New City Manager to Receive $217K in Salary
The Davis City Council is set to approve the contract of Dirk Brazil in a consent item…
Commentary: Community Needs to Rally Behind New City Manager
The city of Davis is facing a series of enormous challenges in the coming weeks, months, and…
Analysis: Most Unaware of the Innovation Park Issue
On Thursday, we will have an Innovation Park Discussion forum at DMG Mori at 6:30. In planning…
Commentary: Low Point in the State of the City
The special agenda for 8 pm on Monday night, in closed session, once again suggests that the…
Analysis: Revenue Potential Remains a Huge Issue
If the centerpiece of an innovation park campaign will be the ability for the parks to generate…
My View: Avoiding a Return of a Toxic City Hall Environment
A few days ago I was going back over old Vanguard articles as I was in search…
Taking Stock
by Doby Fleeman Over the past decade, the city has largely ignored the need for additional revenues…
Analysis: Impasse on City Manager?
On September 6, we knew that the Davis City Council conducted interviews of potential city manager hires….
Where Do We End Up?
by Rob White Over the last few weeks I have been doing a lot of serious reflection…
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…
The Opportunity is Ours
By Doby Fleeman Even as a relatively new member of a family with 100-plus-year-old roots in the…
Sunday Commentary: City Budget Could Become Greatest Threat to Open Space, Environment
For the past several weeks, I have been reading about concerns that people have regarding city greenbelts…
Commentary: The Biggest Challenge the City Faces?
With all of the complaints about the city using public resources to fund a poll, the poll…
Analysis: Council in a Catch-22 on New City Manager
If you read the council agenda item for Saturday, they figure to have a long day as…
What We Can Learn From the City Survey Results
The city has finally released the telephone survey results from Godbe Research which was conducted from June…
Commentary: The Choices Ahead For Davis
On Saturday, Rob White and I wrote what were really inadvertent companion pieces – even though we…
City Panel Working to Tighten Scrutiny of Taxpayer Dollars
By Jeff Miller and Dan Carson Last February, Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning mused on the city’s…
Sunday Commentary: Protecting Davis’ Assets
Last night, the Davis Sunset Rotary (of which I’m a member), sponsored Movies in the Park, and…
Council Emerges From Break with a Lot of Work to Do
One might excuse newly-installed Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis if he feels like he’s on a roller…
Analysis: City Acknowledges Civic Pool is Leaking Over 7000 Gallons a Day
On Saturday, the Vanguard reported that the city’s Civic Pool has a substantial leak of over 7500…
