Guest Commentary: Church Family Matters of the Heart
By Brandon Austin, M.Div., Psy. D. If “Justice too long delayed is justice denied,” as MLK, jr….
SC Rules against Excessive Fines, Fees, and Forfeitures
By Nusrat Choudhury and Orion Dnjuma Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous ruling…
Guest Commentary: Those Dam Street Beavers
By Jennifer Ann Gordon When I first moved to Davis, I wondered who or what was creating…
Monday Morning Thoughts: If Homeless People Are beyond Our Help – Then What?
It was an interesting discussion late on Tuesday night as the council got an update on homeless…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Despite Heated Rhetoric, There Might Not Be Much to the Campaign Finance Allegations
As I wrote up the article on the city council’s public announcement of closed section actions of…
Sunday Commentary: Discussion Shows Need for District to Talk about Career Paths
The discussion on Thursday by the school board of the DJUSD Career Technical Education program (CTE) made…
Commentary: There Are Legitimate Problems at Pacifico, but Some of the Public Comments Were Inappropriate
There were legitimate complaints from people living in the area to be sure. But there was not an adequate distinction at times between the population its and the management (or lack there of) of the facility. Those should be treated as separate and distinct – and remedies should focus on better management of the population, not removing a vulnerable population from the area that has realistically no other place to go for valuable services.
Monday Morning Thoughts: Measure R Threatened By Its Most Loyal Supporters
During the Nishi and WDAAC (West Davis Active Adult Community) campaigns, we pointed out that Measure R…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Real National Emergency
President Trump may be on the verge of attempting to declare a national emergency on our borders,…
Policing For Profit
By Emma Anderson and Susan Dunn In Conway, South Carolina, a 72-year-old widow hides inside, her curtains…
Sunday Commentary: Paid Parking is Controversial but Also Misunderstood
There are a lot of misconceptions about the nature of the parking problem in the Davis Downtown. …
ACLU Backed Legislation Would Open Prosecutor’s Records
By Nicole Zayas Fortier America’s locally elected prosecutors wield enormous and, all too often, unaccountable power. They…
My View: We See Again the Need for Affordable Housing in Davis
While the city of Davis will continue to toy with the exact requirements for affordable housing –…
There Is No ‘National Emergency’ at the Border, and Trump’s Declaration Is Illegal
By Cecilia Wang After more than a month of threats, a government shutdown, and bipartisan action by…
Commentary: Attempted Murder? Another Overreach by the DA?
The prosecution against Christian Rizo for attempted murder suffers from some classic problems. First there is no…
Guest Commentary: Laundered Campaign Contributions Appear to Have Been Made to the Yes on Measure L Campaign
by Alan Pryor In previous articles pertaining to the financial disclosures of the Yes on Measure L/West…
Guest Commentary: Yes on Measure L Campaign Violates FPPC Disclosure Laws
Campaign Failed to Report Davis Vanguard Ad Expenditures and Provided Inadequate Disclosure of other “Non-Monetary” Contributions and…
The Supreme Court Is Playing Favorites with Religion
By Daniel Mach Last week, the Supreme Court permitted the state of Alabama to execute a Muslim…
Guest Commentary: Yes on Measure L Campaign has “Unclean Hands” when Alleging Improper Financial Disclosures by No on Measure L
by Alan Pryor The “unclean hands” legal doctrine is where one party in a legal dispute argues…
When Colleges Confine Free Speech to a ‘Zone,’ It Isn’t Free
By Emerson Sykes and Vera Eidelman On certain college campuses, administrators have created “Free Speech Zones” —…
