David Greenwald

David Greenwald founded and maintains the political blog The People's Vanguard of Davis.

Web Site: http://davisvanguard.org/


Mayor, City Manager, Reach Out to Public in Budget Discussions

May 7, 2013
Mayor, City Manager, Reach Out to Public in Budget Discussions

Part One – Overview of the Current Problem and Challenges - It was a small but intimate setting on what turned out to be a rainy Monday. Mayor Joe Krovoza and City Manager Steve Pinkerton came before between 20 and 25 members of the public at...

Davis Implements Water Assistance Program

May 7, 2013
Davis Implements Water Assistance Program

The city of Davis announced formally that in conjunction with new water rates, which take effect this month, the city of Davis "has introduced a Water Assistance Program to help low income homeowners offset water costs." It is not a huge discount, a...

Fire staffing dealt with, Davis turns to larger budget issues

May 6, 2013
Fire staffing dealt with, Davis turns to larger budget issues

It is hard to call something that was a five year battle and took six months after the audit report came out, easy, but in a way it is.  The savings of nearly half a million dollars was already factored into the current budget that will be due by the ...

Eye on the Courts: Police Are Not Bias, They Are Just Lazy?

May 6, 2013
Eye on the Courts: Police Are Not Bias, They Are Just Lazy?

You can't really make this stuff up.  Lost in the national debate over gun control and the Boston Marathon Bombers and their post-arrest treatment is the federal trial in New York that is charging that the department's "stop-and-frisk" practices are b...

Commentary: Unimpressed – Why I’m not moved by the fluoridation outrage

May 5, 2013
Commentary: Unimpressed – Why I’m not moved by the fluoridation outrage

I have largely sat back on the issue of fluoridation in Davis' drinking water, largely because I'm rather indifferent to the issue.  However, when Supervisor Matt Rexroad tweeted yesterday, "It seems that people that oppose fluoridation are likely t...

Sunday Commentary: In need of better explanation on the mowing while black incident

May 5, 2013
Sunday Commentary: In need of better explanation on the mowing while black incident

A Friday came the story of Eli Davis who lives somewhere between Village Homes and Lake Blvd in West Davis.  In a letter published on Friday in the Davis Enterprise, he claims he was mowing his front lawn a few weeks ago in the middle of the afterno...

My View: Pinkerton Deserves a Lot of Credit

May 4, 2013
My View: Pinkerton Deserves a Lot of Credit

When I first started this gig, Bill Emlen had just taken over as interim City Manager after the council for variety of reason fired City Manager Jim Antonen.  Bill Emlen was the Peter-principle in embodiment - a career bureaucrat in the planning dep...

Other Reactions to Fire Staffing Changes: Enterprise Editorial Praises Council Action on …

May 4, 2013
Other Reactions to Fire Staffing Changes: Enterprise Editorial Praises Council Action on …

The Davis Enterprise in their Sunday column, praises the actions of the Davis City Council writing, "Despite protestations that Davis' public safety will be compromised, a majority of the Davis City Council took a courageous stand Tuesday and voted to ...

VANGUARD COURT WATCH: DUI Becomes a Murder Charge

May 4, 2013
VANGUARD COURT WATCH: DUI Becomes a Murder Charge

By Catherine McKnight The expected two-week trial of People v. Baird began on Wednesday, May 1 in Department 7 under honorable Judge Gaurd. Prosecuting the case is District Attorney Amanda Zambor with private council, Richard Dudek, defending Ryan Ba...

Commentary: This Was Not Council Responding to a Vocal Minority

May 3, 2013
Commentary: This Was Not Council Responding to a Vocal Minority

The Council cast their 3-2 vote on Tuesday, but it is clear that the war is not over on the issue of fire staffing.  In a piece co-authored by Alan Fernandes, Lori Duisenberg, Gina Nunes and Sean Cowan, "We value our firefighters" they write, "Every...



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