Council to Look at Ways to Increase Funding Allocations for Roads
For over a decade now, the city of Davis has understood the daunting task needed to find…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Will Council Agree on a Tax Measure? Will the Voters Approve It?
When the city of Davis faced a $5 million a year structural deficit in 2014, the council…
Sunday Commentary: Can We Forge Community Consensus to Solve Our Revenue Crisis?
We live in a beautiful community that we cannot afford to pay for with existing revenues. We…
Additional State Aid to Fix Davis Roads Looking More Likely
By Dan Carson For the first time in decades, there is a growing bipartisan consensus in the…
Monday Morning Thoughts II: Wrong Time to Discuss Sports Complex, 50-Meter Pool
On Sunday, Eileen Samitz in her guest column wrote that a “Sports Complex on Toxic Former City…
My View: Is this a Budget to Celebrate?
This week, the Davis City Council approved the city’s 2015-16 budget. Let us be clear about one…
Council to Consider Potential Tax Measure for Unfunded Needs
While the council has in the past talked about a parcel tax, they are now looking at…
Further Analysis: 20-Year Road Projections Will Always Be Imprecise, City Needs to Secure Funding Regardless
Earlier this week, the Vanguard reported on the work that Dan Carson did on behalf of the…
Analysis: Revisions to Pavement Cost Projections Do Not Change Funding Needs
Dan Carson back in June argued that the city needed to take a slower track for a…
My View: Civic Pool Repairs May Not Justify Inclusion In Parcel Tax
It made for spectacular headlines in August when the Vanguard first reported that Civic Pool had a…
Commentary: Making the Case to the Public on Innovation Parks
I have already seen a few emails from residents in the vicinities of the various proposed innovation…
Disconnect Between Bicycling Priorities and Infrastructure on East Covell
The city of Davis, concurrent with the Cannery development project, commissioned a $25,000 East Covell Corridor…
Sunday Commentary: City Playing with Fire on Parcel Tax
The council this week voted to delay the parcel tax consideration until the spring. Given the polling…
