City Council ‘08 Candidates, cont.

Three Down, Three to Go The voters of The People’s Republic of Davis will elect 3 members to our 5 person City Council on 03 June 2008. On 04 March 2008, we introduced you to the first candidate to file in - Read more

Saving the City of Davis GEM Fleet

How the Davis GEM Cars are Getting Their Groove Back Last Sunday, on a blog-free and car-free day that involved waking up late, reading a copy of the NY Times from Newsbeat, buying a burger  from Burgers & - Read more

This Week in YOUR Governemnt

The filing deadline for local elected office has come and gone, but there are no lame ducks in our beloved People’s Republic this year.  Also, about 1/3 to 1/2 of all appointed Commission seats will be - Read more

Weekend in The People’s Republic

Do we care that the FBI once again admitted to illegally spying on American citizens in America?  I don’t hear much of a bruhaha brewing, but after 7 years of this treachery one would hope that an - Read more

Yolo 4th Supervisor Race Gets Crowded

Ferrera, Provenza, and Kennedy.  Who is Cathy Kennedy? For months (some would say longer), Jim Provenza and John Ferrera have been laying the groundwork for this election.  With the recent news that a - Read more

Editor’s Full Local Political Disclosure

Exposing My Not-So-Secret-Nor-Nefarious-Cabal In the coming months, the Davis Voice will report and comment on local elections. Yesterday’s article about the first official candidate filings received a - Read more

And the Race Begins

Ferrera & Vergis File for Office Fresh voices and new perspectives are the lifeblood of democracy.  Stagnation leads to (cue dramatic timpani) tyranny. This weekend, the Davis Voice received two press - Read more

This Week in YOUR Government

Find all of the details on how to be a good citizen after the jump. Monday, 03 March 2008 6:30pm – CITY – Open Space & Habitat Commission.  Agenda: Working Groups Tuesday, 04 March 2008 9:00am - Read more

Commentary: The Passing of Bill Buckley

Our mission from day one at the Davis Voice has been to offer a space for our community to share thoughtful and civil policy discussions.  Although such spaces do exist for national politics on the internet, - Read more