Commentary: Accountability with Revenue Measures
The Vanguard in the last few weeks has noted the solid recommendations from the Finance and Budget…
Mayor Wolk Hits the High Notes During State of the City Address
Mayor Dan Wolk opened his remarks during the Davis Chamber’s State of the City Address citing Led…
Vanguard Commentary: Potential Revenue Measures Are Now A Mess
At the last city council meeting, city staff presented a report that showed the city is spending…
My View: A Campaign Speech Under the Guise of the Mayor’s Monthly Column
Just before Christmas the local paper released the online version of “The Mayor’s Corner,” that will be…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Binding Council on a General Tax Vote
Although the Davis City Council did not take specific action last week on a tax measure, given…
My View II: When Should Employee Compensation Increase?
Yesterday’s article on potential revenue from new hotels triggered another side discussion on employee compensation. The problem…
Commentary: Will MOU Fallout Impact Other Issues?
It may be that this is simply an issue that resonates only for the “Vanguard 10,” but…
Special Commentary: Council Set to Approve $1.1 Million in New Spending on MOUs
Despite projections from last June showing the precarious nature of the city budget and despite sales tax…
Commentary: Top Issue and Most Elusive Goal in This Community is Fiscal Sustainability
This is probably not a fair indictment, but in the last 12 to 18 months, it seems…
Vanguard Commentary: Council Will Weigh Delicate Balance at Hotel-Conference Proposal
The City of Davis is literally starving for additional tax revenue. Back in the spring of 2014,…
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…
My View: Does Utility Tax Give Us Enough Assurance?
It has been more than a year since voters, by a margin of 58-42 percent, passed the…
My View: Is this a Budget to Celebrate?
This week, the Davis City Council approved the city’s 2015-16 budget. Let us be clear about one…
Council Will Approve the 2015-16 City Budget
There has been a lot of discussion on the longer range budget issues such as how the…
Concerns Raised About the Budget Process
Elaine Roberts Musser on Tuesday addressed the Davis City Council during public comment of their budget discussion…
Commentary: The Case For Economic Development Is Stronger Than Ever
This is not the strongest economic recovery we have seen and at some point in the next…
Summary of Finance and Budget Commission Discussion of the Budget
By Jeff Miller and Dan Carson This summary was prepared by Jeff Miller and Dan Carson at…
Sunday Commentary: Council Needs To Be Ready to Make More Tough Choices on Budget
In June of 2014, the city was still facing an economic crisis and the voters stepped up…
Commentary: Not Opposed to Taxes, But We Need a Plan
As we noted yesterday, neither the city manager nor the majority of council members seems to be…
Analysis: Should City Really Preclude More Employee Concessions?
Monday night’s Finance and Budget Commission budget discussion got high marks from a number of people who…
