Commentary: Davis Enterprise Gets It Right And Calls the Yolo County Courts On Their Conduct
It is one thing to see the Davis Vanguard complain about the conduct of public officials something…
Commentary: What Were They Thinking: Sheriff’s Department Keeps Court Building Doors Locked
In a bizarre series of events on Wednesday, the man accused of killing Yolo County Sheriff’s Deputy…
Commentary: Marriage Equality Comes to Yolo County
On February 14, 2008, I was at the County Clerk’s Office once again covering County Clerk Freddie Oakley’s protest against laws prohibiting the marriage of same-sex partners during her lunch hour. The day when Freddie Oakley would actually be able to marry such partners seemed hopelessly far off in the distance.
All of that has changed with a recent court ruling that has left open a window of time perhaps between now and Election Day when California same-sex partners can wed. Who knows what the Election Day will bring, perhaps the run on same-sex marriages during that time will convince people that the sky will not fall and that same-sex partners can hardly do more damage to the institution of marriage than has already been inflicted by high divorce rates and infidelity. Maybe.
More on the Tasering Incident
Matt Rexroad’s blog drew my attention this morning to a letter to the editor in the Woodland…
Commentary: Death Penalty Case Weighs on Our System
In Friday’s Sacramento Bee is a story about Judge Stephen Mock ordering the death in the killing…
Friday Musings
There are a bunch of interesting happenings that somehow do not seem to amount to one full…
Commentary: A look into the 4th Supervisorial Distrct Race
On Friday, it was announced that Jim Provenza had won the 4th Supervisorial district race outright garnering 54 votes over the needed 50 percent in order to avoid a November runoff election. Mr. Provenza received 4,065 votes or 50.7 percent, easily outdistancing John Ferrera’s 2,739. Cathy Kennedy finished third with 15.2% or 1,217 votes. He will replace the likely Assemblywoman from this district, Mariko Yamada who won the Democratic Nomination on Tuesday in a district that is heavily Democratic.
The first time I really got to know Jim Provenza was in January of 2007. I met with him in his office in Sacramento to convey to him my concerns about the District’s handling of the harassment of a junior high school student due to the fact that the student had two male parents.
Update: Jim Provenza’s Election Finalized
I received word late yesterday, that the remaining ballots had been counted by the Yolo County Election’s…
Commentary: Looking at the Taser Death of Ricardo Abrahams
It has been just over a week since the death of Ricardo Abrahams. According to accounts in…
County Supervisor Hopefuls Meet in League of Women Voters’ Candidates Forum
Yolo CountyJust a few days before the June 3, 2008 election and for the first time, the three county supervisor candidates met for a candidates forum moderated by Jean Canary of the Davis League of Women Voters. This is the only chance fourth district residents would get a chance to see the candidates square off. There was a decent crowd of mostly the usual suspects in attendance, but the event was televised on Cable Channel 15 throughout the community, a telecast that should be replayed a few times for those who missed it.
Each candidate got four minutes to make an opening statement and answer the three prepared questions.
A look at the 4th Supervisorial Race
The Sacramento Bee this morning ran their graphic again, this time for the Yolo County Supervisor races….
Preliminary Gang Injunction Granted
The Sacramento Bee reports this morning that Judge Kathleen White has allowed the preliminary gang injunction to…
Gore and Lenzi Respond to District Attorney’s Office
Earlier this week, the human resource officials investigating the complaints by the District Attorney’s Senior Investigator Rick…
Yolo County Judge Race Gets Down and Dirty
I have not covered much on the race election race for judge. It is interesting to see…
Woodland Daily Democrat Endorses Kennedy or Provenza for Yolo County Supervisor
The Woodland Daily Democrat came out with their endorsements for County Supervisor yesterday. Not surprisingly they endorsed…
Sacramento Bee Endorses Jim Provenza for Yolo County Supervisor
Two years ago, there was not much difference between the endorsements of the Davis Enterprise and the…
JUDGE ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF YOLO D.A. RECORDS TO IDENTIFY COLLUSION & DISCRIMINATORY PROSECUTION OF UNION ACTIVISTS
Order Comes One Year After Arrests and Two Weeks After Food Service Workers’ Victory Special to the…
Rick Gore completes Testimony on Gang Injunction
It was likely not the kind of testimony that those seeking to avoid a temporary gang injunction…
Where is the race for County Supervisor Going?
A year ago, Jim Provenza was President of the Davis School Board, John Ferrera was a largely…
Commentary: Serena Case Continues to Illustrate Problems with Yolo County Justice System
This past weekend Former Yolo County Housing Authority Director David Serena was back in Yolo County, this…
