Commentary: Beware of the Growth Boogie Man in the School Budget Debate
In two days, there have been two letters to the editor in the Davis Enterprise that have…
Councilmember Heystek’s Persistence on Living Wage Leads to Future Discussion
Early in Lamar Heystek’s tenure as Davis City Councilmember, he pushed for a living wage ordinance. This…
City To Look into Strengthening Public Records Retention Policies
File this one under politics makes for strange bedfellows. During the course of my investigation into Davis…
Charter City Proposal Moves Forward
In November of 2006, the voters of Davis passed an advisory vote to ask the city to…
Commentary: On Historic Resources, Student Housing, and Core Area Planning
Last night during the course of the Davis City Council-Historic Resources Management Commission meeting a very interesting…
Guest Commentary: Preparing For The Worst At Any Age
by E.A. Roberts ____________ Obviously disaster preparedness is on everyone’s mind, since the little mini-emergency that occurred…
Davis Enterprise’s Story on the Vanguard
While our top story remains the Vanguard investigation into Davis Joint Unified’s former CBO, Tahir Ahad, I did want to talk a bit about the Davis Enterprise story on the Vanguard. As Claire St. John mentioned to me, the Vanguard has been up for a year and a half, it’s about time we acknowledged it. I thank the Davis Enterprise and Claire for covering local blogs, it must have been a bit tough to admit that there are other news sources out there.
For those who have not read the story, here is what Claire St. John wrote about the blog and myself:
Emergency Preparedness, Emlen: “We were Fortunate”; Atria Has Serious Explaining to Do
On Tuesday night at the Davis City Council meeting, the city finally received a full report on…
Commentary: “Food Miles” Cannot Be Discussed in Isolation From Land Use Policies
Recently in the Davis Enterprise, John Mott-Smith had a provocative piece on the importance of keeping down…
Commentary: Looking Back At Rhetoric from Measure X
The discussion Tuesday night at Davis City Council about the meaning of the city’s one percent growth…
News and Commentary: Council Majority Votes To Maintain 1% Growth Guideline
It was a debate steeped in philosophy, maybe a little too much philosophy if one agrees with…
Guest Commentary: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Council
by Matt WilliamsFor me, tonight’s Council Meeting is extremely important, and it has long-reaching consequences with respect…
Commentary: Densification Does Not Mean Ignoring Neighbors
It was an interesting experience on Thursday going to the last portion of the Housing Element Steering…
Commentary: On Public Involvement in the HESC Process
On Thursday, the Davis Enterprise ran a front page story on the Housing Element Steering Committee’s weighing…
Guest Commentary: Home on the Range
by Matt WilliamsDPD began yesterday’s column by stating, “It is not altogether clear what the results of…
Davis Growth Discussions To Continue Tonight
Tonight at 7 PM at the school district conference room the General Plan Housing Element Steering Committee…
Pizza Fundraiser on behalf of Injured Davis Police Officer
Steve’s Pizza of Woodland is hosting a fundraiser Thursday (today) to benefit a Davis police officer who…
Will LAFCO Changes to Davis’ Sphere of Influence Open the Door to Growth on the Periphery?
Lost in the shuffle was a report in the Davis Enterprise that Davis’ sphere of influence would…
Residents Protest Atria Covell Gardens Rate Hikes and Lack of Service
Atria Responds by Kicking Reporters and Public Officials Off Their Property Around 30 residents of the Atria…
Council Moves Forward on Housing Projects Despite HESC Process
One of the points that came up over and over again during the discussion of the Wildhorse…
