Council Approves New Employee MOUs after Pushing Back against Criticism
On Tuesday night, the Davis City Council agreed to four-year labor agreements with two employee groups including…
Opposing Sides Discuss Measure H
On May 6, CivEnergy held a forum for the various measures including Measure H, the parks tax…
Fact Checking Claims by Opponents of Measure H – Parks Tax
by Alan Pryor Measure H is a 20-year parcel tax for Parks Maintenance at $49 per year…
Council Candidate Weekly Question: Tax Measures
This is the sixth of the Vanguard’s series of 11 questions. Every Monday until the week before…
Analysis: Sacramento Bee Makes Davis Election Recommendations
Over the years of covering local races, the Bee endorsement can be thought of as the Sports…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Evaluating the Opposition to the Tax Measures
The opposition to the two tax measures on the June ballot represents an interesting merger between the…
Arguments for and against the Tax Measures
ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF MEASURE H In 1998, the citizens of Davis first approved a $49 parks…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Our Roads Are in Desperate Need of New Revenue
There seems to be a perception out there that we can have our cake and eat it…
Commentary: Did the Council Make a Mistake Going with Two Ballot Measures for Revenue Increases?
My View: I Don’t See a Lot of Nascent Opposition to the Tax Measure, but the City…
Revenue Measure Takes Shape One Meeting before the Deadline, Focuses on Roads and Parks
As the meeting unexpectedly went late into the evening, the council converged in agreement on a revenue…
Commentary: Council, Community with a Big Decision To Make
Tonight the Davis City Council will not make the final decision on what to do about a…
Commentary: Schools and City Face the Cost of Deferring
The city council on Tuesday and the school board in the coming weeks and months will face…
Revenue Measure Continues to Evolve – Utility User Back on the Table
Time is growing short and the council now will have two meetings to act to put a…
Commentary: Council Should Reconsider Type of Revenue Measure It Pursues
Politics in many ways is the art of the possible, and sometimes the more ideal solution must…
Sunday Commentary: People Gearing Up to Defeat Tax Measure?
Last night as I was home and relaxing I got a string of text messages railing against…
Pushback by the Public against Revenue Measure
While the council is continuing to plan to move forward on revenue measures, they received a dose…
Council Refines Revenue Measure, but Not Ready to Approve It
The Davis City Council is not waiting till the midnight hour to put a revenue measure on…
Council to Discuss Revenue Measures for June
The council has until February 6 of next year to figure out what it wants to put…
Roads, Parks, Homeless, Affordable Housing: Council Seeks Clarity on the Issue of Revenue Measures
One of the biggest issues facing the city of Davis is how it is going to close…
Council to Consider Poll For Revenue Measures
Council will be looking to potentially put a revenue measure on the ballot. Staff is requesting authorization…
