Kristin Gaspar 2010:
| Top Priorities if Elected |
- Public Safety
- Responsible Budgeting
- Sustainable Growth
Tony Kranz 2010:
| Top Priorities if Elected |
- Complete the General Plan Update ensuring we keep our small town atmosphere
- Develop the Hall Property park responsibly and without further delay
- "Right-size" city government and reduce employee pension expenses
Tony Kranz 2012:
| Top Priorities if Elected |
- Create a system of accountability for city officials regarding government transparency issues
- Improve our public safety services
- Keep the General Plan "Update" from opening the floodgates to overdevelopment and more unbearable traffic
So how are they doing?
Hot air - vaporizes in the cold light of day....
ReplyDeleteMost of the points are issues we all agree upon and both agree on.
ReplyDeleteThe one issue that pops out is the General Plan issues.
Kranz wants to "...keep the general plan update from...."
Gaspar, in her current campaign info state she is not in favor of "the plan to up zone El Camino Real." Well there is not or ever was a plan to do this. She is referring to the general plan update. Andreen, Stocks and Gaspar worked to disband GPAC and install their hand picked, developer laden, ERAC group to serve their purposes and halt the general plan update. Never was there a plan to up zone El Camino Real only. Never was all the all the zoning change options all on El Camino.
On this issue, Kranz appears more forthright and comes out on top and gets my vote.
Agree. They had a plan early on to claim there WAS a plan to upzone El Camino Real, which is bs. The fact that Gaspar was and always will be a part of this group gives Tony my vote.
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DeleteYou have totally false information. The General Plan update from MIG had mixed use of residential and commercial along El Camino Real. You don't consider that up-zoning? Also, the mixed use changes proposed were in Leucadia, Old Encinitas, Cardiff, and Olivenhain.
Now you are qualifying your statement on the El Camino Real up zoning by using the word "only". What are you trying to prove?
Gaspar didn't single handed stop the horrible mess from MiG. Council members agreed to stop the train wreck of the General Plan update.
Mayor "my middle name is up-zoning" Gaspar earned her title as a pro developer and high density mayoral candidate when she represented the council at Mike Andreen's private meeting where she could give pointers on how Encinitas Up-Zoning Can Mean Increased Property Values.
One undeniable truth:
ReplyDeleteOne of these two is our next mayor. Votes for any other candidates directly benefit Gaspar.
One undeniable truth, Kranz is aligned with Barth and Shaffer who have been lying and misleading the public weekly. Andrew Audet
DeleteOne undeniable truth, Gaspar is aligned with Andreen and Stocks who have been lying to the public for weeks for decades.
DeleteIt is surprising that Audet is supporting Gaspar.
Not me.
He actually didn't say he was supporting Gaspar. The problem is, our choices are Tony or Kristin, or not voting for either. It's a hold your nose choice, but I go with Tony....
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DeleteI did not endorse any candidate with my post. Each must decide for themselves who they choose.
I will vote based on my principles, and which candidate best represents my values.
Barth, Shaffer and Kranz have unfortunately been disappointments. They have increased debt, withheld information from the public, used newsletters to misinform the public and turned a blind-eye to mismanagement by the city manager. It is my opinion based on facts as I know them that Barth and Shaffer have misled the public regularly, in my opinion I consider some of their misrepresentations equivalent to lying, others may see it differently.
I do not agree that the choice is between Kranz and Gaspar. I would agree they are the front runners, however it is my opinion other candidates will play a factor in the race. The interview posted with Sheila Cameron in the Advocate appears to present a different view of community character and citizen representation then that offered by either Kranz or Gaspar, as do other mayoral candidates mentioned.
Kindly don't speak for me on who I may or may not support. Thank you.
Andrew Audet
I will deny that truth.
DeleteI know someone who is wavering between Gaspar and Cameron. In that case, wouldn't a vote for Cameron be a vote for Kranz?
No EU, it would actually be a vote for Gaspar. Tony doesn't have a chance in hell of winning this election. He still will remain on the Council, which is too bad as well.
DeleteI really liked Cameron's statement in the Coast News on why she's running for mayor (9/11/14). Solid in the right direction, and good on details. Seemed to me like she's not trying to trick anybody. It's too bad if the election is determined by who can best afford to deceive the voters.
DeleteTotally agree w undeniable truth.
