David Greenwald

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

Web Site: http://davisvanguard.org/


Commentary: The Cost For Speaking Out Against the Firefighters

Apr 30, 2013
Commentary: The Cost For Speaking Out Against the Firefighters

Fire Policies Aimed at Fourth Fire Station Endangered the Public - It was not a complete shock when yesterday's column on fire staffing and calls for service was met with a post by a retired firefighter that represented a veiled threat to myself and ...

Commentary: An Opportunity and Imperative to Change Our Schools

Apr 30, 2013
Commentary: An Opportunity and Imperative to Change Our Schools

This weekend Stanford professor of education and sociology wrote a provocative editorial entitled, "No Rich Child Left Behind."  Except of course it was neither provocative nor particularly surprising. Professor Sean Reardon opens writing, "Here's ...

Trial Set To Begin in Murder Trial For Gross Vehicular Manslaughter

Apr 30, 2013
Trial Set To Begin in Murder Trial For Gross Vehicular Manslaughter

By Ibrahim Baig On the morning of Monday April 28, 2013, the Honorable Judge Gaard heard motions for the upcoming trial for Ryan Baird. Among Ryan Baird's serious charges include murder and gross vehicular manslaughter. Read more...

Vanguard Analysis: Few major incidents in Davis

Apr 29, 2013
Vanguard Analysis: Few major incidents in Davis

Yesterday's article laid critical groundwork arguing for the moving of the central fire station north from its current location on Fifth Street up to Covell Blvd. to take advantage of the city-UC Davis agreement to drop boundaries between the two dep...

Eye on the Courts: Assessing the Power of Prosecutors

Apr 29, 2013
Eye on the Courts: Assessing the Power of Prosecutors

A few days ago, Ross Ramsey, a columnist with the Texas Tribune, argued that Texas Prosecutor are no longer "unassailable." "An elected prosecutor used to have one of the most respected jobs at any level of Texas government," Mr. Ross writes.  "Run...

REMINDER: Vanguard Court Watch Council Meeting TONIGHT

Apr 28, 2013
REMINDER: Vanguard Court Watch Council Meeting TONIGHT

Today (Sunday, April 28, 2013) from 5:00 to 7:00 PM in Woodland at the Celebration Center Church (100 Woodland Ave), the Vanguard Court Watch Council of Yolo County (VCWCYC) is inviting the public to come forward to express their concerns about t...

Commentary: City should move central fire station to north Davis

Apr 28, 2013
Commentary: City should move central fire station to north Davis

Vanguard Analysis Demonstrates that Public Safety Was Sacrificed in An Effort to Show Necessity of Fourth Fire Station - On Tuesday night, the Davis City Council will hear yet another iteration of the fire staffing report.  This time, it will be in th...

Commentary: Is due process and rule of law a principle worth dying for?

Apr 28, 2013
Commentary: Is due process and rule of law a principle worth dying for?

This week, I was amazed as to how quickly we hearkened back to a time of a decade ago where fear and uncertainty once again cloud our better judge and restrained our finer angels.  It is for these times of uncertainty that we have a constitution, a ...

My View II: Schools Should Think Big and Grand in Strategic Planning Rather than Short-Term and …

Apr 27, 2013
My View II: Schools Should Think Big and Grand in Strategic Planning Rather than Short-Term and …

While the beginning of the Strategic Plan discussion came from the wrong impetus - the examination of reconfiguration - it nevertheless presents this community with an amazing opportunity.  The reconfiguration discussion was destined to fail from the ...

My View: Economic Development Bogged Down by Politics and Ridiculous Conspiracy Theories

Apr 27, 2013
My View: Economic Development Bogged Down by Politics and Ridiculous Conspiracy Theories

Politics runs in interesting cycles.  Just under 20 years ago right after the Republicans in 1994 took over the Congress and Newt Gingrich came forth with his revolutionary idea of shifting government back to the states - Republicans found themselves ...



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