Until After Election
During the long range calendar, Councilmember Stephen Souza suggested agendizing a discussion on the legal opinion submitted…
Commentary: Measure J is in the Hands Largely of the Next Council
While the voters will have to approve what the council does, the council will have a large…
Political Facelift For Don Saylor
I was not going to write about this, but I was just reading one of Bob Dunning’s…
City Attorney Weighs In: MEASURE J IMPERILED?
According to a legal opinion by City Attorney Harriet Steiner, the next city council will have broad…
Council Candidates on Choice Voting and Home Rule
In November of 2006, the voters of Davis passed an advisory vote to ask the city to…
City Council: Status Quo or Change
I have been reading a number of letters to the editor in the past few days touting…
Vanguard Candidates Forum
The Vanguard is proposing an on-line, reader’s choice candidates forum for the city council candidates. The readers…
Commentary: A Tale of Two Reconsiderations
Ordinarily in a given term you can count the number of reconsiderations on one hand. In fact,…
First Candidates Forum For City Council Shows Some Clear Differences
The Davis City Council candidates met in a forum for the first time yesterday for the Davis…
