Graboi is a frequent speaker at city council on issues of community character and city government practices.
She was active in the Prop A campaign and Save Desert Rose (where she is a resident).
I believe she would be solid on reform issues and truly represent residents and taxpayers rather than special interests. Let's hope the rumors are true!
EU at 6:18 is correct. Julie Graboi would be a terrific council member or mayor. She would be a reformer, while Blakespear would be more of the same. She's already aligned with and endorsed by the trio majority. Julie says she has filed her candidacy papers.
Has Julie ever been responsible for running a medium to large sized organization? A google search shows she is involved with Grossmont CC - does she have any organizational skills from her activities there? She may very well be a reformer/savoir/messiah for all that is good, but does she have the skills required to communicate her message and inspire others to follow? Or does she come into this with the same or similar skill set of the current reformers?
Same or current reformers- like who? Shaffer never went to city hall and stood for very little- she rode in on promises of integrith with nothing to back it up
Kranz's only notable civic engagement was the nichols road report but really- let's face it- Kranz bogarted the work of Kevin Cummins
If Julie is running she has my vote- she has been active at city hall for three years with honor and intregrity standing for responsible spending, open government, and protection of comunity characther-
Try this on
Gaspar- voted for a $66K survey her husband then used to manipulate the public- who did it benefit- Gaspar and her husband
Julie-wanted that money spent on projects to benefit the community
Gaspar- looked the other way when Vina hired Rutan and Tucker without council knowledge-
Julie- shined the bright light on Vina's mismanagment and waste of money- and secrecy
Gaspar-voted to waste taxpayer money on more consultants - like the $1.3 the city paid MIG with nothing- repeat- nothing! to show for it
Julie- wanted MIG fired when it became apparent MIG was incompetent
There are bright colored differences between Julie and Gaspar and Blakespear.
Julie walks the walk while Gaspar has a record of irresponsibl;e spending and using tax payer money to benefit her and her husbands own selfish purposes-
Point well taken. My biggest fear is your last point. Without some reasonable organizational skills, one never knows they're being rolled! Look at all the Boards in corporate America and see the organizational experience they bring to the table. It is very difficult to set a policy or create a vision without understanding the limitations one is faced with. I think that the current batch of reformers hit this wall head on very early, and have yet, if ever, to recover!
Sculp, why would you assume immediately that Julie has no org skills? Of anyone, she is quite aware of the limitations - city hall makes us all painfully aware of them any time we squawk!
Enough with the bureaucrats, how about someone with plain common sense? Now that would help set real policy, no this endless spinning and obfuscation. What we have now is proven to get us nowhere.
11:27 - I'm not assuming - I just wasn't able to find much on her so I'm inquiring - doing some cursory diligence..... As for the "common sense" angle? I've been to that dance before - it's real hit or miss - Things that were so clear on the outside don't seem so clear on the inside.....
She lives across from the horse boarding stables that were gonna become 16 houses in a density bonus project. She is one of the people who stopped that travesty dead in its tracks.
Agree with the Sculpin on his question as to her skills. Some serious skill is going to have to be brought to bear by someone on reorganizing the staff at city hall if we're going to get different results.
That said, I'm glad she's running, because I think she brings a different sensibility to the mix. There are no saviors, merely people who can or can't stay committed and who can work with the other four council members to get something done.
GJ, by "work with the other four" I sincerely hope you do not mean becoming brainwashed by some Vina-led offsite team building exercise. Look what that's gotten us: a lock-step gang of five whose biggest boast is "we all get along now!"
Stay tuned tonight for the council meeting. I am predicting one of the saviors we have been waiting for to emerge will proclaim her candidacy and platform. Come on down Julie. There will be a flood of support to follow you for some true representation we have sorely been missing with those who betrayed their past campaign pledges once elected. Now we need a second candidate to join Julie for a united front for real progress. It is coming. We have such a special place here and we deserve so much more than we have gotten in the past from those we believed initially until they sold their souls to the entrenched powers in place. Hope springs eternal! Thank you Julie.
You are putting out a red herring with your fixation on organizational skills. American corporate boards are loaded with members who often bring nothing to the board except their connections. It's the CEOs and other high executives in a corporation who organize and run things.
