Special Commentary: Davis Enterprise Fails to Cover Davis OPEN Presentation
On March 1, 2007 the Best Uses of Schools Advisory Task Force spent over an hour and…
Sunshine Week: Council Majority Refuses To Broadcast Long-Range Financial Planning Workshop
Last week, as we mentioned in yesterday’s blog entry, the City of Davis passed a proclamation naming…
Sunshine Week: Your Right to Know (What Your Government is Doing)
One of the most important values in our democratic society is our free and open access to…
City Moves Forward Water Plans
The city is moving forward with an upgrade to its wastewater treatment. This massive project is currently…
Superintendent Murphy To Retire/ School Board Receives Best Uses of School Task Force Report
Longtime Superintendent David Murphy of the Davis Joint Unified School District stole the show last night with…
Souza Admits “Inconvenient Truth” Racial Profiling Does Exist in Davis
It was somewhat surprising to see in the California Aggie on Tuesday that City Councilmember Stephen Souza…
Police Officer’s Falsified Report Leads to Drawn Out Legal Ordeal for Local Resident
On March 7, 2005, police were called out to the Shasta Point Retirement Apartments in Davis on…
Commentary: Whither Human Relations Commission
Somebody asked me last week if I was planning to go to Thursday night’s Human Relations Commission…
Revenues Way Down from Parking Enforcement
On Tuesday, Paul Navazio, the City Finance Directory presented the Mid-Year Budget Update. One area of serious…
Thursday Midday Briefs
Congratulations Captain Black–Please Move to Davis One of the most telling statistics I heard at a recent…
Special Commentary: Peeling Back The Veneer on Police Oversight
Watching the City Council Meeting on Tuesday Night in addition to reading the Davis Enterprise coverage and…
Landy Black Named New Police Chief
City Manager Bill Emlen at last night’s Davis City Council Meeting announced that Seattle Police Captain Landy…
LESSONS LEARNED: Being Nice to Bob Dunning Does Not Pay
(The Scorpion and the Turtle) Last Friday, I put up a “briefs” piece talking about a few…
Vanguard Response to the Police Oversight Report
The Police Oversight report is now out and you can read the full nine-page text on the…
Report on Police Oversight Coming at Tuesday’s City Council Meeting
A review of the police oversight bodies will occur this coming Tuesday. That will include a report…
Commentary: Civilian Police Review Under Fire
Background Last week, an Alameda County Judge ruled that the Berkeley Police Review Commission’s public hearings violate…
Examination of EAP Program Reveals Surge in Spending and Hours
Based on a tip, we made a public records request of the recent city spending on their…
Profiling the Housing Element Steering Committee Members
It was originally my intention to do a profile on each of the members of the steering…
Interview with Police Chief Candidate Landy Black
At some point this week, the city of Davis will make its final determination as to whether…
Davis General Plan Housing Element Committee Convenes to Some Early Controversy
The Housing Element Steering Committee convened for the first time the other night to a discussion, ironically…
