Further Analysis: 20-Year Road Projections Will Always Be Imprecise, City Needs to Secure Funding Regardless
Earlier this week, the Vanguard reported on the work that Dan Carson did on behalf of the…
Analysis: Revisions to Pavement Cost Projections Do Not Change Funding Needs
Dan Carson back in June argued that the city needed to take a slower track for a…
Commentary: What Exactly is the Davis City Council Doing?
So on Tuesday night, the Davis City Council adjourned their meeting at 7:10 pm. Don’t get me…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Where is the Budget Process Headed?
First, the need to clarify something. Last week in my column I noted, “There is talk potentially…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Excitement Over Emerging Startup Culture; Dose of Reality on the Budget
The Rise of the Startup Culture – We have focused a lot of our time and energy…
Council Optmistic But Cautious Regarding Budget
There were no declarations about the end of the structural deficit on Tuesday night, as City Manager…
A Good Weekend for Innovation, Startups and Economic Development
By Michael Bisch “This means that the city will have to maintain strong fiscal discipline lest the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Disagree That City’s Structural Deficit is Solved
Dan Carson submitted the guest piece yesterday and opened it with the bold assertion, “New data suggest…
Sunday Commentary II: Fiscal Crisis Yes, But Some Light Perhaps
On the statewide front, Judge Christopher Klein approved the plan that Stockton put together to repay its…
Setting the Record Straight on Road Funding
Two weeks ago, in the Vanguard’s weekly “My View” segment, I wrote that “Civil Pool repairs May…
My View: Civic Pool Repairs May Not Justify Inclusion In Parcel Tax
It made for spectacular headlines in August when the Vanguard first reported that Civic Pool had a…
Commentary: How Dare We Poll Before Putting a Parcel Tax on the Ballot
It was back in late June, the city had just passed a sales tax by about a…
What is Critical – A Different Perspective
By Tia Will It is the morning of Saturday July 5th and I have just returned from…
Commentary: Mixing Pool and Roads in Parcel Tax a Recipe For Disaster
Tuesday night’s study session revealed an interesting divergence of opinion on what the parcel tax should be….
Council Ponders Parcel Tax – Roads Versus Pools
The Davis City Council met on Tuesday night for a lengthy parcel tax study session. It was…
Special My View: Roads Crises Will Not Be Easily Solved
The Davis City Council effectively has until July 15 or so to decide whether or not to…
Sunday Commentary: Why We Can’t Wait on Roads
Yesterday we argued that the Enterprise was wrong in criticizing the council’s timing of a parcel tax…
Not So Fast – Why a Slower Track for a Second Tax Vote Makes Sense
By Dan Carson Davis Vanguard’s push for rapid City Council action to put a parcel tax on…
Boiling the Frog
by Michael Bisch “People don’t pay attention until cities talk about bankruptcy, but by then the frog…
Sunday Commentary: Opposition to Sales Tax Didn’t Do Their Homework
I read the opposition’s argument against the sales tax measure, and I have to say, I liked…
