Letter: Taormino Responds to Vanguard Comments
By David Taormino Only in Davis are you guilty of a “crime” (breaking a promise) before you…
Commentary: City Needs to Be More Proactive on Bretton Woods
By David M. Greenwald For better or for worse, the Cannery project has become the local poster…
My View: It’s Getting Hard to Defend the City’s Handling of WDAAC
By David M. Greenwald When the city approved the Cannery, there were two aspects of it that…
Guest Commentary: Letter to Planning Commission Urges Scrutiny of Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program
By Eric Gelber Below is the text of my letter submitted to the Davis Planning Commission for…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Buyer’s Program Quandary
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – When I first sat down and spoke with developer David…
Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The most controversial part of the Bretton Woods Senior Housing…
Guest Commentary: Developer Modifies Davis-Connected Buyers Program, Submits It to Planning Commission
By David Taormino Bretton Woods (formerly called The West Davis Active Adult Community) was approved by Davis’…
Guest Commentary: Keeping My Commitment to the Community
By David Taormino The list of challenges for residential developers and builders in Davis is long and…
Developer Pulls Back on Changes to Bretton Woods, ‘Going Back to Drawing Board’
On Tuesday, the city announced that the Planning Commission meeting set to discuss the changes to Bretton…
Monday Morning Thoughts: To Change Buyers Program, City Needs to Put Project Back on the Ballot
There is a proposal on the agenda of the Planning Commission this week that would remove the…
Guest Commentary: David Taormino and Bretton Woods Are Attempting a ‘Bait-and-Switch’ with the Davis-Based Buyers Program
by Alan Pryor David Taormino, the developer of the Bretton Woods senior housing development just west of…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Apology
In a letter over the weekend, WDAAC (West Davis Active Adult Community) developer David Taormino apologizes for…
Commentary: Is the WDAAC Civil Rights Lawsuit Premature?
Last week, a federal complaint was sent to the Vanguard and other media sources – to date,…
My View: Dangerous Game Playing the Race Card on the Buyers Program
I don’t really understand the timing of why the opponents picked this week to launch their attack…
Council Hears Reserved Response from Community on Development
If Tuesday was supposed to be a show of force of community outrage, the council ought to…
Key Question for Lawsuit: Is Homebuyer Program Racial Discrimination?
Mark Merin, a longtime civil rights attorney, honored in 2011 by the Vanguard for his work on…
Guest Commentary: Response on the Davis Based Buyers’ Program
By David Taormino I am satisfied that our Buyers’ Program is appropriate and supported by significant legal…
On the Davis-Based Buyers Program
By Jason Taormino The spirit of the Davis-Based Buyers Program for the West Davis Active Adult Community…
More Analysis of the Legality of the Proposed Davis Based Buyers Program
(Editor’s note: The following is Attorney Matthew Keasling’s legal opinion letter to Katherine Hess regarding the legitimacy…
Legal Opinion Letter to City on Legality of Davis Based Buyers Program
(Editor’s note: The following is Attorney Bruce Inman’s legal opinion letter to Katherine Hess regarding the legitimacy…