Vanguard Commentary: Council Actions Continue to Undermine Public Participation
One of the hallmarks of civic dialogue is the notion of public engagement. Council has often lamented…
If You’re Not Part of the Solution…
by Rob White Over the past few months, the City Manager and other key staff have been…
Business Owners Come Forward With Alternative Parking Plan
After a year of the council-appointed task force’s engaging in a public process, wading through thousands of…
Report: City Faces Drastic Cuts Without Sales Tax
City Manager Steve Pinkerton has slightly upwardly adjusted city finances since December. He wrote, “On the whole,…
My View: Who Fills the Leadership Void?
If you want to understand the fruits of good planning, and strong leadership, look no further than…
Council Expected to Name Gene Rogers as Interim City Manager
The first domino has now fallen. It has been just about two months since Davis City Manager…
Analysis: Downtown Survey Gives Us a Guide to Fiscal Crisis
A few weeks ago Vanguard readers were asked to participate in the Davis Downtown’s Fiscal Crisis Survey…
Commentary: City Should Read Letters Like These…
I happened to glance at a letter to the editor this morning that says the “city needs…
Election Digest: Yolo County Democrats Formalize Their Endorsements
Yolo County Democrats Announce their State and Local Endorsements The Yolo County Democratic Party (YCDP) has endorsed…
Sunday Commentary II: POU Has Emerged as a Hot Button Issue While Roads Are Ignored
As we noted earlier this week, results from a Davis Downtown survey suggest that the city of…
Sunday Commentary: Council Fails to Take Lead on Paid Parking
One of the more critical votes in the last few weeks was council backtracking on the issue…
Social Sustainability – Encouraging the Next Generation
by Rob White Sarah Worley and I had the privilege of attending the Sierra Nevada Innovation Challenge…
Commentary: Beyond Paid Parking Debacle, We have Failed to See the Future
As we argued in yesterday’s column, the other solutions to parking were not going to work without…
Analysis: Survey Bolsters Concern Parcel Tax Would Not Pass This Fall
In yesterday’s column, we summarized the Davis Downtown’s survey on the fiscal crisis. At the outset of…
Vanguard Commentary: Troubling Vote on Parking
With the site problems, we have been waiting to weigh in on last week’s vote on parking. …
Vanguard Commentary: Restoring Trust
One conversation I find myself rather consistently having is the fundamental lack of trust that segments of…
Sunday Commentary: City Settles for the Small ‘w’ on Sales Tax Ballot Measure
In an ideal world, the city of Davis would have liked the clean victory on Measure with…
PG&E/ IBEW Poll Shows Davis Residents Opposed to POU
Back in February the Vanguard reported about a poll conducted within the city of Davis about PG&E…
Sunday Commentary II: Addressing the Parking Problem
The parking problem in the Davis Downtown is a difficult proposition. We can question whether city staff…
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….
