Does Councilmember’s Role in Trackside Represent an Inherent Conflict?
This week, the proposed Trackside Center has generated some interest and controversy, as the neighbors complained about…
Sunday Commentary II: Council Future May Depend on What Dan Wolk Decides to Do
We are a year away from the next city council election but it is not too soon…
Commentary: Critical Analysis Lacking in Recent Coverage of City
In Davis, the public rarely is in agreement on public policy issues. Often policy differences spark heated…
Council Will Take Further Look at Police Protective Vehicle, But Expresses Doubts About Cost, Need
The Davis City Council is willing to look further into the costs of acquiring a Police Protective…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Shiny Happy People
Coverage of CIO Hire Obscures Critical Questions About Economic Development’s Future When I was in high school…
The New Home Company Took Different Stance on CFD in Irvine
On a city council that has often lacked clearly defined lines of demarcation of key issues, the…
Council Talks About Taxes and Reserve in Opening Budget Discussion
In 2014, the voters of Davis approved a sales tax measure that at the time was deemed…
My View II: Council Should Be Cautious About Raising Employee Compensation
The rumor this week is that, with the city pushing into the black and restoring its general…
Philosophically Divided Council Votes to Implement CFD
In the end the decision on the CFD (Community Facilities District) came down to philosophy, with both…
Commentary: The Theatre of the Absurd
When I first moved to Davis, I had no car, so I went everywhere by bike. I…
Council Passes First Reading of Organics Program Despite Passionate Pleas From the Public
While the public commenters were almost evenly split, the opposition to changes in the city’s organics program,…
Commentary: Paper Praises Police, Blasts Council on MRAP
Reading the coverage in the local paper, I am a bit appalled, even after nearly nine years…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Davis City Council and the CFD
Is a Picture Worth 1000 Words? At the council meeting on Tuesday, I wanted to capture some…
Commentary: A Troubling Vote on the CFD
Yesterday I was joking with people that it was like old times on the Vanguard – contentious,…
Majority Held on CFD Vote
Support for the CFD came in with a 3-2 majority, it left with a 3-2 majority, and…
Stunningly Bad Argument for CFD Put Forward in Editorial
The CFD issue has been heating up in recent weeks just in time for the council to…
Council Asked to Finalize CFD for Cannery
On February 17, the Davis City Council by a 3-2 vote directed staff to move forward with…
Commentary: Heat Turned Up on the CFD
A few weeks ago, despite heavily-commented and well-read articles on the Vanguard, a city councilmember told the…
Monday Morning Thoughts II: Global Cooling, Prosecutorial Misconduct and More
Global Cooling One of the more interesting arguments I hear against Global Warming is that ‒ 40…
Sunday Commentary II: The Lack of Vision Paradox, Part I
In her debut column with the Vanguard, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi put forth a vision: “UC…