ReplyDeleteKranz with his Prop A lies and quoting of developer friend wish lists loses my vote. He does NOT show his defense against the overdevelopment floodgates with his voting record. Everything else is just talk - look at his WALK.
ReplyDeleteWhat lies? Oh, he quoted someone? What 'Friend' are you talking about? What? What are you addressing about his voting record?
Delete9:34,
DeleteKranz, along with the entire council, lied to voters in the ballot argument against Prop A.
They stated that no major upzoning had ever happened without a vote of the public. False. Downtown Encinitas and Leucadia 101 were upzoned by the council without a vote of the public.
They also stated that there never were and never would be plans for five stories in Encinitas. False. Peder Norby was captured on video at an ERAC meeting leading a discussion about building up to five stories. And the council had absolutely no basis for representing that there never would be five story buildings. Without Prop A, any future council could have upzoned to five stories.
There had been plans for 3+ stories on El Camino Real since the mid 2000s. A General Plan Amendment was needed to implement the plan, and there wasn't a super majority to do it. Nor did the simple majority on the council want to put it to a public vote. Thanks to Jerome Stocks, our representative on SANDAG, the El Camino Real corridor had been designated for "medium height" development. SANDAG told me this means 4-7 stories.
DeleteCertain commenter higher up don't seem to have attended the early General Plan Update workshops. I did. The original proposal from MIG was to put all the 1300 affordable units asked for by the state housing authority in the El Camino Real corridor by upzoning to mixed-use R-30 or R-45. This is when Mike Andreen stepped in, with the support of Gaspar, to kill the plan and spread the upzoning "throughout the city." There were ugly public comments between Gaspar and Barth when the MIG plan was thrown out and christened the "ugly baby" by Stocks. In reality the MIG plan was Barth's "ugly baby," as she helped choose MIG and supported the increase in density under the guise of smart growth.
That's "commenters" in the first line of the second paragraph.
DeleteWill that be her legacy? Mother of the "Ugly Baby?" I was curious to its parentage.
DeleteFor me it is about ethical behavior and keeping one's word. We could still back out of Pacific View and save a lot of money. If voting for Cameron is a vote for Gaspar. So, be it. Tony had a chance to do the thing and he has abounded the very people who got him elected in the first place. Remember he ran twice. The first time he lost. Then, not he coattails of Shaffer, he won. I would rather vote my conscience than vote for someone who has betrayed the public trust. But then again, I am not a politician, but an informed citizen who already knows the risk of a Gaspar reelection. Voting her out leaves an empty seat on the Council. The class act would be to give it to Julie is she doesn't win. Want to bet it won't happen. As I have said before, I would bet big bucks that it will be offered to Barth, and that alone makes me stay far away from Kranz.
ReplyDeleteHow are they doing? Kranz F-
ReplyDeleteGaspar you can grade.
Yea, I just can't vote for Kranz again - it is a lost vote to pick the lesser of two evils.
DeleteHow are these two doing? Look at their voting record and compare it to their campaign promises. It doesn't look good for either one. They have both failed this city and have not represented the citizens well.
ReplyDeleteGaspar will not get my vote because she is strongly tied to $tock$ as his little blonde puppet. She has developers waiting in the wings so they can get into our city and continue to destroy our character. She wants lots and lots of people to live here so she can continue to grow her husband's therapy business.
Gaspar has failed us on council and now as her term as mayor. She is all talk and no action. Remember, she is a journalism major. She knows how to talk and sway the public.
Grade of "F" for both. They ALL lied on Prop A.
This is the time to finally get rid of one of the $tock$ left overs. Vote Gaspar out this time.
Just got an Email from the Save Pacific View folks endorsing candidates. WTF?
ReplyDeleteThat's right, 11:46. They're not a non-profit ya know. Save Pacific View can endorse anyone they want. Awwwww. That'sTF.
ReplyDeleteYes, but if they spent over a certain amount they are required to report contributions and spending to the FPPC. Big trouble if they don't.
DeleteDennis Holz' platform was also to get a grip on traffic. How'd that work out for us? There are only so many things you can do to make traffic better and I think those things are in gear finally.
ReplyDelete* Widen 5. That takes a load off local streets and paralell arterials.
* Installing roundabouts on 101 and other arterials instead of stop lights and signs.
* Removing stops where possible.
* Best timing of stop lights.
There's no magic formula to keep gridlock from happening occasionally. But those are a few things that will help traffic flow immensely.
