Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Remains Stuck in Drive To Find Sustainable Revenue
By David M. Greenwald It was 2010 when I watched Bob Clarke of Public Works give a…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Toward More Balance in the City
Even before COVID the Vanguard for years has been warning that Davis was in a precarious position…
Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Fiscal Analysis is Solid, But Probably Still on the Conservative Side
I have been a bit surprised that the fiscal analysis by EPS is not generating more pushback. …
Carson Discusses Measure Q, City Financial Outlook
The ballot measure that went as expected was Measure Q—in fact, overwhelmingly so. Measure Q kept the…
Local Election Results: Measure Q Passes, Measure G Trails, Provenza Could Be Heading for Runoff in November
One big question after Tuesday night is how many votes remain to be counted in Yolo County. …
Monday Morning Thoughts: Missed Opportunities for City on Sales Tax
All indications are that Measure Q will cruise to victory on March 3. There is not even…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Chickens Have Come Home on Our Roads
I was driving someone from out of the area a few weeks ago – a guest who…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Sales Tax Measure Lacks Real Discussion of City’s Fiscal Realities
If the polling is correct on the sales tax – and we have no reason to believe…
Ballot Arguments for Measure Q – the Sales Tax Extension
Measure Q will use the existing full cent sales tax – combined from the 2004 Measure and…
Sunday Commentary: When to Renew Isn’t Enough
I worry about the future of Davis. I have expressed this many times, but what has made Davis…
Sales Tax Campaign – Measure Q – Kicks Off with a Press Conference in the Park
Mayor Brett Lee, Former Senator Lois Wolk, Councilmember Dan Carson and many others gathered in Central Park…
Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?
Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most…
Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development
I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them…
Sunday Commentary: Davis’ Fiscal Emergency
When the city polled residents, the vast majority of those residents were willing to back a renewal…
City Needs to Declare Fiscal Emergency in Order to Place Sales Tax on the March Ballot
One of the unintended consequences of moving the date of the city election is that the city’s…
My View: Why Would the Council Not Even Consider a Sales Tax Increase?
While the council did not take any action on Tuesday, as Mayor Brett Lee noted, “We are…
Sunday Commentary: Given the Polling, Should the City Consider Raising the Sales Tax?
On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will get a chance to review draft ordinance language for the…
Commentary: A Public Widely Uninformed on City Fiscal Issues – Part Two
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The upside for the city in the survey that we have been evaluating following its Tuesday…
Community Survey Shows Overwhelming Need for Affordable Housing, Overall Satisfaction with City
The city kept the survey hidden from the public until it was presented on Tuesday night. Once…
Commentary: City or Schools – Who Has the Toughest Road Ahead on Funding?
As I have been talking about for at least the last year, there is a bumpy road…
