City Needs $10 Million Annually to Maintain Pavement
Back in 2013, the Davis City Council adopted a funding strategy to allocate roughly $4 million of…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Dan Wolk’s Moment
With the announcement last week that potential rival Alfredo Pedroza, the Napa County Supervisor appointed to fill…
City Finally Launches Road Repairs After Years of Deterioration
For the first time in years, the city has launched a major road repair effort, the city…
Sunday Commentary: The Vanguard’s View of the Council Accomplishments of 2014-15
This week the mayor published his monthly Mayor’s Corner and called the past year “a year to…
Analysis: Should Davis Count on Help for Roads?
Last week, Dan Carson reported in the Vanguard, “For the first time in decades, there is a…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Should Council Have Simply Killed the Sports Park?
It is easy to understand why the Davis City Council took the action that they did last…
Council Makes Move to Separate Sports Parks, Pool from Tax Discussion
At least two dozen people spoke on Tuesday at public comment. As expected, many were members of…
Council Will Approve the 2015-16 City Budget
There has been a lot of discussion on the longer range budget issues such as how the…
Commentary: The Case For Economic Development Is Stronger Than Ever
This is not the strongest economic recovery we have seen and at some point in the next…
Monday Morning Thoughts: City Will Finally Have Its Building and Park Facilities Assessment
For a long time, the Davis City Council has had a ballpark estimate for how much it…
What Does “Renew Davis” Mean to You?
Davis Mayor Dan Wolk has used the term “Renew Davis” on a range of policy goals and…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Slow Down on the Sports Park Vision
I must admit I was caught off-guard when I saw the bold headline in the paper yesterday…
Commentary: Will Innovation Parks Come Down to the Assessment of the City Budget?
Davis has a strong slow growth legacy embodied within the passage and renewal of Measure J/Measure R,…
New Set of Goals and Objectives Nearing Council Approval
By Dan Carson I always take political campaigns for public office with a grain of salt. They…
Commentary: Mayor Strikes Careful Balance Recasting Challenges as Opportunity
One of the biggest questions we had was what would a Mayor Dan Wolk term look like…
Mayor Wolk Calls State of the City “Very Strong”
Mayor Dan Wolk on Tuesday afternoon delivered his first State of the City address as Mayor of…
Productive Six Months in the City
by Dan Wolk and Robb Davis Happy Holidays! This month, we will provide an update on our…
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…
The City’s Structural Deficit Is Solved
By Dan Carson Dirk Brazil must have a great sense of timing. He is waltzing into his…
Mayor’s Corner
by Dan Wolk This is the first installment of a monthly column I am calling the “Mayor’s…