Timing of traffic signals on Leucadia Blvd is atrocious. I drive that street nearly every week day, and between the RR tracks, the stop sign at Hygeia, and the traffic lights, beginning at Orpheus, going east, it's terrible. The timing is way off. Roundabouts on arterials only work when there is low traffic. When there are high volumes of traffic, they are anything but calming.
DeleteRemoval of stop signs or signals when roundabouts are installed sounds good; but in practice, in this City, that hasn't happened. In other cities, traffic lights are often added to roundabouts, because when there is unequal traffic on cross-streets, there are universal problems with people failing to yield, and there are more collissions, not less.
Mr. Green Pants Person seems so intent on voting for Kranz. But TK doesn't know how to live within the City's means; he doesn't know how to keep his promises, and he doesn't want to stand up to the City Manager and the City Attorney.
I don't think Holz ever got a chance to put the traffic plan in action. You can thank Bob for that. See 1:23 below for my take on voting for Tony. His seat is not as risk. Gaspar's is. Dump her first.....
Delete2:41, It was Holz' platform and he did not succeed. I rest my case.
Delete2:26,
Roundabouts don't only work when there is low traffic. Where'd ya get that?
Removing stops to increase traffic circulation not only sounds good, it works good.
"Removal of stop signs or signals when roundabouts are installed sounds good; but in practice, in this City, that hasn't happened."
In this city, 6 stops have been removed with the advent of roundabouts (so far). Add up all the minutes collectively that has saved drivers for 10 years and you'll begin to realize one of their many benefits.
2:26, Lights are seldom added to roundoubts, but when they are its because right angle traffic is not only equal but frequently heavy. The closest roundabout with a light is in TJ. I seem to recall it has 7 lanes.
DeleteLOL, roundoubts, now I've done it!
DeleteStop signs or stoplights are added to roundabouts when the the traffic in any direction reaches a certain volume and the roundabout ceases to function as planned. In Tijuana the biggest roundabouts are five lanes around, the smaller ones are 1, 2, or 3 lanes. But with very heavy traffic, cops are called to direct,. otherwise they become totally snarled. I know because I've been caught in them when traffic has been bumper to bumper in all directions. Even stop signs and traffic lights fail.
Delete7:23, That doesn't make any sense. If traffic is heavy on one N/S road, it wouldn't require a stop light at a roundabout. And traffic will never be heavy coming from Neptune, not to mention zero coming from the east at most of the circles coming to 101. Roundabouts will help preserve Leucadia's small town atmosphere. I'd rather look at more plants than more red lights any day. Lights would need to be installed at roundabouts here in Leucadia? Scare tactics with no scientific foundation. Glad you're more familiar the closest signaled roundabouts in TJ though. I was so wrong. They only have 5 lanes.
Delete11:11
DeleteThat's total nonsense. Before you post, get a grip on what you're talking about. Packing five roundabouts in 8/10 mile at the north end and putting the sixth 1.2 miles south has nothing to do with small town atmosphere.
The purpose of the mind-boggling dumb plan is to hyper-commercialize the corridor. The city is in cahoots with L101 Main, a merchants' association the city subsidizes with $30K per year of taxpayers' money. The placement of three of the six roundabouts is to satisfy special interests.
One traffic lane in each direction. Six roundabouts, three of which are misplaced. Two thousand car trips a day diverted to Vulcan.
The whole dumb plan is tragic, and it can't and won't hyper-commercialize the corridor because it adds only 12 new parking spaces. Where will the imaginary droves of new shoppers park?
Now that KLCC moron can post and tell me I'm not specific.
YOU are the KLCC moron.
DeleteYOU want to keep Leucadia backwards and ugly .
YOU enjoy dirt and weeds.
YOU hate flowers and beauty.
YOU make me vomit.
Scott Chatfield is naive and led around by Barth and Kranz. Shaffer probably joined up with her puppet Blakespear and wrote the piece. Or maybe Barth wrote it. Too bad for Pacific View to polarize the public like this.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't like the record of either candidate, consider that only one of them can be voted out this cycle.
ReplyDeleteThe sure way to send Gaspar packing is to vote for Tony.
Tony will get a lot of votes from folks who decide late, because he has name recognition, incumbency, funding and the endorsement of a major party. Those votes will happen. If enough votes split off to Sheila, Gaspar is sure to win. If you are considering a vote for Shiela because you have a problem with Tony, consider that he's not at risk--Tony will be on council for another few years with or without your vote.
