Guest Commentary: Effects of Increases in City of Davis Employee Compensation from 2011 to 2018 on the City’s Current Budget Crisis
by Alan Pryor The actual average increase in total annual compensation (Pay and Benefits) for City…
Sunday Commentary: Council Needs to Step Up With Parcel Tax
The voters of Davis were willing to pass a sales tax by a 58-42 margin on Tuesday….
Clarifying the Role a Public Agency May Play in a Local Ballot Measure
So Bob Dunning, without citing a single law or statute, offers up that he believes that the…
Sunday Commentary: Asleep at the Switch, Yet Blaming Others
In Bob Dunning’s column this morning, he accuses the city of Davis of breaking the law, calling…
Caution: City In Danger of Losing Message on Fiscal Crisis
I could not disagree with much, if anything, that Robin Wiener wrote today in the Davis Enterprise….
Vanguard Commentary: What Kind of Community Do We Want to Live In?
On these pages I have shared my view a number of times. I believe that the city…
Sunday Commentary: Reversing Myself on Sales Tax Measure
Back in February, about a month ago, I came out against the sales tax measure in June. …
Another Unjustified Sales Tax
By Jose Granda and Thomas Randall No sooner the Davis School District put to sleep the parcel…
Sunday Commentary: Opposition to Sales Tax Didn’t Do Their Homework
I read the opposition’s argument against the sales tax measure, and I have to say, I liked…
Ballot Arguments Submitted on Sales Tax
Friday was the filing deadline for the ballot initiatives. The major races that the Vanguard is covering…
Vanguard Analysis: City Needs to Simplify Budget Message
On the radio this weekend, I made the point that the city’s fiscal crisis is not something…
Budget Discussion on Davisville Radio
On Sunday, Bill Buchanan hosted the Davis Vanguard‘s David Greenwald on his KDRT radio show, “Davisville.” We…
Sunday Commentary: Misconceptions to Guide the Tax Discussion
It is going to be an interesting three and a half months between now and the June…
My View: Will Not Support Sales Tax Measure in June
On Tuesday night or to be more precise, Wednesday morning, the council, after engaging in a protracted…
Council Puts Half-Cent Sales Tax on Ballot in June
The item did not end until well after 1 am on Wednesday morning. Just as it appeared…
City Council Candidates and Other Community Voices on Tax Measure
A number of citizens spoke out on Tuesday night on the council item that ultimately resulted in…
Vanguard Commentary: One Tax, Not Two
In typical Davis city tradition, the city council is up against a deadline tonight – they have…
Chamber Surveys Membership on Support For Tax Increases
Just two weeks after being criticized for surveying their membership with leading questions, the Davis Chamber of…
Vanguard Analysis: Staff Report Offers No Clues on Revenue Decision, Leaves Them to Council
For all of the fumbling of the roll out of the tax revenue community-based discussion, the fact…
Commentary: City Fumbles Tax Issue, But Tax Remains Only Viable Way Forward
On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will vote to put a new tax measure on the ballot…
