If the City Council actually supported the spirit of Right to Vote and only opposed the initiative due to supposed "flaws," why wouldn't they put a second initiative on the same special election ballot that was clean, stripped out the flaws, and addressed solely the central problem of the 4/5 council supermajority loophole?
Silence speaks volumes.
Therein lies the rub.
ReplyDeleteTo paraphrase EX-councilman Bond - if you don't like what we do, sue us.
ReplyDeleteWhat does it cost the council to destroy the right to vote initiative? Forty thousand for the report, maybe twenty thousand for the Rutan attorney if Sabine doesn't write, if it passes another 250,000 dollars to challenge it in court to keep the 4/5 super majority council vote intact. Priceless.
ReplyDeleteWater and sewer rates are going up.
The Encinitas Spring was a fraud! The new pigs are just like the old pigs!!
ReplyDeleteSame tiger different stripes. Lol, you got suckered!!
DeleteNo good reason for not proposing a clean alternative initiative that is supported by Council. Anything less shows Council is chicken shit. everyone should ask their council members to agendize and a support a clean alternative initiative.
ReplyDeleteSo Now Council approved the Desert Rose Cluster buck. So what is Council''s plan for getting the density bonus law repealed or support a bill that changes the law back to give full local control of our zoning and land use planning.
ReplyDeleteWhen pigs fly.
DeleteBring on Pink Floyd and get er done!
DeleteObviously the Council's plan is to upzone and increase density in every part of Encinitas.
ReplyDeleteSo the vote last night was good for Encinitas. Desert Rose would have won in court and we would have lost $.5 million fighting it at least. The lawyers all win, and the taxpayers lose. Thank you Tony and Teresa for making the hard but necessary choice.
ReplyDeleteThings that need to happen for Encinitas to improve:
1. Fire Gus.- He's the dip shit leader that let this development process get so screwed up, and has been spending all his time here figuring out how to get us in more DEBT to build a Regional Sports Park which will not only consume all the Capital Improvement General Fund Budget for the next 10 years, but will also sink our future finances when looking at the $1.5 million dollar annual operations budget needed to keep that mammoth Regional operation functioning. He could have also included in the staff report an analysis of having an alternate proposal to the right to vote initiative that had the voter responsible for upzoning and dropped the controversial sections such as 30 foot building hight.
2. Council needs to reign in that mammoth liability called the Regional Sports Park and figure out a way to reduce the budget and the ongoing operations liability. When will that open discussion occur?
3. When is the Council going to discuss the issue of Encinitas having some of the highest retirement benefits in the County? This is a huge problem left over from that idiot Jerome Stocks. Employee costs are way to expensive for our town on 60k and are robbing the citizens of tax dollars that should be spent on needed projects. Along with this item, the City needs to fire some serious deadwood in Parks, Planning and Engineering that have made very bad decisions over the last 10 years. Its not only wasting money, they consistently make bad decisions which severely costs Encinitas. We all know who they are... they've been at the City for over 10 years and have done things like cut down a totally heathy tree instead of the dead one right next to it.
4.Have a goal to build a coalition of similar cities throughout the state through the League of CA Cities and repeal the Density Bonus Law or put in a place a new law that returns full control of land use decisions to the Cities.
5. Look at areas of Capital expenditure that are good returns on investment. The Streetscapes will provide a positive business environment that will increase business and quality of life for the residents. As a result business sales tax, TOT, and property taxes would increase, The positives would end up paying for the costs of the project within 10 years.
4. Focus on getting numerous at grade crossing in leu of the stupid $6 million dollar grade separated crossings. Same argument as above.
Council needs to focus on the highest priority and get a staff that can focus on the highest priorities. Quite focusing on spending money on non-essentials and lets fix this town.
The vote last night was the worst possible thing to happen to Encinitas residents. A council that WON'T protect its residents and the environment is worthless.
ReplyDeleteAnswer to the question of why don't they............
ReplyDeleteThey can not do that. It is that simple.