The positive action for this cycle is ejecting Gaspar. The way to do that is by voting for Tony.
1:23 That makes good sense. It is important to get rid of Gaspar once and for all.
Delete1:23
DeleteTony is not likley to get alot of votes from late voters- Kranz is a bully and he is not well liked or well respected
He has increased debt.
Kranz voted against residents along the 101, and sided with his developer buddies over resident safety at Desert Rose
Your inability to state facts reveals you might well be Scott Chadfield or another political troll spreading propaganda
A vote for Sheila is a vote for community character- Kranz voted against residents
A vote for Shiela is a vote for responsible spending- Kranz voted to increase debt-
A vote for Sheila is a vote for saving the Strawberry Fields- Kranz wants to put stack and crap housing on the ag land
Kranz is a liar, a bully, mean, and let's face it, not very bright
You might support liars, don't expect us to join you
Shouldn't you be at the Blakespear barbeque her mom, Barth Shaffer and Kranz are throwing? The Cardiff Liar's club?
A sure way to get Barth appointed for Council is to vote for Kranz. People should vote their consciences, and vote for Cameron. She's got the moxie to replace the city manager and city attorney.
DeleteHow is Barth going to be appointed to council, conspiracy theorists?
DeleteSheila is past being able to be an effective leader 2:09. If this was the 1996 Sheila, I would be with you. It's not 1996. Sheila is promising a lot of things she can't deliver, and she will be a distant third. No website, no money, no backing.
DeleteI have campaigned for Sheila in the past, but you can't declare at the 11th hour after being gone for 14 years and think you can get back in...
2:41- It's easy. If Kranz wins, then Gaspar will be gone, as it was her turn to run for Council in the old days. So, there will be an empty seat on the Council. And, Barth will fill it. Think about it. Why is Barth, who is allegedly leaving after her term is up on all of the subcommittees she has been put on. All of those are long term. Why didn't the Council pick people who will still be there? The answer my friend is that if Tony wins, they will appoint Teresa, just like Jerome appointed Mark. So a vote for Tony is also a vote for Barth in my opinion.
DeleteYou must know this, but alliances are conspiracies of sorts. We all know there is an alliance between Kranz, Shaffer, Barth and Blakespear. If Kranz and Blakespear were elected, Kranz' Council seat would be open. Blakespear, Shaffer and Kranz could appoint Barth for the open seat.
DeleteIf Kranz were elected, that scenario would be easy-peazy. I don't see Barth stating she would not accept a council member appointment were Kranz elected as mayor. She could have done so, in her latest newseltter, but she didn't.
Also, Council could still pass a resolution that the person appointed, should a Council Member's seat be vacated, would be the person with the next most number of votes in the most recent General Election. That's what Tony Kranz wanted, before, when he could have replaced Maggie Houlihan, instead of Mark Muir.
If Tony wins, it's likely Collier gets the open seat.
Delete2:09 PM
Delete"A vote for Sheila is a vote for saving the Strawberry Fields- Kranz wants to put stack and crap housing on the ag land"
When will you get it through your head that the strawberry fields off Manchester aren't zoned ag land, they're zoned residential and could become houses, by right, tomorrow. It's nice that they are being used to grow strawberries but to preserve that use would require a rezoning.
2:09,
DeleteTechnically true, but substantively false.
If Kranz & Co put the strawberry fields on the ballot to be upzoned to R-30 or R-45, they are certain to be developed. If they remain the current R-1 or R-2 or whatever they are, they are much more likely to remain ag land.
5:15- the land today is "Urban Agriculture" The plan proposed by Barth Shaffer and Kranz would put 45 unit an acre zoning on 45 acres allowing 2,000 'units'
Deleteat the ERAC meeting hand-picked developer Mike Paesce had a wet dream fantasizing about stack and pack at the strawberry fields
Those are the facts , they could go from 90 houses under current zoning to 2,000 under the Barth Shaffer Kranz plan
And soon to be the Blakespear plan for stack and pack.
DeleteJust a short time out to express how breathtaking the misinformation on this weekend's blog is: this is why the forefathers created three components of government AND the electoral college.
DeleteWow: the old Strawberry fields scare-show again. Even Andrew Audet cannot get quoted accurately.
