David Greenwald

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...