City Needs to Examine Water Issues Before the Final Bill Hits the City Ratepayers
The water issue is not an issue that has resonated with the Davis public just yet. In…
Commentary: Deafening Silence on Covell Village by Dunning and Others
On November 17, 2006, Davis Enterprise Columnist Bob Dunning maliciously excoriated Councilmember Lamar Heystek when the Councilmember…
Hard Work Behind the Scenes by Heystek and Provenza Helped Save the Pass-Through Agreement
Most people have probably seen the blow-by-blow via the Vanguard commentary on the Board of Supervisors as…
Commentary: Trader Joe’s Pronouncement of “Opening in 2008” Ups the Ante
There is “squandered” and then there is “SQUANDERED.” But I’m not sure I’ve ever seen someone this…
Plan to Preserve Ag Buffer Around the City Contains a Key Loophole
Those who read the Davis Enterprise’s coverage of the agricultural mitigation item missed a great deal of…
Examining City Council Goals and Objectives
The Davis City Council will have another public workshop this Friday. First they will conclude their workshop…
Is Davis Ready for Taller and More Box-like Downtown Buildings?
While the county continues its assault on the borders of the city of Davis from the outside,…
Thoughts and Commentary on Special Council Workshop
Yesterday at the Veterans Memorial Hall, the city council had a workshop on Improving Transactional Effectiveness with…
Commentary: Judge SLAPPs Down Buzayan Suit Against Newspaper
It was reported last week in the Davis Enterprise that a judge had dismissed the portion of…
Column: View From West Davis
This is my weekly column of thoughts and tidbits from the week that has passed. A little…
Police Oversight Legislation Held Up by Assembly Committee
In August 2006 California Supreme Court decision in Copley Press v. Superior Court, issued a ruling that…
City Puts Out Propaganda Piece on Water Supply Project
Like many resident of Davis, I recently received in the mail a publication from the City of…
Proposing Senior Housing and Peripheral Growth in Davis
Many Davis residents were stunned earlier this year to hear that the county might be considering a…
Things We Can Do in Our Community to Help Save the Planet
The issue of global warming has finally captured the media, public, and politician of the left side’s…
Mishkas Cafe Project: Evaluating Historic Preservation with Commercial Development
The latest project that appears once again to threaten the historic nature of our downtown is the…
Commentary: Subcomittee and Staff Look Ill-prepared in Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Deliberations
In many ways this was entirely of their own doing. In April, Councilmember Lamar Heystek pulled a…
Council Deliberations on Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
For those who missed the Davis City Council Meeting from Tuesday evening, here are some of the…
Assembly Committee to Hear Police Oversight Legislation on Tuesday
For those who watched the Davis City Council debate on Tuesday regarding the Human Relations Commission and…
STUNNING REVERSAL BY COUNCIL ON ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE
“Fait accompli,” were the words I used to close my remarks in yesterday’s column to describe the…
