Now, a year and a half later, and after heroic private citizen action by Russell Levan, the City of Encinitas still hasn't done a damn thing to help.
These are photos taken today, just inches from the edge of Vulcan in Leucadia.
This is what the goat head vine looks like. Anyone walking along Vulcan will see numerous examples which wouldn't take that much time for city slackers to pluck.
This is the nasty underside. These pea-sized seeds are covered in spikes that will shred bicycle tires.
Parks and Rec employees get salaries higher than they'd get in the private sector, and they all get set-for-life-at-55 pensions. If we can't get a single safe bike path on the most popular bike corridor in the city, what the hell are we getting in return?
What are you getting for your money?? Jackshit!! That's what you are getting. The city plan is simple, keep Leucadia a dustbowl and over pay and over pension the staff. Now they will spend millions more for a firehouse in Olivenhain, because if they don't theres a lawsuit a coming.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprise that the city lets anything grow at all?? I suppose goat thorns get a pass because they do plenty of damage to bike tires along the 101 and NCTD property and the cities goal and NCTD is to keep that area a moonscape and people off of it. It's working....Gee Solana Beach has such a nice rail trail.(sigh)
ReplyDeleteSo sad. I would say the only hope we have for change is to vote out the incumbents; in particular DUMP STOCKS!
ReplyDeleteI bike-commute daily to work along this corridor. When traveling Southbound I am forced to make the decision to use the Coast Highway and get hit by a car and/or car door, travel the wrong way down Neptune, or down Vulcan. I tend to choose Vulcan, although it does not have a valid bike path, it is less traveled by cars. But those pesky Goat heads. I just got a flat on a brand new tire. Uggh.
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