I can't think of anyone who has been on our city council in the last 15 years who brought what you think is critically important. It isn't. It's the city manger and department heads that organize. Council sets policy and directs the city manager. It shouldn't be the other way around.
I wonder if you have ever been to a council meeting and seen her speak in person, and I don't mean watching on TV or computer. She evinces a strength of character,and clear thinking that seems to be lacking in other council members.
Calm down, 12:11 - I'm just asking questions! The only experience I have with the city council and such was the original workshops for the Hall property. However, I do have a lot of experience with corporate boards, and I can say with some authority that you are factually incorrect. As for org skills, my point is you should have to have them, not necessarily use them in the current position. As for setting policy (something I do a great deal of), it's virtually impossible to set policy without a determination of whether it can be measurably achieved. If you don't understand how to measure your policy's outcomes (i.e. org skills), you're just making things up. And no, I don't go to council meetings - why would I? I have no current business with the council, and so far council does not have an immediate and material impact on my life. Basically, I'm an interested voter - you're going to need me come election time.....
the city is now going bankrupt. Under the Gaspar regime our finances have been looted for extra paychecks to city managers, spiked pensions, over paid consultants, buried road reports- Gaspar voted to spike pensions, give away paychecks and bury road reports.
This year Encinitas will spend about $58M but only take in about $56M- as a busienss we are losing money-
add this that Gaspars wrong headed decision making has increased the city's debt service adn reduced the city's ability to get future funding without paying more in costs- just like when companies go bankrupt.
I am interested voter and the failures of Barth and Gaspar have impacted my life- the policies they set are failing- now it's time to fire them
1:56 doesn't believe you are, but that's how you're trying to come across. You don't know Julie, you don't know what her involvement has been, yet you presume to doubt her qualifications.
Geez you people are REALLY over-sensitive! I can't control how you perceive me - that's your business, but y'all are jumpier than a bag of rattlers on a long Baja road........
LOL, Julie's a person like anyone else, but if we've learned anything from the past, it's that expecting too much will lead to some serious disappointment. She's only one person, but I think she could make an impact.
We've had fighting on the council, division and now we supposedly play nice. Neither has worked. We need council who can set direction, follow up on that order, and get things moving in the right direction at city hall.
At least Julie has had some skin in the game in the past and knows about issues that are important. Now she has to sell that to the uninitiated, which is most of the people in the city who only pay attention 10 minutes before they mark their ballots.
If Julie is running voters will have a clear choice. Gaspar wants to serve herself and her special interest friends while Julie wants to serve the community through responsible spending, holding staff accountable to taxpayers and a true open government- unlike the back room deals Barth and Gaspar support-
like that back room deal Gaspar voted for that gave Phil Cotton and extra paycheck
Gaspar needs to go! How someone like this was ever elected is a sad statement on the voters' lack of attention to competency... Stunts work apparently - Wonder Woman to sand/jars......No substance whatsoever.
Sounds like more bottom feeding bs from the bottom feeding named sculpin fish . No surprise there coming from him. Let him be what he is. He is of no value in helping us reform our towns problems if he isn't aware of Julie's past commitment and yet now he has an opinion of her qualifications? Distractions we don't need from the likes of him. If he cared a whit he would know her well. Now is the time for all good citizens to come out for one of our own who is willing to give so much for all of us. If you can, lets all flood the chambers tonight with significant numbers of supporters and show a glimpse of the future we can hope will come about when the people have the power of true representation returned to them after way too long.
Actually, Barth hired the MIG consultant and later agreed to fire them and never hire anyone that works with them ever again.....Who made that motion? I can't recall. Perhaps 1025 can help?
Gaspar and Barth hired MIG against the wishes of all residents who spoke at city hall. Barth and Gaspar hired MIG to control resident input and manipulate the results- Gaspar and Barth wanted to 'cook the books' 'doctor the results'
When residents went to city hall and spoke that MIG should be fired right away- Barth and Gaspar did nothing, and then Barth and Gaspar agreed to keep paying MIG ! unbelievable-
One year ago Julie was at the council meeting asking Barth and Gaspar why boxes , and boxes and boxes of resident input provided by residents to MIG sat in the city hall basement unprocessed ? Barth and Gaspar did nothing to help those residents-
Barth and Gaspar endorsed MIG, MIG got paid $1.3M
4 weeks ago Julie was at the council meeting asking Barth and Gaspar not to spend money in consultants- Gaspar and Barth did nothing-
Fact- Gaspar took $66,000 of taxpayer money for the true north survey so her husband could send out mailers to support his wife- selfish
Julie wanted that money to go to residents.
