Analysis: How Will the Measure O Campaign Play Out?
Going down to Farmer’s Market, I got handed a sneak peak of the just-run Measure O flyer,…
Commentary: Granda Wastes Community’s Time with Nonsensical Arguments Against Measure O
From the start we need to be clear, there are legitimate arguments against the city’s sales tax….
Measure O: Have We Done Enough?
As most people who have been reading this site know, in the next six months the city…
Vanguard Analysis: Where Does the Council Race Stand?
It was two years ago, when the ChamberPac made their first round of endorsements, that they created…
Vanguard Analysis: The Road to Fiscal Sanity… If Only It Were That Easy
The city, in the next month and a half leading up to the June election and then…
Clarifying the Role a Public Agency May Play in a Local Ballot Measure
So Bob Dunning, without citing a single law or statute, offers up that he believes that the…
Sunday Commentary: Asleep at the Switch, Yet Blaming Others
In Bob Dunning’s column this morning, he accuses the city of Davis of breaking the law, calling…
Sunday Commentary II: Listening to the Voters, Fifth Street, Budget
In the latest in a string of articles that examines letters to the editor, we get one…
Report: City Faces Drastic Cuts Without Sales Tax
City Manager Steve Pinkerton has slightly upwardly adjusted city finances since December. He wrote, “On the whole,…
My View: Who Fills the Leadership Void?
If you want to understand the fruits of good planning, and strong leadership, look no further than…
Commentary: City Should Read Letters Like These…
I happened to glance at a letter to the editor this morning that says the “city needs…
Sunday Commentary II: POU Has Emerged as a Hot Button Issue While Roads Are Ignored
As we noted earlier this week, results from a Davis Downtown survey suggest that the city of…
Analysis: Survey Bolsters Concern Parcel Tax Would Not Pass This Fall
In yesterday’s column, we summarized the Davis Downtown’s survey on the fiscal crisis. At the outset of…
Davis’ Inexorable Slide Into Municipal Bankruptcy
By Michael Bisch Whether Davis’ slide into bankruptcy is impossible to stop or prevent is debatable. What’s…
Judge to Hear Measure O Challenge on Tuesday
by Jose Granda and Thomas Randall (Editor’s note: this was submitted as a press release, the Vanguard…
Sunday Commentary: My Half-Cent Thought – Much Ado About Nothing
The city of Davis is in fiscal crisis the likes of which we have really not seen…
Opponents of Sales Tax Challenge Ballot Question in Court
It was nearly two weeks ago that, challenged by citizens and Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning that…
Caution: City In Danger of Losing Message on Fiscal Crisis
I could not disagree with much, if anything, that Robin Wiener wrote today in the Davis Enterprise….
A Look at the City’s Sales Tax Revenue History
There have been repeated requests from the city to provide sales tax data. We present the data…
Economic Development in Davis – It’s Both an Art and a Science
by Rob White Yesterday, the Vanguard posted an article outlining several projects that had been proposed for…
