Council Leery of Fiscal Costs, Moves Forward on Long-Range Planning of Sports Parks
Council acknowledged it was a strange item to take up in the middle of the slowdown due…
Guest Commentary: Staff Wants Council to Approve Two Fire Station Kitchen Remodel Projects for a Minimum of $422,000
Over $200,000 each for Kitchen Remodels During these Disastrous Times? – You Have Got to be…
Commentary: Davis Teachers Do Deserve Better – That’s Why District Is Seeking More Funding
Gregg Cook has been pushing this point for over a year now – opposing the parcel tax,…
My View: School Finances Are Tricky, Why You Can’t ‘Right Size’ the District
We have had some good discussions in the last week on school finances. To some extent these…
Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison
(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) – State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, issued the following statement today…
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…
Guest Commentary: Good Progress made by City Finance Director Nitish Sharma in One Year Tenure
By Bob Fung Nitish Sharma, the finance director for the City of Davis resigned from his position…
Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?
Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most…
Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development
I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them…
Sunday Commentary: Given the Polling, Should the City Consider Raising the Sales Tax?
On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will get a chance to review draft ordinance language for the…
Commentary: A Public Widely Uninformed on City Fiscal Issues – Part Two
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The upside for the city in the survey that we have been evaluating following its Tuesday…
Sunday Commentary: Is the End Nigh – the End of Great Schools in Davis?
In 2007, the DJUSD school board put a parcel tax on the ballot for renewal. It was…
Analysis: The Promise of Economic Development for Davis
It was late 2010, the city of Davis was still reeling from the effects of the Great…
Commentary: City or Schools – Who Has the Toughest Road Ahead on Funding?
As I have been talking about for at least the last year, there is a bumpy road…
Sunday Commentary: What Message Should Council Be Sending on the Budget?
We have watched over the years the ebb and flow about the concern of the budget. In…
Commentary: Five Years Later… Why We Still Need Economic Development in Davis
The year 2013 was the first time I took seriously the notion of large scale economic development…
Councilmember Carson Talks about 2019 Accomplishments and Disappointments
The Davis City Council is nearing the midpoint in the 2019 year. This is the first full…
Board Approves Polling, Moves Forward in Parcel Tax Consideration Process
On Thursday night, the Davis School Board approved the next step in their consideration process – polling to determine levels of public support for a potential parcel tax that would fund teacher compensation increases.
Parcel Tax Subcommittee Eyes April Board Check-In, Plus Evening Discussion Meeting
The latest meeting of the Parcel Tax Subcommittee did not break a lot of new ground on…
Mayor and City Manager Discuss Budget, Economic Development and Other Matters of Concern at the State of the City Address
Mayor Brett Lee and City Manager Mike Webb spoke at the annual Chamber State of the City…