Probably voting for Sheila and Julie is the wise action, that pretty much would cause the state to come in and a judge from Sacramento would take over the usage zoning. Then we could all go back about our business: those who have jobs.
7:27 take your fear mongering elsewhere, Barth Shaffer and Vina hope to bully and intimidate resdients with that state lawsuit crap- like the prop A lies of how the city will be bifurcated
DeleteIf Shaffer Kranz and Barth don't support upzoning the strawberry fields why have they allowed it on the map? To reward their developer and social engineering steack and pack supporters
Ag land in Encinitas. Sad, sad, sad. Everybody wants it except farmers. Gil Forester said that Strawberry Fields is the best ag land in town, facing south and recieving the most sun all day. The more upscale Encinitas becomes, the less viable farmland here is. Not to mention the poisons that run into the lagoon from SF. Or the bees that killed a guy on a tractor there a few years back. Ag land here is cursed.
Delete11:15, a private citizen started an online petition to stop ECR from receiving all the upzoning. When he presented over 1,000 signatures gathered in under two weeks, the Council had to take notice. Andreen/Gaspar/Stocks came after that.
ReplyDeleteAs usual, it takes the public - rarely the council - to bring these things into the light if day and force corrective action by the council. Give credit where credit's due and don't puff Gaspar up for something she can't lay claim to. She saw which way the wind was blowing, as did Stocks, and had no choice but to recognize the resident opposition.
ECR never, never, never was slated to receive all the upzoning.
DeleteNever was that on any map at GPAC. Never.
8:11 PM
DeleteTake off those blinders. The planning department wrote new draft ordinances for the up-zoning to mixed use of the El Camino Real corridor. Ask Mike Strong for a copy.
You're back to using your qualifying words again.
"11:15, a private citizen started an online petition to stop ECR from receiving all the upzoning. When he presented over 1,000 signatures gathered in under two weeks, the Council had to take notice. Andreen/Gaspar/Stocks came after that."
DeleteThis is not true. Andreen e blasted that ALL the upzoning was on ECR and then citizens responded to his misinformation.
There were areas all over the city that were identified, not just ECR, as Andreen blasted. The citizens responded to his misinformation.
And there was NEVER " a plan to up zone ECR" as gaspar states. There was a plan to identify areas throughout the city to accommodate state requirements of housing, not one area.
Andreen began the misinformation, as usual. He tried the same thing to stop the Leucadia Streetscape.
I was a GPAC member and witnessed what went on and the timing.
"The original proposal from MIG was to put all the 1300 affordable units asked for by the state housing authority in the El Camino Real corridor by upzoning to mixed-use R-30 or R-45."
DeleteThat is and was Never true.
8:11 PM and 6:41 AM All you have to do is read the notes, minutes and maps on Encinitas 2035. Either you are willfully blind, crazy or don't read English. Or, you could just be a liar?
Delete6:27, I was there and agree with everything you just wrote.
DeleteIt was a typical bait and switch. A man on 101 with a old motel once came by my house with a petition. "I want to be able to paint my motel the color I want to when the city tells me it can only be gray." I signed it. The next thing I knew the motel was torn down and the Ocean Inn erected (now Rodeway Inn). And no, that was not CM by the way, who DID do a wonder job on two old motels here.
DeleteI felt a bit suckered in after the Ocean Inn was built. In retrospect, it could have looked and been a lot worse. But Andreen did use the same tactics in an e-blast as though ECR were the only place planned to upzone. He also was/is against Streetscape for whatever reason. I can only guess the motive would be to channel all the money inland away from the coast (as a past president of a business group had done before).
7:29 has to be Andreen or someone else promoting the idea there was some secret plan 'to up zone ECR', as gaspars flier states.
DeleteNever was there any plans from GPAC to have all upzoning on ECR.
A vote for Cameron is a vote for Cameron. She is the only real chance for change as you know.
ReplyDeleteShe will come a distant 3rd, and Gaspar will get in because those votes may have gone to Tony. You heard it hear first....
Delete2:45, I sort of said that already.
Delete2:45 Tony has not earned those votes. You heard it hear first. In 2016 Kranz will be driven from office and revert back to being a no one and lose his seat with the fancy people he admires.
DeleteCameron's tehr ead deal- she doesn't give a crap about the Eckes, Meyers or Papa Doug. You won't see her at any fancy invite only parties in Del Mar or taking paid trips to Israel from insiders looking for favors
Kranz had 2 years to earn votes- he chose intstead to vote against resident safety at Desert Rose, vote against resident safety on the 101 and lied on Prop A.
