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Encinitas plans a survey of residents on their satisfaction with city services, according to a U-T San Diego report.Here's a question to ask:
The City Council OK’d the hiring of Encinitas-based True North Research to conduct the survey for up to $20,000, the U-T said Friday.
“It will have up to 30 questions and will include the answers of 400 residents reached by landline and cell phone. Residents not contacted will be able to provide answers online,” The U-T said. “The margin of error will be plus or minus 4.88 percentage points, a city staff report says.”
1) If the city didn't give workers huge pensions at 55 years old, it could:
a) build the Hall Park
b) fix the roads
c) put a fire station in Olivenhain
d) fix the Vulcan/101 bike puncture paths
e) complete Streetscape
f) stop overdeveloping to expand the tax base to feed the pension beast
g) all of the above
If you have suggestions for additional questions, please place them in the comments.
I hope they call me and ask how I like the council, (I'll tell you because I'm sure that the 400 residents will all be family and friends of the council), they SUCK!!! EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM!!!!
ReplyDelete$20,000! I wonder how much money True North Research has given to the Council campaigns for Stocks, Bond, and Gaspar?
ReplyDelete$20,000! That's $50 for each person contacted. Where do I sign up to bid for the next survey? Was the project put out to bid? I wonder.
They should qualify the subjects before they answer the survey. For example, they need to find out if the participant has actually USED City services or has been down to City Hall--better known as the Country Club since it is a social setting--not a work setting. One experience in the Planning or Engineering Department will have a lasting impact.
ReplyDeleteSome questions I would ask:
ReplyDelete1. How much more traffic congestion would you like in your community?
a. There is already plenty of traffic, thanks.
b. Just a little more, please.
c. A whole lot more, I have plenty of time.
2. How much more air and water pollution would you prefer?
a. We have too much already.
b. Just a little more pollution, please
c. Give me toxic soup!
3. How much higher do you want your local taxes to?
a. I hate taxes, let the city go belly up.
b. For what I’m getting, I think I’m paying enough already.
c. I want to make the city stay on the path of financial
sustainability, and make sure city pensions stay fully
funded, please increase my taxes.
4. How do you feel about big boxes along El Camino Real?
a. They are killing our community character
b. We have enough of them already
c. I would have liked to see a Super Wal-Mart and a Costco, and I love the sight of neon signs
5. How much bigger do you want Encinitas to be?
a. It is already big enough
b. Let’s just keep growing and see what happens!
c. I love big cities, but am too lazy to move to one. Let the
planners re-zone the all city to R-100.
6. Who do you want your next mayor to be?
a. Whoever Jerome Stocks feel is appropriate
b. Somebody that represent special interests
c. Somebody that represent me
d. The Kook
7. What do you think of Smart Growth
a. Smart growth is dumb
b. I have no idea
c. Smart growth is good but I don’t know how to ride a bike.
8. What is the Hall property
a. A toxic dump
b. A city fiasco
c. A future park
9.What do you think of red light cameras in Encinitas?
a. We should have them at every intersections
b. I avoid intersections with red light cameras
c. I hate them, I don’t take good pictures
10. What do you think of open government?
a. Jerome Stocks has provided great leadership in making our
city government more transparent and open (hint: wrong
answer)
b. Is this an oxymoron?
c. We have none in Encinitas, big decisions are made behind
closed doors, important documents are purged on a frequent
basis.
11. What should be the speed limit on Quail Botanical Garden Drive
a. Keep it at 35 mph to protect our children
b. Raise it to 45mph until one child is run over.
c. Turn it into a race track, abolish any speed limit.
12. How many train stations should we have in Encinitas?
a. One is fine, thank you
b. We need a new one in Leucadia, thank you Mr. Mayor
c. We need to re-route the train track to go through El
Camino Real to promote smart growth along that corridor.
13. Would you like a movie theater in Encinitas?
a. Yes, it’s about time
b. Worth considering (this means yes)
c. I like driving to San Marcos to catch a movie. It’s a
beautiful drive
We have a movie theater, it's called the LaPaloma. A great theatrical landmark.
DeleteAs I recall, the last feel good survey the citizens funded was the last time stocks ran for office.
ReplyDeleteEverything that the Council Majority does is predicated on how it will help THEM and will enhance their own personal power. The new Mayor rules were nothing more than a power grab by Gaspar, and a Plan B for Stocks to come back as Deputy Mayor after he gets voted out in November--which even HE has to come to grips with. He and other Council members have both the CA Attorney General and now the ACLU on their radar.
ReplyDeleteJoseph Stalin has nothing on Jerome Stocks. Kristin Gaspar is like a blond version of Imelda Marcos. Voters in New Encinitas and Olivenhain, who have traditionally backed these RINOS, are starting to take notice. People understand that the Updated General Plan is the brain child of Stocks and his backers. The proposed train station in Leucadia is also highly suspect. Where would people park? Is this their plan for taking away that small area of grass or to implement another round of tree assasinations in order to replace what little we have left with a parking structure? I smell another rat!
Why should the train station require parking? I hope the point of another station is to provide a nearny option to residents so they can walk or ride a bike to get on the train. Of course, riding a bike from Leucadia to the existing train station is not very far.
DeleteWant a train station? Go to Santa Ana and look at all the new "affordable housing" around the station. And don't forget the homeless in the nearby downtown area. Think it can't happen here?
ReplyDeleteIncremental changes need to take place to increase parking at our train station: start by taking Jerome Stock's parting stall at City Hall and make it available for commuters.
ReplyDeleteThat's the spirit!!
DeleteIt is all smoke and mirrors designed to benefit a few at the discomfort of many. Survey's and focus groups, under these circumstances, are designed to circumvent the voting process that, Truly and freely, establishes the majority and peoples wishes. In other words this process is designed to service the minority at the majority expense using public disclosure as justification. You would be hard pressed to find any residents that surround the railroad corridor that would support additional parking for railroad users. What is the benefit to residents for taking public funds to enhance and support private or semi private interests/needs?
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