Analysis: We Should Expect City Services to Deteriorate More
Rich Rifkin’s latest column looks at the MOU (memorandum of understanding) issue and concludes: “Expect city services…
Sunday Commentary: The MOUs We Signed Should Not Be Cause for Alarm
This week, Alan Pryor forcefully pushed back against the council placement of two MOUs on the consent…
Sunday Commentary: With Transparency and Justice For All…
It was a pretty good crowd for a Saturday, and the regular crowd shuffled into the Davis…
Commentary: Council Needs Reminder That Taxes Were Supposed to Be Temporary
On May 18 of 2014, Councilmembers Lucas Frerichs and Brett Lee joined Elaine Roberts Musser, Dan Carson…
Are We Out of the Woods on the City Fiscal Crisis?
It is hard to imagine that a little over a year ago, the city council and city…
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,…
Analysis: Which Way Does the Council Go with Compensation, Budget Issues?
One of the more interesting questions for 2015 is what direction we should go on employee compensation…
Analysis: City Manager Salary Increase and Its Impact on Employee Morale, Labor Negotiations
In 2009, as the city was starting to take on water fiscally, City Manager Bill Emlen decided…
Sunday Commentary: New City Manager Salary Puts Davis in Tough Spot
Back in July, the Vanguard argued that the “Council Did Right Thing on Compensation.” As we wrote…
Council Emerges From Break with a Lot of Work to Do
One might excuse newly-installed Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis if he feels like he’s on a roller…
Analysis: What We Can Do to Put City on Road to Sustainability?
The passage of Measure O does not end the budget discussion. In fact, all Measure O really…