The choice is clear- vote for Gaspar who wants to use our money to benefit herself or vote for Julie who wants to use our money to benefit us. BEgin telling your neighbors - it is the only way to defeat the developer special interets like Harwood and Paeske who seem to be in bed with the Gaspars
I don't think the facts about who hired MIG are correct. I think that Barth and Patrick Murphy were on a team that hired them but that all 5 council members voted to bring them on. Gaspar was involved in setting up ERAC, the developer and out of town developers team to help look at the General Plan Update.
the MIG contract was approved by all 5 council members- Barth and Gaspar included - Gaspar owns it, another example of Gaspar's reckless mismanagement of taxpayer money
Who is Julie Graboi?
ReplyDeleteWhere can we find out more information on her and where she stands on important city issue?
Who is she aligned with if anyone?
Any other candidates emerging?
Graboi is a frequent speaker at city council on issues of community character and city government practices.
DeleteShe was active in the Prop A campaign and Save Desert Rose (where she is a resident).
I believe she would be solid on reform issues and truly represent residents and taxpayers rather than special interests. Let's hope the rumors are true!
EU at 6:18 is correct. Julie Graboi would be a terrific council member or mayor. She would be a reformer, while Blakespear would be more of the same. She's already aligned with and endorsed by the trio majority. Julie says she has filed her candidacy papers.
DeleteHas Julie ever been responsible for running a medium to large sized organization? A google search shows she is involved with Grossmont CC - does she have any organizational skills from her activities there? She may very well be a reformer/savoir/messiah for all that is good, but does she have the skills required to communicate her message and inspire others to follow? Or does she come into this with the same or similar skill set of the current reformers?
Delete- The Sculpin
Sculpin,
DeleteI don't look for management or organizational skills in a legislative or oversight board role. Their job is not to manage people day to day.
I look for principle and judgment in those roles. Councils set policies, not implement them.
Leave the organizational and management tasks to the hired managers once the council sets the right direction.
And of course council members should be savvy enough not to get rolled by self-serving staffers.
Sculpin-
DeleteSame or current reformers- like who? Shaffer never went to city hall and stood for very little- she rode in on promises of integrith with nothing to back it up
Kranz's only notable civic engagement was the nichols road report but really- let's face it- Kranz bogarted the work of Kevin Cummins
If Julie is running she has my vote- she has been active at city hall for three years with honor and intregrity standing for responsible spending, open government, and protection of comunity characther-
Try this on
Gaspar- voted for a $66K survey her husband then used to manipulate the public- who did it benefit- Gaspar and her husband
Julie-wanted that money spent on projects to benefit the community
Gaspar- looked the other way when Vina hired Rutan and Tucker without council knowledge-
Julie- shined the bright light on Vina's mismanagment and waste of money- and secrecy
Gaspar-voted to waste taxpayer money on more consultants - like the $1.3 the city paid MIG with nothing- repeat- nothing! to show for it
Julie- wanted MIG fired when it became apparent MIG was incompetent
There are bright colored differences between Julie and Gaspar and Blakespear.
Julie walks the walk while Gaspar has a record of irresponsibl;e spending and using tax payer money to benefit her and her husbands own selfish purposes-
If Julie is running start spreading the news-
Point well taken. My biggest fear is your last point. Without some reasonable organizational skills, one never knows they're being rolled! Look at all the Boards in corporate America and see the organizational experience they bring to the table. It is very difficult to set a policy or create a vision without understanding the limitations one is faced with. I think that the current batch of reformers hit this wall head on very early, and have yet, if ever, to recover!
Delete- The Sculpin
Sculp, why would you assume immediately that Julie has no org skills? Of anyone, she is quite aware of the limitations - city hall makes us all painfully aware of them any time we squawk!
DeleteEnough with the bureaucrats, how about someone with plain common sense? Now that would help set real policy, no this endless spinning and obfuscation. What we have now is proven to get us nowhere.
11:27 - I'm not assuming - I just wasn't able to find much on her so I'm inquiring - doing some cursory diligence..... As for the "common sense" angle? I've been to that dance before - it's real hit or miss - Things that were so clear on the outside don't seem so clear on the inside.....
