Got a thought on Davis politics, or a even a single politic? Got a thought on the request to give a donation to the Davis Vanguard so they can fund the replacement of their crappy old website? I have a thought — give instead to the Davis-Ite to replace the D-ite's even older, crappier website ! Underfunded old crappy blog structures: It's the Davis Way !
Note: The following email was sent to the Davisite, asking for a correction to Alan Hirsch's recent articles. As the email contains some misunderstandings about the nature of the Davisite, a new article has been written that tries to correct these misunderstandings and other common misconceptions – see More about the Davisite. Just as with Alan Hirsch's articles and with any other article on the Davisite, the volunteers who operate this blog do not vouch for the correctness of what is written below.
The Davisite has recently posted a series of guest-authored pieces by Alan Hirsch about the Yolo 80 Managed Lanes project containing a pattern of significant inaccuracies, potentially causing confusion about the project among the general population. Providing a forum for vigorous policy debate is an important role of blog-based local media, however, informal media should aspire to post accurate information, even from guest authors.
As Caltrans’ partner on the Yolo 80 Managed Lanes project, the Yolo Transportation District (YoloTD) responds to two inaccuracies in Mr. Hirsch's most recent July 24, 2023 article posting titled, "I-80 update: Caltrans proposes cutting mitigation for Phase I".
Article Title and Article List Item #1: Mr. Hirsch's title “I-80 update: Caltrans proposes cutting mitigation for Phase I” is inaccurate. Caltrans has not proposed in any way to cut mitigation for Phase 1 of the Yolo 80 Managed Lanes project. Any version of the project that moves forward will be subject to CEQA. The Draft Environmental Impact Report has not yet been released, and any speculation about its contents is just that — speculation. Mr. Hirsch has speculated that funding will not be available for mitigation, which is an opinion, not a fact.
Article List Item #2: YoloTD's statement that an HOV lane would be congested on day 1 requires additional background. The comment refers to "peak" hours at bottleneck locations under a specific HOV2+ scenario where high-occupancy vehicles with two or more people (HOV2+) are allowed access to the lane, which is one of several scenarios that could advance. Other scenarios with higher occupancy requirements could result in lower congestion levels on the new lanes.
A huge explosion and fireball enveloped the Al's Corner tanker truck late Tuesday evening. The explosion was heard as far away as Esparto, Knights Landing, Allendale, Zamora, Broderick, Saxon, Batavia, and the Milk Farm.
Preliminary investigation by the combined UCD and City fire departments indicate that a flea had flown into the side of the tank, causing the explosion.
When asked how a flea could have caused such an explosion, fire chief Woody Burns said simply:
"It was a very annoying flea".
Contacted at his new residence on the east side of Pole Line Road just north of 8th Street, Al was asked about Al's Corner's iconic run in the Davis shitty-blog scene. Al responded simply:
"It's been real, and it's been fun. But it hasn't been real fun."
There's a part B. We hit 100 comments: such an ashwevement 😐
There MAY not have been a May version of Al's Corner. People got by. They posted May stuff in April. We all lived.
June's Al's Corner will feature ketchup and mustard on top. Peace. Over & Out.
March, like February, starts early at Al's Corner. We'll start off trashing the Davis Vanguard, as common a theme on Al's Corner as housing articles on the Davis Vanguard. Recently posted:
Walter Shwe February 26, 2023 at 6:00 pm
Has anyone at Davis Vanguard lately tried to comment on an article or replied to a prior comment on an iPhone? The experience is atrocious. Articles always load slowly except late at night. Ads interfere with the top page buttons, particularly the Login button. Most importantly to you the Donate button is inaccessible. Earlier today I had to login by first tapping the Register button. Will anyone at Davis Vanguard ever fix these frustrating issues? I realize that ads help pay for site costs, but this is simply ridiculous.
Moderator February 26, 2023 at 6:26 pm
We’ll forward this comment to the webmaster and then remove it in a few hours. Thanks for your feedback.
Funny, myself and I believe RO and KO all pointed out that since the Vanguard added Newsy and other advertising that it has become an annoying, almost unusable piece of sh*t, and most especially on a phone, where you might as well drop your phone in the toilet and flush. But no, we were ignored. Maybe because we also, in not so many words, or maybe in so many words, also called the content of the DV sh*t also. But hey, you should listen to your critics, because we know what is best for you. But no, y'all wait until a fan-of-the- blog points out the very same thing. Good going.
