Candidates Clash on School Funding, Parcel Tax at Vanguard School Board Forum
By Nicholas von Wettburg The Davis Vanguard hosted a School Board Candidates Forum at the Community Chambers…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Explaining School Funding and the Need for a Local Parcel Tax
Reading a letter to the editor, I find the writer illustrates that the school funding formulas are…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Parcel Tax Likely to Be a Non-Issue this Election
The parcel tax might have been a more interesting question had the school board chosen to take…
Jose Granda Announces Another Run for School Board
Elect A Different Candidate (From Jose Granda Press Release) With the theme “Elect a Different Candidate” Jose…
Sunday Commentary: Why Aren’t Anti-Tax Crusaders Leading the Way on Economic Development?
It is that time in the election cycle, and the Davis City Council is very shortly going…
My View: Why Does Granda Get a Free Ride?
It was supposed to be a “make nice” comment by the editor of the local paper in…
Analysis: In a Way the Community Never Moved On From Peterson…
It was March 18, and the Davis School Board had just voted 3-1 to uphold the district’s…
Granda vs. the Vanguard: Round Two
by Jose Granda Contrary to what the Vanguard says, this has been an excellent week for me,…
Granda Answers Attacks From The Vanguard, Discloses Fully His Personal Finances
I am a man of principles and integrity despite the fact my political opponents attempt to put…
Granda Makes Deceptive Claims Regarding Taxes, 460 Form
In the Vanguard’s Monday Morning Thoughts piece we took exception to school board candidate Jose Granda’s unprovoked…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The School Board Race, Nancy Peterson and Jose Granda
A week from tomorrow (Tuesday) the voters will get their official say in who the next three…
Granda Responds to Peterson Question
By Jose J. Granda What is the biggest lesson we should take away from the Peterson scandal…
School Board Candidate Question #5: Nancy Peterson Aftermath
This is the final of five questions to the school board candidates. Question #5: What is the…
Granda on GATE/AIM
Jose Granda submitted his response to the GATE/AIM Vanguard Question. The other responses were published on Friday….
Vanguard Analysis: The Race for Third for School Board?
A few weeks ago, we handicapped the school board race and argued that Madhavi Sunder and Barbara…
Meet the School Board Candidates (Video)
Thanks to Davis Media Access who invited each of the seven candidates for school board for the…
School Board Candidates on the Achievement Gap
At the school board candidates’ forum last week, candidates were given an insufficient amount of time to…
Granda Speaks on Taxes and School Services
The Vanguard is doing a series of follow-up questions from the candidates’ forum. Earlier we did a…
DJUSD Forum Addresses Transparency, LGBT Issues and DHS Starting Time
We are rolling out more of the responses from Wednesday’s forum. We apologize for the delay, but…
Should the School District Allow the Parcel Taxes to Expire?
On Wednesday, the school board candidates were asked to weigh in on the parcel tax and whether…