Monday Morning Thoughts: The Actual Budget Is an Afterthought
The Davis City Council is expected to adopt the budget this week and, unlike in past years…
Revenues Improve but City’s Fiscal Situation Challenging Even Under Best Case Scenario
The biggest challenge that the city will face in the coming years is figuring how to on…
Commentary: Finally a Fully Transparent Budget
In 2008 during the Davis City Council elections, incumbent Councilmembers Don Saylor and Stephen Souza ran on…
No Rosy Budget Projections in the Current Model
After several years of rosy budget projections, the city, utilizing more robust modeling forecast projections, comes forward…
Analysis: Taking a Closer Look at the Roads, Parks, and Liabilities Assumptions in the Fiscal Model
The presentation by Bob Leland on Tuesday night revealed some sobering news on the state of the…
Should We Be Spending One-Time Monies Prior to Resolving Budget Crisis?
Next week’s council meeting will see a number of budget discussions. Following on the wings of the…
Sunday Commentary: Better Late Than Never…
For some reason I hearken to the critical scene in the 1987 flick “Die Hard.” Terrorists have…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Commitment to Cost Containment Must Accompany Revenue Measure
Had the council not postponed its March 7 meeting until March 14, the council would have been…
Commentary: Have We Really Come Full Circle on Fiscal Matters?
It is interesting to me to see the pushback from a few on the city’s fiscal crisis. …
Sunday Commentary: Containing Costs Figures to Be a Huge Challenge
A week ago Mayor Robb Davis presented his cost containment plan. This is one I fully support….
Commentary: Getting Serious about the Budget Again
For several years, the most burning issue in Davis was getting the budget in order. Indeed, from…
Project Toto Presentation to the Vanguard
Last week, there was a brown bag lunch sponsored by the Davis Downtown, in which they invited…
Commentary: State of the City Address Had Strengths and Weaknesses
The Davis Chamber had a new format for their event, with Mayor Robb Davis giving the main…
Mayor Lays Out City Challenges in State of the City Address
While it was a new format and there were some differences of opinion, Mayor Robb Davis laid…
Monday Morning Thoughts: State of the City Needs to Be a Call to Action
The city of Davis suffers from two related problems. One is the problem of stats and one…
My View: State of the City?
I was looking forward to hearing Robb Davis deliver the State of the City this year –…
My View: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know
Earlier this week, the Vanguard evaluated claims by a couple of columnists with the local paper on…
Commentary: Where is the Leadership on Council?
In the past week I have had several pretty interesting conversations with members of the Davis City…
Bicycle, Transportation, and Street Safety Commission questions Sterling 2100 Fifth Street towers.
We were gratified, last month to witness an impressively large turnout for Planning and Traffic Commission meetings…
Sunday Commentary: Optimism Gives Way to Challenging Times for the City
This week in a column that urged the city to recommit to an Economic Development Strategy, we…
