Guest Commentary: Former Mayors Condemn Court Action
by Joe Krovoza, Sue Greenwald, Mike Corbett, Ken Wagstaff, Ann M. Evans, Bill Kopper We are concerned…
Commentary: The Davis Council Has Moved to a More Consensus Model Even on Housing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I was reading a piece in the Chronicle…
Commentary: Have We Really Come Full Circle on Fiscal Matters?
It is interesting to me to see the pushback from a few on the city’s fiscal crisis. …
Monday Morning Thoughts: When Civility Breaks Down
As I reflect on ten years of the Vanguard, one issue that I have always had a…
Groups That Helped to Take Down Councilmember Greenwald, Back in the Fray
In May of 2012, an independent expenditure group backed by Sacramento-based unions the Plumbers & Pipefitters Local…
Sunday Commentary: Why Does a Slow Growth Town Elect Pro-Development Councils?
Given the level of contention on the issue of Nishi, it is perhaps somewhat surprising on the…
Commentary: Council Passes MOUs Without a Word
The Davis City Council’s biggest decision on Tuesday night, with the deepest ramifications for the future of…
Analysis: Time Not Yet for A Council Race
In the past month, we have seen the State Senate and State Assembly races already flooded with…
Monday Morning Thoughts: It Is Easy to Under-Estimate Impacts of Firefighters’ Union on City Politics
On Sunday the Vanguard showed how the 2004 sales tax, that was supposed to go for shoring…
Personal Politics or Dialogue About Community Issues? Which Is More Important to You?
In the comments in Thursday’s article, “The Unanticipated Power of the Mayor in a Weak Mayoral System,”…
Analysis: Revenue Potential Remains a Huge Issue
If the centerpiece of an innovation park campaign will be the ability for the parks to generate…
Analysis: City Needs to Educate Public on Revenue from Business Parks
Once again, we can learn a lot from reading letters to the editor about the failure of…
Sunday Commentary: Has Council Put Water to Rest?
On Tuesday, council approved a Prop 218 rate process to (A) notify the ratepayers of the plan…
Council Passes New Water Rates, Will It be Good Enough to Satisfy Critics?
The council quickly passed the staff recommendation to “Accept the Water Rate Cost of Service Study prepared…
What Sue Greenwald Was Right About, Regarding Low Interest Loans
Since the start of the Measure P campaign and even before, Sue Greenwald has been arguing that…
Council Sends Revisions to CBFR to URAC (Multimedia)
One week before the election that may decide the fate of the city’s surface water project, the…
Council Directs URAC to Alter the Water Rates
One week before the election that may decide the fate of the city’s surface water project, the…
How We Got Here
Last week, the council candidates were asked what choices by the Davis City Council put the city…
Measure P: Sue Greenwald versus Ed Schroeder
There were a couple of interesting letters to the editor on Measure P this morning. Sue Greenwald,…
Fact Check: Opt-Out Rates Overstated by Proponents of Measure P
In their argument for Measure P, Sue Greenwald and Mark Siegler in their op-ed last week argued,…