Davis City Manager Bill Emlen announced today that he would be resigning his position to accept the position of Director of Resource Management with Solano County.  Emlen’s last day will be on September - Read more

In August of 2009, I shared with you my odd dreams of machinery digging into the streets around my home in downtown Davis. Yesterday morning, I awoke to what I was convinced was some big-toothed behemoth of a - Read more

The moments when my heart swells with pride for our community far outnumber the instances when I despair the opportunities lost to further improve our collective quality of life.  In the midst of this Great - Read more

Monday, July 5– Friday, July 9, 2010 This is a quiet but significant week in your government.  On Tuesday, Ruth Asmundson and Lamar Heystek will step down from their elected responsibilities on the Davis City - Read more

There is a menace loose on the bucolic streets of Davis… a grifter, a hustler, a scam artist, a swindler in the guise of a pretty young woman with tearing eyes ready to gush at a moment’s notice.  Believe it - Read more

2nd Annual Davis Conference on Government Reform Saving California Communities first met a year ago. We saw that the crisis in school funding was just one piece (albeit a crucial piece) of a state budget system - Read more

Saving California Communities to Host Eric McGhee Wednesday, April 28, 7:30 pm at Davis Community Church, 412 C St. Eric McGhee, Research Fellow of the Public Policy Institute of California, will discuss the - Read more

Worthy Reform? The open primary proposal (Proposition 14 on the June ballot) provokes heated response from both ends of the political spectrum. Republican and Democratic parties alike oppose the measure, yet - Read more

Recent news about efforts to reform state government is not encouraging.  Those advocating for a constitutional convention have folded their tent, legislative efforts to reform from within are moving at a - Read more

It’s the bottom of the 2nd inning of the UC Davis vs. Saint Mary’s afternoon baseball game at Dobbins Stadium and I’m reveling in spring.  The Aggies are now tied 2-2 with a great line drive from #7 Scott - Read more