Three free public Election 2024 forums this month from League of Women Voters
September 03, 2024
(From press release) The League of Women Voters of Davis Area (LWVDA) offers three free public Election 2024 forums this month.
On Tuesday, September 24, 7pm, LWVDA hosts a ballot issue forum on ”Measure Q: City of Davis Essential Services”, with a one-hour Zoom presentation.” As proposed, Measure Q “adopts a new local transaction and use tax ordinance” that increases the sales tax by 1% (one cent on every dollar) to fund “City determined general governmental purposes”. Donna Neville and Josh Chapman offer the “Yes on Measure Q” campaign position while Elaine Roberts Musser and Alan Pryor will provide the “No on Measure Q” position. An audience Q&A will follow.
To learn more and receive the Zoom link, sign up on-line at: https://lwvmeasureqforum.eventbrite.com
On Thursday, September 26, LWVDA presents two live, in-person Candidate forums at the Davis City Council Chambers, 23 Russell Blvd. At 6-7pm, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Trustee Area 2 Candidate Forum features candidates, Lea Darrah (incumbent) and challenger Elizabeth (Lizzy) Griffith. At 7:30-9pm, the Davis City Council District 2 Candidate Forum features candidates Linda Deos, Dillan Horton and Victor Lagunes vying for the district’s open seat. League forums provide an opportunity for all candidates to present their qualifications and priorities to voters. Opening statements are followed by questions prepared by League members and an audience Q&A.
To attend one or both of these in-person events, the public is encouraged to sign up at https://lwvdavisboearea2forum.eventbrite.com for the DJUSD Forum and https://lwvdavisdistrict2forum.eventbrite.com for the Davis City Council Forum, as space is limited.
September 2024 forums are co-sponsored, recorded and live streamed by Davis Media Access (DMA). Following these events, recordings remain hosted online by LWVDA https://tinyurl.com/2apus8nm and DMA https://tinyurl.com/2zvv8jm2 until Election Day.
The League’s public election events seek to promote ballot awareness and informed voter participation. Attendance is free, however, the League welcomes both on-line and in-person donations to help support ongoing voter service activities. More information about these and other 2024 LWVDA voter service events can be found at: https://lwvdavisarea.org
A good question for the school district candidates is what decisions they'd make in regard to declining enrollment.
In other words, do they think it's the school district's responsibility to respond accordingly, or do they think the city should continue to grow as a "solution" to declining enrollment?
Posted by: Ron O | September 04, 2024 at 03:04 PM
Good points Ron.
Should the school system adapt to their actual enrollment numbers and downsize?
Posted by: Keith | September 04, 2024 at 03:47 PM
Almost everyone that lives in Spring Lake (aka North North Davis) would rather live in Davis (just like almost everyone that drives a VW would rather drive a BMW) and the school district seems to be agressively recruting the Sprink Lake kids to come to DJUSD taking a loss on every kid and assuming that Davis taxpayer will just keep voting for bigger and bigger parcel taxes to make up the difference...
Posted by: South of Davis | September 05, 2024 at 05:53 AM
SOD, and is has worked- so far
Posted by: Alan C. Miller | September 05, 2024 at 07:47 AM
" . . . and it has worked - so far".
"So far" being the key word here, since the school district has acknowledged that there won't be enough kids to "poach" in the future.
From (any) given school district's perspective, the "problem" is that not enough families immediately vacate their homes (so that "new" families can occupy them) when their kids age-out of the system. Instead, they "selfishly" remain in their homes beyond that time.
My guess is that ALL of the school district candidates think that the city should continue to grow as a "solution". The type of people who run for (and get elected to) school boards tend to think this way. Also, they probably can't draw the ire of those whose jobs depend upon that system, and expect to get elected or remain in office in the first place.
Posted by: Ron O | September 05, 2024 at 10:47 AM