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Commentary: Did Davis Diamonds Exhaust All Other Options? Saturday, 28 January 2012 One thing that people need to remember about this issue is that I did not go into Tuesday's meeting opposed to doing a Conditional Use Permit and moving the facility to the auto mall. In fact, as our article on Tuesday suggested - I actually favored it. My mind was changed during that meeting and the discussions I had immediately following that meeting when it became clear that something happened that was untoward and that small children and their families became pawns in a larger game. While I was moved to some extent by the arguments about the fiscal impact to the city, what really... 0 CommentsRead more...Off-Topic Column - Commentary on the Controversies of the Week Saturday, 28 January 2012 This has been in a lot of ways an extraordinary week with so much big news that we have not had a chance to do our normal pattern of analysis and commentary. So this week's off-topic column will look at four three (Davis Diamonds became substantial enough that I created its own column for it) of the bigger stories this week. Water Advisory Committee Meetings Televised This was an issue that the Vanguard pursued last week in part out of concerns that we might not be able to attend and cover the meetings on a regular basis and in part out of the belief that on such an important issue, with... 0 CommentsRead more...Student Liaison Commission Unanimously Votes to Oppose Minor Alcohol Preclusion Ordinance Friday, 27 January 2012 The City of Davis and the police department have a lot of work to do if they want to get student buy-in for the proposed alcohol preclusion act. Following a lengthy discussion, where students consistently expressed concern with the ordinance and distrust for the intentions of the police, the Student Liaison Commission, comprised mainly of students with a few voting members from the public at-large, voted to oppose the ordinance. The final version of that motion did incorporate language that left issues open and encouraged future discussions. John Youmans, commission member from the... 10 CommentsRead more...WAC Votes to Hold Future Meeting at Community Chambers and Televise Friday, 27 January 2012 by Matt Williams Meeting number 3 of the Water Advisory Committee is now in the books, and it was largely uneventful. Committee Chair called the meeting to order and read a cautionary statement to all the members and alternates about the importance of not speaking in public about water/wastewater without clearly stating that any comments are personal, and not official comments of the WAC. Although it wasn't said, Walter Sadler's Op-Ed probably prompted the caution, since the Enterprise chose to end the Op-Ed with the sentence, "He (Walter) is an alternate member of the Davis City... 20 CommentsRead more... |
