City Council Watch
Does Blakespear deserve higher office?
Does Blakespear deserve higher office? by Sheila S. Cameron November 2, 2022 Before sending Catherine Blakespear to the California Senate to enact legislation, we should first look at what she has done for the city of Encinitas. Given her record, ask: Does Catherine Blakespear deserve higher office? HOUSING • The 15 high-density housing sites originally…
Read MoreCommentary: What’s an affordable home in Encinitas?
Commentary: What’s an affordable home in Encinitas? September 8, 2021 By Julie Graboi Maybe you thought that an affordable home was intended for people who didn’t have a lot of money and who wanted to become proud homeowners. That’s what I thought, too. In Encinitas, developers are allowed to build extra density for houses on…
Read MoreCity Council Sues the Encinitas Citizens
It’s Wrong for a City to Sue its Citizens, Using THEIR OWN Money! Posted on October 29, 2019 By Mark Muir, Retired Encinitas Fire Chief and Deputy Mayor Last December, Superior Court Judge Ronald Frazier overturned citizen-driven and voter-approved Proposition “A”, known as the “Encinitas Right to Vote Initiative”. Proposition “A” gives Encinitas residents the right…
Read MoreEncinitas Council Agreement to Sell the Low Income units “loop-hole” to Developers
Commentary: What’s an affordable home in Encinitas? September 8, 2021 By Julie Graboi Maybe you thought that an affordable home was intended for people who didn’t have a lot of money and who wanted to become proud homeowners. That’s what I thought, too. In Encinitas, developers are allowed to build extra density for houses on…
Read MoreSheila Cameron speaks for citizens of Leucadia
Commentary: What’s an affordable home in Encinitas? Dave Fletcher Thank you for printing Sheila S. Cameron’s column, “Cry, our beloved Leucadia.” Once again Ms. Cameron speaks for the citizens of our fair cities. As I have said before, this so-called Streetscape plan is outdated, expensive, dangerous and superfluous. Simply to cater to only 400+ bike-Nazis…
Read MoreEncinitas government has ‘run amuck’
Commentary: What’s an affordable home in Encinitas? The trees in Orpheus Park in Leucadia have almost all been cut down — they are the disappeared. Save one. And a bird by the name of Andrew “Jru” Watkins is sitting in a nest of sorts, preserving the last tree doomed for execution. The “bird” in the…
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