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Like you, I am not a water scientist. All this talk about maximum contamination levels, consumption-based fixed rates, and design-build-operate engineering have me baffled as well. I am not even sure I have those terms right. But I know one thing: I trust our civic leaders and fellow community members to study these issues and […]
The type of fear-mongering found in the Sunday column by Jonathan London is repugnant and should have been removed by the editor. The columnist says, “You remember the last time you did not reach your toddler in time and she gulped down mouthfuls of water that you have learned is laced with arsenic, nitrates and […]
I would like to thank former City Council members Sue Greenwald and Mike Harrington for all of their work on the No on Measure I campaign. Sue and Mike are two of the best City Council members Davis has ever had. I hope they are successful in defeating Measure I, and I hope Sue and […]
Davis voters face another fraudulent all-mailed ballot special election in March. Since this “experiment” started with Measure A in March 2011, I have been critical of the all-mailed ballot process. During Measure A, 16,333 ballots were counted behind closed doors, with no observers from both sides, no supervision. It’s a process that eliminates the secret […]
The issue: Malala’s courage, resilience and adherence to her cause are inspiring Somewhere in Pakistan there is a member of the Taliban who fancies himself a holy warrior for shooting an unarmed teen in the head while she was on her way home from school last Oct. 9. WHATEVER THE gunman’s self-image, the rest of […]
About the current debate on gender inequality: Should women fight in wars? No. Nor should men. Herbert Bauer Davis
Is it Davis’ fate to drown in the bitter waters of endless municipal gridlock? Will we never be free of our water softeners, never free to drink a glass of tap water without ruing its metallic after-taste? Will we never stop discharging our saline wastewater poisonously into the delta? Must we keep driving a beat-up, […]
The presence of water contaminants and the presence of deteriorating wells have changed the need for clean, sustainable water to an unmet need. Consequently, this unmet need is identified as a serious problem for this community. Measure I is the plan developed by the Water Advisory Committee and approved by the City Council to address […]
On Jan. 29, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution of support for Measure I in order to advance the Davis-Woodland water supply project and urge the voters of the Davis community to vote yes on Measure I. Our resolution was passed by a vote of 3-2, with Supervisors Mike McGowan, Jim Provenza […]
Without a new water rate that simply charges me per gallon for all my usage, I’m voting “no” on Measure I. What is wrong with these people? Fair is fair, and these rate structures are arrant nonsense (as well as somewhat incomprehensible). And the city is actually paying these people to think all this stuff up?! […]
