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City Council Agenda Update – February 20, 2018
Date: February 20, 2018 2:18 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE:
Agenda Item 5 – Public Hearing on The Cannery Marketplace Project Revisions will not be heard at tonight's City Council meeting. The item will be opened and continued to the City Council meeting on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Discussion of the item will take place at the March 13 meeting.We apologize for any inconvenience.
With discussions over the June elections heating up, it is perhaps not surprising that discussions about what does and does not constitute civil discourse are also heating up in Davis.
Luckily for us, these rules have long been established, so we need only take this opportunity to remind ourselves of what they are. The devil is in the details, but the basic idea is this: do not commit the ad hominem fallacy. That is, do not attack the person. Criticizing their arguments or actions, however, is legitimate.
Last month, Dean Johansson declared his candidacy for Yolo County district attorney (story here). This is the first time since 2006 that the election has been contested. But are Yolo County voters paying attention?
Seems as if they should, if this a recent Facebook post from the campaign is even remotely accurate.
Can Davis grow its way to affordable housing?
In short, no. And you should be highly suspicious of anyone who is claiming that it can. They are either wishful thinkers, misinformed, or being deliberately misleading.
The discussion of Nishi 2.0 at the February 6 City Council meeting had my head spinning. Here are just a few of the things that happened that I was stunned by:
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