Guest Commentary: Misleading Comparisons of Compensation from Other Cities to Award Excessive Salary Increases
Part 2 – Recent Salary Increases to the Firefighters Disclaimer: Opinions are those of the writer and…
Part 2 – Recent Salary Increases to the Firefighters Disclaimer: Opinions are those of the writer and…
Four Davis City Council Members Accepted Large Campaign Contributions from the Firefighters Union and its Members that…
In 2008, the Vanguard was ahead of the curve, warning of unsustainable spending practices by the city,…
Despite continued data showing that fire service has improved under Shared Management, Boundary Drop, and staffing changes,…
I increasingly find myself in a strange position with regard to city finances and the direction in…
Back in May of 2009, the Vanguard ran an analysis on “Why Do Firefighters Make Substantially More…
As we celebrate the Vanguard’s ninth anniversary of its founding, few of our current readers probably are…
The risk of a general use tax is that the voters have no say over how that…
This is not the strongest economic recovery we have seen and at some point in the next…
Monday night’s Finance and Budget Commission budget discussion got high marks from a number of people who…
In 2009, in one of the most widely read articles on the old Vanguard site, we ran…
While it has been an easy mark to pin the demise of the innovation parks, and perhaps…
A PERB (Public Employee Relations Board) ruling in December denied claims by the Davis Professional Firefighters Association…
In December 2013, the Davis City Council unanimously voted to impose the last, best and final offer…
Now that New Year’s and the holidays are over, I want to refocus on three critical issues…
New Year’s Day is a time of rebirth, where we remember the past year and prepare for…
We can look back at 2014 as bringing us some surprising happenings on the local scene. Who…
On Wednesday, the city of Davis announced that city staff had recently identified and corrected a payroll…
The September fire report, released nearly a month ago, shows an amazing level of success in dealing…
Last week we saw the election of three new school board members: Madhavi Sunder, Barbara Archer and…