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Analysis: Will Measure G Pass?
Going into the election for the parcel tax, polling indicated that a $200 parcel tax would be right on the cusp – it got to about 65 percent support, adding in leaners, which would leave it just...
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DJUSD Files Suit Against Juul for Creating the E-Cigarette Epidemic that...
(From Press Relaese – DJUSD) – Davis Joint Unified School District filed a lawsuit against JUUL Labs, Inc. for the company’s role in cultivating and fostering an e-cigarette epidemic that disrupts the...
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My View: With a Month to Go, Parcel Tax Looks Like It Will Pass
This is a prediction based on speculation. We have been covering parcel taxes since 2007. Over that time we have seen parcel taxes pass with the following percentages: 73, 75.7, 67.2, 69, and 71.9....
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No on Measure G Campaign Begins
(From Press Release – No on Measure G) – “Support Teachers, Not Parcel Taxes,” says Mary McDonald, spokesperson for the NPTPAC (No Parcel Taxes Political Action Committee), a registered committee with...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Too Little Too Late for Opponents of G?
Up until this week there has been no sign of organized opposition to Measure G, the $198 per year parcel tax. But yesterday evening Mary McDonald sent out a press release hoping to change that. But on...
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Guest Commentary: How and Why the School Board Put Forth the Parcel Tax to...
Joe DiNunzio and Alan Fernandes have led the way toward the question of a parcel tax By Joe DiNunzio At the invitation of the Davis Vanguard, the following article is a rather detailed overview of the...
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Letter: Davis High PTA Endorses Measure G
DHS PTA 2019/20 Executive Board The Davis High School PTA voted to endorse Measure G, and we’d like to ask for your YES vote on March 3. DHS PTA recognizes the role a consistent staff plays on our...
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Sunday Commentary: Letter Writer Gets It Wrong on Measure G
We have not seen a lot of opposition to the parcel tax, but the few objections that we have seen have significant errors. The letter from Randy Chinn in the local paper provides a pretty good...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Parcel Tax Exemptions: The Legal, the Political and...
Let’s get this out of the way – the parcel tax is the worst conceivable type of tax that could ever have been created. Critics are right to point out that the parcel tax is extremely regressive. You...
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Sunday Commentary: More Flawed Arguments Against Measure G
After reading the opposition campaign and letters against the Parcel Tax, my two conclusions are first, that the opposition is still pretty small. The number of pro-G letters greatly outstrips the...
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My View: Will Measure G Pass?
With voting scheduled to occur on Tuesday – the question locally will largely come down to Measure G. Will Measure G pass? While a two-thirds vote is a high hurdle, I believe that Measure G will...
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Local Election Results: Measure Q Passes, Measure G Trails, Provenza Could Be...
One big question after Tuesday night is how many votes remain to be counted in Yolo County. Just under 12,000 votes were counted in the city of Davis for Measure Q and just under 13,000 in the DJUSD...
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Measure G Campaign Officials, Board Members Discuss Status of Returns, Next...
The Vanguard analysis suggests an uphill battle, however, officials are not conceding defeat just yet and some believe there may be reason for optimism. “There are many ballots yet to be counted,”...
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My View: The End of Great Schools in Davis?
Every election year it seems we run into the same scenario—there are 10,000 more ballots to be counted, it’s a relatively close outcome, therefore, we have to wait to call the race. The problem is...
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Updated Election Totals Show Barajas Taking Lead in 5th, Runoff Likely in...
We are now ten days since the local election and we now have some preliminary updated vote counts. It appears that there were about 6200 new votes in the Measure G election. The yes percentage...
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BREAKING NEWS: Davis Schools to Close through APRIL 12 (UPDATED at 1:25)
John Bowes DAVIS UPDATE: DJUSD announced that, in consultation with both the Yolo County Health Department and legal counsel, the district will close its schools until at least April 12, beginning on...
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My View: Tough Call but the Right Call on Schools – Here’s Why
This week began with a call by me for a calm and cautious approach, but events unfurled rapidly and changed the calculus of what such an approach looked like. Shutting down schools, limiting public...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Measure G Gets Close; Voluntary is Impractical
As it turns out in the last 4000 or so ballots counted, Measure G did get a surge, going to 69.2 percent, but that still left the ballot measure at 66.3 percent or about 155 votes shy of the...
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Analysis: Measure G on Verge of Stunning Victory
From the start until now Measure G has never been in the position of exceeding the two-thirds threshold. And yet, with one more round of vote counts to go, it now appears poised to pass, as the...
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Sunday Commentary: Measure G Is a Reminder That We Need to Count All of the...
Publicly many were putting on a brave face—we need to count all of the votes. Privately, however, most conceded what we believed—Measure G, the parcel tax that would add $3 million for teacher...
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