Monday Morning Thoughts: Things Got Worse on Sunday Night – Much Worse
If there was hope that calmer heads would prevail on Sunday, that hope was shattered—literally—by another night…
Guest Commentary: Powerful Profound Solutions to Quell the Turbulent Waters and Navigate Away from a Looming Social G Revolutionary War
by Rebecca Wu On Friday Night, the 29th, it was a peaceful and profound protest demonstrating injustice…
Sunday Commentary: We Are in Unprecedented Times
It is hard to see where all of this is headed, as we are in the middle…
Sunday Commentary: Why We Should Have More Discussion on Measure J
I appreciate Planning Commissioner Darryl Rutherford raising similar questions on Measure J’s renewal that I have. On…
Sunday Commentary: Condemning Floyd’s Death, Reisig Forgets about the Galvan Brothers
Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig last night put out a statement by the California District Attorneys Association…
Progressive Prosecutors Letter on the Murder of George Floyd and Police Violence
JOINT STATEMENT FROM ELECTED PROSECUTORS ON THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND POLICE VIOLENCE We are elected…
My View: Spiraling Out of Control – Killings and Riots
The situation in Minneapolis is spiraling out of control, as Governor Tim Walz admitted they were caught…
Guest Commentary: End the Dying of Black America
By Gloria Partida As we hunker down in our Covid-19 mandated shelter in place, we have the…
Commentary: Small Gifts in a Dark Time
By Tia Will When I woke up this morning, it was to the news of 207 COVID-19…
Guest Commentary: ‘Miami-Style Smart Justice’ Is an Ugly Parody of ‘Progressive’
By Rory Fleming The National District Attorneys Association is the main professional body for American prosecutors, and…
Guest Commentary: Responsibility in the Age of Covid-19
County’s decision shifts the responsibility from government to individuals by Robin Rainwater I’ve been contemplating the rapidly…
Guest Commentary: Community Solar for Davis
By Gerald Braun Despite a storm of criticism, the City Council’s decision to lease land to BrightNight…
Guest Commentary: Cop’s Memorial Day Killing of Black Man Encouraged by Local DA Culture
by Rory Fleming Minneapolis, Memorial Day 2020. A Black man’s head lies on the asphalt, and the…
Commentary: We Need to Heavily Scrutinize the Innovation Center Fiscal Analysis
At the last Finance and Budget Commission hearing, they examined the then-Aggie Research Campus, since renamed the…
Guest Commentary: Housing Demand Is Still High, and University Commons Would Provide Relief in a Superb Location
By Don Gibson Davis has not solved the housing shortage. The best way to address this shortage,…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Density Our Destiny?
The University Commons Redevelopment Project is headed to the Planning Commission this week for potential recommendation that…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Local Education Then and Now
With the resignation of Cindy Pickett announced effective July 1, when the board meeting again, next week,…
Sunday Commentary: We Could Re-Open and Be Relatively Safe – but We Won’t Be, the Way People Are Acting
Anyone else feel you are watching a slow moving train wreck unfold before your eyes? Hands covering…
Guest Commentary: When a Two-Year Sentence Becomes a Death Sentence
The refusal to let pregnant people out of prison shows just how deep our mass incarceration obsession…
My View: “I, Walter ‘Arkie’ Barton, am innocent and they are executing an innocent man!”
The question out of Missouri this is week is one of the most fundamental we can ask…
