Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Remains Stuck in Drive To Find Sustainable Revenue
By David M. Greenwald It was 2010 when I watched Bob Clarke of Public Works give a…
Commentary: Council Should Reconsider Type of Revenue Measure It Pursues
Politics in many ways is the art of the possible, and sometimes the more ideal solution must…
Council Opts against Polling – Lays Out Parameters for Revenue Measures
While city staff had pushed for the council to commission a poll to study voter inclinations, council…
Council to Consider Poll For Revenue Measures
Council will be looking to potentially put a revenue measure on the ballot. Staff is requesting authorization…
Commentary: Where the Council Ends Up Going on Revenue Measures Not Clear
Watching the council discuss the potential revenue measures continues to feel a lot like déjà vu all…
My View: The Whole Tax Set Up Was Odd
In the last several days, we have looked into the impact of the soda tax discussion, but…
Council To Look at Tax Revenue Options
The Davis City Council, according to a city staff report, has until February 16 to put a…
Should the City Consider a Utility User Tax?
By Bob Fung How would you feel about the city adding as much as a 5 percent…
Commentary: Thinking About Taxes and the Need for Revenue
I thought it was an interesting comment that former Assemblymember and County Supervisor Helen Thomson made with…
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…
City Needs $10 Million Annually to Maintain Pavement
Back in 2013, the Davis City Council adopted a funding strategy to allocate roughly $4 million of…
My View: The Public is Not Aware of Fiscal Challenges For the City
Yesterday’s commentary noted that the city’s messaging on the road congestion missed a critical opportunity to inform…
Commentary: Why Do We Continually Miss the Opportunity on Roads?
Those of you who have been long-time readers of the Vanguard know that we have been hammering…
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…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Stacked Deck on the Sports Park?
In July, the Davis City Council did the right thing by separating the issue of the potential…
Is a Task Force the Best Way to Determine Whether We Need a New Sports Complex?
This summer when the city council was considering an infrastructure revenue measure, activists encouraged and abated by…
Commentary: State Transportation Package a Reminder of How We Got in this Mess
Back in July, Dan Carson first reported that the state was making inroads on a transportation package…
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,…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Dan Wolk’s Moment
With the announcement last week that potential rival Alfredo Pedroza, the Napa County Supervisor appointed to fill…
City Finally Launches Road Repairs After Years of Deterioration
For the first time in years, the city has launched a major road repair effort, the city…
