By Jim Leonard
Deception is normal.
We naturally camouflage our behavior in order to protect ourselves and exploit others.
One way to look at it is: good can only appear to be good but evil can appear to be good or evil; evil, thus, has a superficial advantage.
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by Colin Walsh
2 of the biggest decisions faced by the next City Council.
As the weather seems to flicker between winter storm and spring sunshine, the June election seems a long way away. Just like the buds turning to flowers, one can tell by the new sprung candidate booths at the Davis Farmers Market the June election is growing closer. I suggest we better all pay close attention because this next City Council has some big decisions that will have long lasting impacts on the City of Davis. So here are 2 very important questions to ask every candidate.
Will you put the Measure R on the Ballot for Renewal?
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At its February 20 meeting, the City Council was supposed to review a proposal to bring a large, corporate gym to the Cannery, a change to the original proposal that the developer is asking for. The Council decided at the request of the developer to delay the item until March 13, but a number of people gave public comment anyway.
I found many of these comments to be heartfelt, insightful, and persuasive, but one resonated with me in particular because it was so similar to my own experience, and also because I think it has very far-reaching implications:
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A second hand item.
Second to what?
Second to none other than
That voice inside your head.
As if somehow box store items
Are pristine in their past.
Untouched by experience.
As if that whisper of “that’s so mine”,
Knows the difference between new or not new,
You know when it’s yours,
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From: "City of Davis eNotification" <webmaster@cityofdavis.org>
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.
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Despite erroneous media and staff reports to the contrary, the streetlight issue is not resolved.
The Council will hear the item tonight, Tuesday night, February 20th at 9:15pm.
If you still have streetlights that glow orange and are bowl-shaped on the bottom, those lights are scheduled to be replaced soon with PG&E’s streetlight brand-of-choice. The Council needs to hear from residents of the older neighborhoods, where these replacement lamps will be installed.
Write if you cannot be there: citycouncilmembers@cityofdavis.org
PROGRESS
We commend PG&E for listening and making progress. They have agreed to go with a 2700k light rather than a 3000k light. That number is good, but it is not the light that Davis residents chose in the 2014 field survey, and despite what the staff report implies, color temperature is NOT the primary issue here.
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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.
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by Alan Pryor and Rick Heubeck
Background
Four years ago three members of the Davis City Council (Lucas Frerichs, Rochelle Swanson, and Dan Wolk) voted to approve a Development Agreement between the City of Davis and the New Home Company (the Cannery site developer) that granted entitlements to the New Home Company to construct 547 residential units and a Commercial District on the 100 acre former cannery site. Then Mayor Joe Krovoza and Councilmember Brett Lee opposed the project
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As your nose reaches the top most step,
An aroma of Tandoori yumminess
wafts into your hungry self.
A smile may begin to appear
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