Commentary: The Old Air Quality Debate at Nishi
For once, I think Bob Dunning has it mostly correct when he argues that pollution doesn’t magically…
Commentary: Inconvenient Truths for Air Quality Expert Cahill
What Cahill Omits from Two Articles is Telling On January 25, Dr. Thomas Cahill sent the Vanguard…
Commentary: Why Air Quality Concerns Should Not Drive Your Nishi Vote
Critics of Nishi warn that preliminary studies – insufficient to adequately test the impact of air quality…
Analysis: A Glance at the Nishi Ballot Arguments
In general, elections are not won and lost on the ballot arguments, but the Nishi ones are…
Sunday Commentary: Looking at Some Arguments against Nishi
We have already talked a lot about the air quality issue and affordable housing issue, but I…
Analysis: Did Council Address the Air Quality Issue?
As issues went in 2016, the issue of air quality was not the top reason or even…
Thomas Cahill’s Letter to Council
Submission for the Davis City Council, Tuesday Feb 6, 2018 Published air quality and health data, up…
Guest Commentary: Response to Salocks on Nishi
by Thomas Cahill Charles B. Salocks, an expert on methamphetamines, has made a number of statements in…
A Response to Proponents of Nishi 2.0 on the Issue of Air Quality
By Roberta L. Millstein Proponents of Nishi – some of whom are apparently affiliated with the Nishi…
Guest Commentary: Air Quality Critic Gets Analysis Wrong on Nishi
By Charles B. Salocks I have reviewed the environmental impact report for the Nishi property and some…
Commentary: Is Air Quality the Only Issue the Opposition Has on Nishi?
In 2016, I fully expected that Nishi would prevail and become the first successful Measure R project. …
Sunday Commentary: Do We Gain Anything from Additional Air Quality Study of Nishi?
Critics of the Nishi project continue to raise the question of, if there are no problems with…
Guest Commentary: Is Nishi One of the Most Polluted Sites in the Nation?
By Thomas Cahill Is the Nishi property in the running for the most polluted near-roadway site in…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Should Council Move Forward with Nishi as It Stands?
When the Nishi project goes to the Planning Commission this week, it is doing so without a…
Guest Commentary: Nishi 2.0 Is an Environmental Injustice
by Roberta Millstein Proponents of the revised Nishi project –– Rich Rifkin being the most recent —…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Changes to Trains Could Affect Nishi Assessment
When Thomas Cahill laid out his concerns about Nishi in a recent op-ed in the local paper,…
My View: Cahill’s ‘New Information’ Doesn’t Get Us Around the Same Problem
UC Davis Professor Emeritus Tom Cahill has published an article in the local paper that calls for…
Commentary: The Logical Problem of Air Quality Concerns at Nishi
Tim Ruff, the project manager and one of the owners at Nishi, believes that the development team…
Sunday Commentary: Overstating the Health Risk at Nishi
Critics of the Nishi project have pointed toward air quality concerns as a reason to potentially oppose…
Sunday Commentary: The Return of Nishi?
This week, from a submission through the Vanguard anonymous submission system, Yolo Leaks, we learned of an…
