Monday Morning Thoughts: Analysis of District Elections Misses the Motivation of the College Republicans
Bob Dunning’s column this weekend lights into Matt Rexroad. It’s not that we necessarily blame him for…
Guest Commentary: How We Govern
Can We Talk? by Larry Guenther First, full disclosure. I am on boards, commissions, and committees in…
Commentary: Will District Elections Enhance NIMBYism?
The Sacramento Bee ran an article this week on Roseville, Citrus Heights and Davis switching to district…
Why Are Davis College Republicans Behind the CVRA Suit? They Aren’t Talking
On Thursday, the Vanguard received a tip that two members on the Davis College Republicans Executive Board…
Commentary: Council Expresses Frustration, but Does the Right Thing on District Elections
There are a lot of reasonable questions that the community can ask at this point – one…
Council Accedes to Demands, Will Move toward District Elections in November 2020
The city council on Tuesday made it clear that they did not like the tactics of former…
Letter: Rexroad Insists on November 2020 for Elections
By Matt Rexroad (Editor’s Note: The following is the letter sent on July 25 by Matt Rexroad…
Commentary: Council Has a Lot of Decisions to Make Tonight
The potential change to district elections has probably caught a lot of people in this community off…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Do We Really Need a Citizen’s Commission for This?
Yesterday, Matt Williams published a guest commentary that outlined what he believed to be several “deficiencies” with…
Guest Commentary: Staff Report for Tuesday’s Council Consideration of District Election Has Major Deficiencies
by Matt Williams The Staff Report for the consideration of district elections omits several important considerations, which…
City Changes Course on Demographer Following Report
Following the Vanguard’s report on Friday highlighting very recent problems with the company National Demographics Corporation (NDC)…
Proposed Demographer Firm Found to Have Fabricated Data in North Carolina Two Weeks Ago
Meeting Set For Tuesday on Transitioning to District Elections After weeks of speculation following the release of…
Analysis and Commentary: First Look at the City Demographic Data Shows Some Troubling Findings
I finally got ahold of the data I had been wanting to see – precinct level data…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Lot of Unfounded Arguments against District Elections
One official from the city told me a few weeks ago that they had thought the school…
My View: Some Disingenuous Arguments Floated in District Election Discussion
Having run through the math a few weeks ago, I am largely supportive of moving to district…
Commentary and Analysis: Why Davis Should Go to District Elections in November 2020
All indications suggest but do not confirm that a resident of South Davis is behind the filing…
Rexroad Demands Davis Shift to District Elections for Council Races
It looks like by 2022 both the school district and city will have gone to district elections. …
My View: Dunning Attacks District Elections but Ignores Montgomery and Achievement Gap in Doing So
Columnist Bob Dunning continues to lament the school board decision to transition to district elections – and…
Commentary: District Elections Coming, Like Them or Not – Here’s Why That Could Be a Good Thing
A certain columnist believes that if Davis citizens had been given a chance to vote on district…
Guest Commentary: DJUSD Moves to District Elections for Board Trustees
by Grace Bassett The board’s decision to adopt district elections and move away from at-large elections of…