And one bit of housekeeping to our thousands or hundreds or tens or single-digits or negative-number of fans: In February we ran over the previously-unknown-to-me 100 comment limit. This caused a "Page 2" to be created that many did not find, and missed brilliant commentary. To find Page 2, either dig up the corpse of Paul Harvey, or scroll to the bottom of Page 1 and click on the "Newer >>>" button. Yeehaw
Happy Early March Everyone! Happy Easter! Happy Passover! Happy Good Friday, if that is a happy holy day otherwise maybe a solemn one! And then there are other holidays for all the people of the world and I am now going to list them all and celebrate all of them . . . or not!
February starts early at Al's Corner ! To kick off the month, here are some ground rules: at Al's Corner, you are welcome to make (judged by some others to be) glib comments that you think are humorous in regard to articles pertaining to tragic situations ! See below:
I woke up this New Year's morning and the Davis Vanguard wouldn't load. I thought God had smiled down upon me and Davis and our civic nightmare was over — The Davis Vanguard was GONE!!!
But a couple of hours later it loaded again. Shit.
God fails again.
So I would wish you all a Happy New Year, but why?
But is there hope? I dunno, I got some letter from an anonymous sender referencing articles in the "California Globe" from October 2021 and April 2022. Seriously, I don't know who sent it to me, but they knew my mailing address. The article they referenced seems to refer to:
By Katy Grimes, October 22, 2021 3:35 pm
New IRS Complaint Against Non-Profit Davis Vanguard News Service
AND . . .
By Katy Grimes, April 22, 2022 10:33 am
Attorney Says Non-Profit Davis Vanguard News Service ‘Continues to Violate’ Despite IRS Complaint
Each is subtitled: "It is unfair and illegal for the Vanguard to receive tax-free status and revenue to develop a website and then use that website to campaign for/against certain candidate". The cover letter for the anonymous letter has just one sentence in a sea of white: "Why Isn't Anyone Reporting on This?"
So what the hell is this? Doesn't the attorney so-named know that unless someone actually sues and wins, or the IRS takes action, there is no determination of legality? And doesn't the sender realize that someone named Katy Grimes is, indeed, reporting on this — so the assertion that no one is reporting on this is refuted on the next page. But maybe they mean — in Davis?
And then it occurred to me, the letter wasn't anonymously sent: maybe there was no sender. No human sender. The letter may have been 'immaculately sent', if you will. Yes, God Almighty Its-Self has chosen me to post this information on Al's Corner!!! God has chosen ME to Save Davis!!!
God, I'm honored. I will obey.
Maybe it will be a half-decent 2023 after all 😐
I tried to give the Davis Vanguard 1¢, like a tip for bad service — in this case bad writing, bad logic and bad ideas. But the minimum donation was $1. Hell if I'm giving the Vanguard a whole dollar. They will use it for something I don't believe in.
Also on the way to the Vanguard office, a box of gifts including a nose-hair trimmer, a bathroom scale, a 3-pack of cheap white underwear, a bright-red MAGA-hat, a small bottle of Pine-Sol, and a hand-crank jack-in-the-box kids toy that plays "Pop Goes the Weasel".
Happy New Year to all the people of Davis who think the Davis Vanguard is a piece of crap!
–Al's Corner
Davisite 
In what could be the most important hero-story in Davis' history, Walter Shwe saved the Davisite from Alan Miller's hypocrisy as found on Al's Corner. Readers should congratulate Mr. Shwe for his Davis-saving efforts in the comment section below. In his own words, combining two WS comments, one of which was written at 4:45 a.m. on July 5th, Mr. Shwe says:
" I exposed the hypocracy of Mr. Miller. He regularly slammed the Davis Vanguard for censorship, yet he did the same thing with me everytime I tried to truthfully call someone out by name. Without the the names, my comments had little value. Worse still, he swore frequently, then attempted to laugh it off. Good riddance to Al's Corner. Al's Corner turned out not to be a free speech platform. Glad I don't have to read any more of Mr. Miller's whinny comments about the Davis Vanguard! 🤣 "
Mr. Shwe TRUTHFULLY called people out by name, but was prevented doing so by Alan Miller. He also called out Mr. Miller's "swearing". Most important, he pointed out that Al's Corner did not publish all his comments in whole, PROVING that Al's Corner was not a free speech platform. He also proved that Mr. Miller was a horse.