Those are the facts
Although I do not agree with Gaspar on anything of substance in many years, I can't even consider electing a bully. I will take my chances and vote for Cameron.
Delete12:17PM thanks for the information but I already knew that they weren't non profit, but I thought that site served a different purpose.
ReplyDelete2:12 Save Pacific View was started as a political operation to elect Kranz and Blakespear to enable them to appoint Barth to the open seat.
DeleteChatfield took advantage of public sentiment to build an email database. Andrew Audet asked the council to file an injunction against EUSD to enable taxpayers to buy it at a better price, the council refused. Word is Audet asked Save PV to help donate to a legal effort to file an injunction and Chatfield refused support. Why?
Soon after Audet's name disappeared from the Save PV website, it makes sense as Audet has still been at council meetings seeking a better price.
Soon after the purchase Kranz showed up in a photo shoot put on by Chatfield in a quid pro quo you scratch my back I'll scratch yours- the photo shoot and PV, as well as the email tree are political tools Barth is using to elect the puppet Kranz-
Not surprising that the night Audet asked for an injunction to be filed Blakespear and her mom were at the council saying buy it at any price.
Ask yourself this- Kranz got elected in 2012, Barth was Mayor in 2013, they had a council majority, why did they wait until 2014 to buy the property- politics, they could use it to elect Kranz and Blakespear (now Chatfield writes Kranz dramatically saved the day- truth is he sat on his ass for 18 months)
Think about this- the Coral Tree residents were dumbounded and said "why did it take a year to get this before the council" The answer- so Barth, Blakespear, Kranz Shaffer and Vina could use it as a political issue to launch Blakespear's campaing, get press, and generate another email tree-
Make no mistake- Barth and her friends used PV to elect KRanz and Blakespear so they could appoint Barth to the open seat-
A vote for Kranz is a vote for Barth and Vina, I just can't go there.
I see an appointment for Chatfield to the Arts Commission, maybe even a planning seat
he's been a good political solider
He's been a good one and if Barth had her way, others would, too. Just how many residents did she call, asking THEM to file the injunction that she wouldn't step up and ask for, herself?
DeleteTrust and transparency, my ass.
Please raise a white flag at your house when the UN helicopter flies overhead so they know it's you. Please remove your tin foil hat before boarding.
DeleteI don't think there's any secret that there's some political symmetry between Barth, Kranz and Blakespeare, the same way there's no secret about Gaspar, Stocks, Muir, David Meyer etc.
This is called politics. The PV issue has been around A LONG, LONG TIME. You can either do a google search or look on this blog, but there are a multiplicity of reasons we're still discussing this. There were many opportunities to buy the property at earlier times. It was not a priority of team Stocks, I think that's fair to say. The Hall property was.
So I think the above is way off base. Again it's real simple in this election, it's Tony Vs. Kristin. Who's your pick....
Blakespear did advocate for purchase of Pacific View. Her mother, Liz Smith, said that she disagreed with Catherine, who was asking for a more reasonable purchase price. Liz Smith told Council they should purchase Pacific View, even for the $9.5 minimum bid demanded by Superintendent Timothy Baird.
DeleteNo one used the phrase "at any price." None of the public speakers at any time suggested paying half a million dollars extra "for good measure."
Liz Smith was the only one to suggest going with the minimum bid, that was too high. The other public speakers that night, wanted Council to consider eminent domain and invoking the Naylor Act, to at least threaten a lawsuit, by seeking a preliminary injunction. That could have saved us millions.
Most people did want the City to purchase Pacific View, but did not want Council to be bamboozled by Baird and the trustees. Don't vote for any of them running this cycle. Target vote for Jen Hamler.
Great, but Blakespeare will win as well, because she knows who to talk to about how to run a campaign.
DeleteI'm with you on the school board, we need a clean sweep....
I don't need a tin foil hat to know there's something wrong with Barth dialing for injunctions. She called too many for this to be mere rumor.
Delete2:44 Bullshit- I was at that meeting, Blakespear and her mom said nothing about buying it at a reasonable price. They were all in at all costs. The political strategy to appoint Barth was in full affect
DeleteBlakespear is not a shoe in- people in Olivenhain don't like her, and the hill people in Cardiff think she is a fake- living on mommy's land.
