Monday Morning Thoughts: Fiscal Picture No Brighter for the City
Last week the city had its first budget presentation for the 2019-20 budget. Past analysis has shown…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Declining Quality of Life in Davis without Intervention
Yesterday the Vanguard ran two separated but really related articles – the first expressed commentary on a…
Sunday Commentary: Is the Cost of Labor Peace Too High for Davis?
This week, the city of Davis put to bed the longest contract dispute in the city, which…
My View: We Operate in Silos but Live in One Community
For months (at the very least) I have been talking about the fact that we live in…
Analysis: Davis Roads About to Get More Bad News?
Earlier this month, the Davis voters voted down (sort of) a parcel tax measure that would have…
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…
Competing Sides Discuss Transportation Tax
On May 6, CivEnergy held a forum where the issue of Measure I was discussion. Measure I,…
Fact Checking Claims by Opponents of Measure I – Transportation Tax
by Alan Pryor Measure I is a 10-year parcel tax for Transportation Infrastructure maintenance at $99 per…
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…
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…
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…
