Sunday Commentary: The General Use Tax and Tales of 2004
The risk of a general use tax is that the voters have no say over how that…
The risk of a general use tax is that the voters have no say over how that…
It has been more than a year since voters, by a margin of 58-42 percent, passed the…
This week, the Davis City Council approved the city’s 2015-16 budget. Let us be clear about one…
There has been a lot of discussion on the longer range budget issues such as how the…
Elaine Roberts Musser on Tuesday addressed the Davis City Council during public comment of their budget discussion…
This is not the strongest economic recovery we have seen and at some point in the next…
By Jeff Miller and Dan Carson This summary was prepared by Jeff Miller and Dan Carson at…
In June of 2014, the city was still facing an economic crisis and the voters stepped up…
As we noted yesterday, neither the city manager nor the majority of council members seems to be…
Monday night’s Finance and Budget Commission budget discussion got high marks from a number of people who…
Members of the city council were thankful that the for the first time in 13 years there…
On May 18 of 2014, Councilmembers Lucas Frerichs and Brett Lee joined Elaine Roberts Musser, Dan Carson…
By Dan Carson The city’s Finance and Budget Commission will be vetting the 2015-16 budget proposal at…
In 2014, the voters of Davis approved a sales tax measure that at the time was deemed…
As we noted in yesterday’s article, the city’s projected budget forecast has good news and bad news….
In recent days, the Vanguard has noted what would appear to be a trend. The city finances…
The rumor this week is that, with the city pushing into the black and restoring its general…
I look at articles like Dan Carson’s (5/2, New City Staff Forecast Says Fiscal Year to End…
By Dan Carson A city staff report released Friday says that better-than-expected growth in property tax revenues…
First, the need to clarify something. Last week in my column I noted, “There is talk potentially…