Delete- The Sculpin
If you had attended or watched City Council meetings, you would have seen/heard her speak on various issues dozens of times.
DeleteShe filed her 501 on May 5. It's not clear whether she's running for the council seat or mayoral seat.
http://archive.encinitasca.gov/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=714468&dbid=0
She has integrity, courage and an iron will. She is exactly what City government needs much more of.
And Sculpin, she's your neighbor in Olivenhain. Where have you been?
I don't think she has horses, but I have been through her little neighborhood many, many times.
Delete- The Sculpin
She lives across from the horse boarding stables that were gonna become 16 houses in a density bonus project. She is one of the people who stopped that travesty dead in its tracks.
DeleteAgree with the Sculpin on his question as to her skills. Some serious skill is going to have to be brought to bear by someone on reorganizing the staff at city hall if we're going to get different results.
DeleteThat said, I'm glad she's running, because I think she brings a different sensibility to the mix. There are no saviors, merely people who can or can't stay committed and who can work with the other four council members to get something done.
-Mr. Green Jeans
So the heading of this thread contains "Kook" and the first question that comes to mind is "Who is Julie Graboi?
DeletePoor Julie
GJ, by "work with the other four" I sincerely hope you do not mean becoming brainwashed by some Vina-led offsite team building exercise. Look what that's gotten us: a lock-step gang of five whose biggest boast is "we all get along now!"
DeleteStay tuned tonight for the council meeting. I am predicting one of the saviors we have been waiting for to emerge will proclaim her candidacy and platform. Come on down Julie. There will be a flood of support to follow you for some true representation we have sorely been missing with those who betrayed their past campaign pledges once elected. Now we need a second candidate to join Julie for a united front for real progress. It is coming. We have such a special place here and we deserve so much more than we have gotten in the past from those we believed initially until they sold their souls to the entrenched powers in place. Hope springs eternal! Thank you Julie.
ReplyDeleteSculpin:
ReplyDeleteYou are putting out a red herring with your fixation on organizational skills. American corporate boards are loaded with members who often bring nothing to the board except their connections. It's the CEOs and other high executives in a corporation who organize and run things.
I can't think of anyone who has been on our city council in the last 15 years who brought what you think is critically important. It isn't. It's the city manger and department heads that organize. Council sets policy and directs the city manager. It shouldn't be the other way around.
I wonder if you have ever been to a council meeting and seen her speak in person, and I don't mean watching on TV or computer. She evinces a strength of character,and clear thinking that seems to be lacking in other council members.
Calm down, 12:11 - I'm just asking questions! The only experience I have with the city council and such was the original workshops for the Hall property. However, I do have a lot of experience with corporate boards, and I can say with some authority that you are factually incorrect. As for org skills, my point is you should have to have them, not necessarily use them in the current position. As for setting policy (something I do a great deal of), it's virtually impossible to set policy without a determination of whether it can be measurably achieved. If you don't understand how to measure your policy's outcomes (i.e. org skills), you're just making things up.
DeleteAnd no, I don't go to council meetings - why would I? I have no current business with the council, and so far council does not have an immediate and material impact on my life. Basically, I'm an interested voter - you're going to need me come election time.....
- The Sculpin
the city is now going bankrupt. Under the Gaspar regime our finances have been looted for extra paychecks to city managers, spiked pensions, over paid consultants, buried road reports- Gaspar voted to spike pensions, give away paychecks and bury road reports.
DeleteThis year Encinitas will spend about $58M but only take in about $56M- as a busienss we are losing money-
add this that Gaspars wrong headed decision making has increased the city's debt service adn reduced the city's ability to get future funding without paying more in costs- just like when companies go bankrupt.
I am interested voter and the failures of Barth and Gaspar have impacted my life- the policies they set are failing- now it's time to fire them
Your questions somehow sound like accusations, or you wouldn't have folks taking issue with what you say. Think about it.
DeleteOK then, Sculpin, if that's the depth of your involvement in the fate of the City, stop posting as if you're an authority on City matters.
Delete1:56 - If you believe me to be an authority on City matters, I fear we are both in trouble!!!!
Delete- The Sculpin
1:56 doesn't believe you are, but that's how you're trying to come across. You don't know Julie, you don't know what her involvement has been, yet you presume to doubt her qualifications.
