Second Part of Council Sierra Club Responses
The Sierra Club Monday officially endorsed the individual candidacies of Rochelle Swanson and Robb Davis for the…
Firefighters, Others Employees Celebrate Pinkerton’s Departure; Elected Officials Join In
On Friday, the Vanguard was tipped off that the firefighters were holding a celebration party for the…
Boiling the Frog
by Michael Bisch “People don’t pay attention until cities talk about bankruptcy, but by then the frog…
Analysis: Council Needs to Focus on Moving Forward with Innovation Center
Council’s failure to manage time at the meeting on Tuesday has led to some sharp criticism, questioning…
Minimum Wage Organizers Protest Outside of Target
About twenty organizers and union workers protested on Thursday outside of the Target Store on Second Street…
UC Davis, City of Davis Fire Services: A Shared Success
Yesterday in the Davis Enterprise, the editor wrote that the shared fire services agreement has been a…
Vanguard Analysis: The Road to Fiscal Sanity… If Only It Were That Easy
The city, in the next month and a half leading up to the June election and then…
Justifying Economic Development
by Rob White I have been asked by several community members over the last few weeks to…
Davis City Council Candidate Statements on DMA
Each of the five candidates running for Davis City Council was invited to make a five-minute presentation…
Zero Waste Beyond Bring Your Own Bag
by Michelle Millet One of the first steps my family took when attempting to reduce the amount…
Construction Ready to Begin on Cannery, Last Second Details Locked Down
The city announced last week that the Cannery project at Covell Boulevard and J Street will begin…
Train Shutdown of Downtown Demonstrates Urgency of Rail Relocation
Monday, 8:54 am, it is a normal commute into the downtown, headed westbound on Fifth Street. Up…
Bicycling Hall of Fame Announces New Doping Policy
U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame Announces New Policy to Automatically Exclude Athletes with Doping Violations – The…
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…
Analysis: City Analysis of Impact of Measure P Suggests It Is Not a Paper Tiger
One of the big questions is what happens if Measure P passes. There are those who believe…
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…
Sunday Commentary II: Listening to the Voters, Fifth Street, Budget
In the latest in a string of articles that examines letters to the editor, we get one…
Why is Council Now Exempting Restaurants from Paper Bag Fee?
When the Davis City Council eventually passed its single use bag ordinance, it had the option to…
A Minimum Wage Hike Is Really Just Another Tax
by Jeff Boone Today, here in Davis, a group of people are attempting to gather enough signatures…
Davis City Council Candidates Question 4 – Unfunded Liabilities
Editor’s Note: Every week on Friday the Vanguard will send all five of the candidates a question…
