Commentary: What Have We Gained from the Hotel Settlement?
In my years of doing the Vanguard, we have covered a number of lawsuits and their settlements…
Embassy Suites Hotel Settles Lawsuit with Harrington
Late on Monday evening, Michael Harrington along with co-counsel Don Mooney announced that they had reached a…
Sunday Commentary: Can Davis Bridge Its Own Divide?
If Davis residents, who have more in common with each other than not, cannot come together on…
Commentary: Fixing the South Entrance to Town
Tonight the council will start looking into ways to fix the Richards-Olive area. While I appreciate the…
Can the City Fix Richards and Olive? Council to Look at Options
There has been a lot of focus on the Richards Boulevard traffic congestion. Part of that discussion…
Analysis: Closing Thoughts on Nishi’s Defeat and More
In the end, with all of the strangeness of having to count 6000 to 7000 additional votes,…
Many Reasons to Vote No on Nishi – Measure A
By Eileen M. Samitz Historically, the Nishi site has been problematic due to its location between I-80…
Guest Commentary: Nishi Engineered with Davis Needs in Mind
By Steve Greenfield, Dan Fenocchio & Chuck Cunningham As local Davis Civil Engineers we encourage voters to…
Guest Commentary: Downtown Traffic Will Also Get Much Worse with Nishi
By Dan Cornford The debate about the traffic impacts of the Nishi project has mostly focused on…
Plaintiffs Fire Back that Expert Opinion Is Sufficient to Show Substantial Evidence
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the Hotel Conference Center have now fired back against the city,…
Analysis: Measure A Gets Key Endorsement from Enterprise
Do endorsements matter? Many, myself included, argue that the most important aspect of an endorsement is as…
Nishi on Housing and Richards Traffic
By Corey Solliday As a downtown employee who commutes from Winters I follow the ASUCD University Housing…
SACOG Letter of Support For Nishi
Editor’s note: The following is a November 2015 letter from SACOG to City Manager Dirk Brazil. The…
Response Brief: City Fully Complied with CEQA on Hotel
The City of Davis, along with representatives for the Hotel Conference Center, have filed a joint opposition…
Sunday Commentary: Will Nishi Fix Richards or Make It Worse?
On Friday, I was a little bit ahead of schedule and so I figured I would head…
Analysis: Will Improvements to Richards Corridor Fix Traffic Problems?
The Vanguard has documented the problems along the Richards Boulevard corridor for some time. The reality of…
New Richards Interchange Improvements To Be Funded by Nishi Gateway
(From Press Release) The City of Davis released a rendering of plans submitted to CalTrans for the…
My View: Let the Voters Decide If Nishi Measures Up
To the surprise of probably no one, Michael Harrington and Don Mooney have filed a lawsuit once…
Harrington Files Suit Challenging Legality of Nishi (UPDATED)
Former Davis City Councilmember Michael Harrington filed a lawsuit on March 18 challenging the legality of the…
Response to Harrington on Traffic Study
Note: Former City Councilmember Michael Harrington has submitted an alternative traffic report in response to the EIR…