DeleteGeez you people are REALLY over-sensitive! I can't control how you perceive me - that's your business, but y'all are jumpier than a bag of rattlers on a long Baja road........
Delete- The Sculpin
LOL, Julie's a person like anyone else, but if we've learned anything from the past, it's that expecting too much will lead to some serious disappointment. She's only one person, but I think she could make an impact.
DeleteWe've had fighting on the council, division and now we supposedly play nice. Neither has worked. We need council who can set direction, follow up on that order, and get things moving in the right direction at city hall.
At least Julie has had some skin in the game in the past and knows about issues that are important. Now she has to sell that to the uninitiated, which is most of the people in the city who only pay attention 10 minutes before they mark their ballots.
-Mr. Green Jeans.
If Julie is running voters will have a clear choice. Gaspar wants to serve herself and her special interest friends while Julie wants to serve the community through responsible spending, holding staff accountable to taxpayers and a true open government- unlike the back room deals Barth and Gaspar support-
ReplyDeletelike that back room deal Gaspar voted for that gave Phil Cotton and extra paycheck
Gaspar needs to go! How someone like this was ever elected is a sad statement on the voters' lack of attention to competency... Stunts work apparently - Wonder Woman to sand/jars......No substance whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteDUMP GASpar. She is full of hot air and gas with little to no common sense.
ReplyDeleteI hope Julie runs for mayor!
Sounds like more bottom feeding bs from the bottom feeding named sculpin fish . No surprise there coming from him. Let him be what he is. He is of no value in helping us reform our towns problems if he isn't aware of Julie's past commitment and yet now he has an opinion of her qualifications? Distractions we don't need from the likes of him. If he cared a whit he would know her well. Now is the time for all good citizens to come out for one of our own who is willing to give so much for all of us. If you can, lets all flood the chambers tonight with significant numbers of supporters and show a glimpse of the future we can hope will come about when the people have the power of true representation returned to them after way too long.
ReplyDeleteI'm still wondering how Dan Dalagar got elected. Maybe Sculpin voted for him....? ha ha
ReplyDeleteI went to get a mower blade sharpened in his shop. This was before he ran for office. The experience stuck with me long enough to not vote for him!!
Delete- The Sculpin
He got elected on the local boy platform, with help from the Stocks/Bond axis, nothing new there....
DeleteGlad you have a wee bit of humor, Sculpin, me lad!
DeleteActually, Barth hired the MIG consultant and later agreed to fire them and never hire anyone that works with them ever again.....Who made that motion? I can't recall. Perhaps 1025 can help?
ReplyDelete3:56
ReplyDeleteGaspar and Barth hired MIG against the wishes of all residents who spoke at city hall. Barth and Gaspar hired MIG to control resident input and manipulate the results- Gaspar and Barth wanted to 'cook the books' 'doctor the results'
When residents went to city hall and spoke that MIG should be fired right away- Barth and Gaspar did nothing, and then Barth and Gaspar agreed to keep paying MIG ! unbelievable-
One year ago Julie was at the council meeting asking Barth and Gaspar why boxes , and boxes and boxes of resident input provided by residents to MIG sat in the city hall basement unprocessed ? Barth and Gaspar did nothing to help those residents-
Barth and Gaspar endorsed MIG, MIG got paid $1.3M
4 weeks ago Julie was at the council meeting asking Barth and Gaspar not to spend money in consultants- Gaspar and Barth did nothing-
Fact- Gaspar took $66,000 of taxpayer money for the true north survey so her husband could send out mailers to support his wife- selfish
Julie wanted that money to go to residents.
The choice is clear- vote for Gaspar who wants to use our money to benefit herself or vote for Julie who wants to use our money to benefit us. BEgin telling your neighbors - it is the only way to defeat the developer special interets like Harwood and Paeske who seem to be in bed with the Gaspars
I don't think the facts about who hired MIG are correct. I think that Barth and Patrick Murphy were on a team that hired them but that all 5 council members voted to bring them on. Gaspar was involved in setting up ERAC, the developer and out of town developers team to help look at the General Plan Update.
Deletethe MIG contract was approved by all 5 council members- Barth and Gaspar included - Gaspar owns it, another example of Gaspar's reckless mismanagement of taxpayer money
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