I live in Cardiff andI have the same sentiments 3:00. No one around here as even heard anything about her until recently. Yes, we know that her mom owns a lot of Rossini Creek. But as far as Catherine, i cannot remember anything coming out of her mouth until she started to run for Council. I am surprised that both Mim Michelove and Rachelle Collier are both putting their bets on Kranz and Blakespear. I have a lot of respect for both of them, but this is too much for me.
DeleteI was at the meeting. You can also look it up on the webcasts. Liz Smith said she disagreed with her daughter, and thought that the City should be willing to pay the $9.5 Million minimum bid demanded by EUSD, through Baird.
DeleteBut they did agree they wanted to purchase Pacific View. Julie Graboi's name was on the list, too. Most people did want to purchase PV, but not at any price. Bottoml line: taxpayers and fee payers are overpaying, and we didn't have to.
3:08 Did Blakespear state a price? yes or no please
DeleteDid Blakespear support an injunction to get a better price? yes or no please
I watched the video- Blakespear said buy it- that is the same as saying at any price
leaders lead, followers follow and too many current council members lie
2:44 Blakespear's mom is named Tricia.
Delete2:44- You are not telling the truth. Blakespear never asked supported a reasonable price on Pacific View, if she had she would have supported Audet's request for an injunction. Blakespear had to buy PV at any price
DeleteLOL. Chatfield political aspirations! You crack me up. When he saved our 760 area code a few years back, what perks from the city did he get? None. None were sought and none were given but the outcome benefited us all as his honorable endeavor suceeded. The same goes for Pacific View. Scott's a dyed in the wool local from a tot and cares about Encinitas. When Kranz also supported the purchase of PV, why wouldn't the Save Pacific View recognize that? Scott's motive to save the school was 100% inspiration and a majority followed. Buy it, build it and benefit from it. But my heart goes out to the developers who continue to whine about the price and wish they could have got it for $10 million. (Keno's was offered $8.3 million recently and he turned it down. GoPro bought an office building in Cardiff for over $8 million this year. Sorry folks, PV was a good purchase and for a worthy cause, not only for the sake of education, but preventing McSprawl and preserving part of what most of us love about Encinitas.)
Delete10:21- Keno's is zoned commerical/residential- PV is zoned semi-public- try again with your lies
DeleteScott's a died in the wool crony basking at the seat of power- he's running propaganda bullshit for KRanz and Barth- the photo spreads are pathetic-
there is more coming on this story- Scott has been lying to his fellow neighbors, when the news breaks it won't be pretty
Give me a break. The only reason the 760 area code was saved was because of Camp Pendleton. When the Commander got word of it he called whoever one calls and said it would be a hardship on the families of the men and women serving our country. That is when the 760 number was saved. Chatfield and his friends might have taken the credit, but do your homework before you give someone credit they don't deserve.
Delete1:25 thank you for setting the record straight- Chatty Chatfield appears to me only interested in a seat at the power teat- his photo spread with Kranz Barth and Shaffer is pure propaganda-
Deletethis was planned by the Barth Vina express along time ag0
11:27 Oh right. No developer would ever touch PV thinking it would be impossible to rezone. Dream on, Douglas.
DeleteOh, I see, 1:45. Scott leading the push and being on the evening news several times to millions of people didn't count because it was all up to the commander at Camp Pendleton. Thanks for proving that's how it went down. What a waste of time and money for Scott it must have been. Bet he wishes he knew you beforehand.
1:46, pure hogwash.
1:57- Sticking your head in the sand isn't helping you. Maybe it's the heat? Anyway, if you think about it for a minute you'd realize that Camp Pendleton is has a lot more political clout than Scott Chatfield. And, if the Commander of that Base says it is going to hurt the hospital, the facilities, the submarines and other vessels that our protecting our country because they cannot get through when the 442 number was to be installed, can you honestly tell me you think it was Scott? If you say yes, I give up.
Delete1:57- You can be a Scottt Chatfield all you want, no problem. But come on, Google it yourself, if you don't believe 2:25. It was all over the news as well that Camp Pendleton saved the 760 area code. Good grief, my friend, don't believe everything you see on Scott Chatfield's websites. I'm not saying he's a bad guy, I'm just saying he is one unknown citizen to most people outside of Encinitas. On the other hand, Camp Pendleton has been there a mighty long time, and personally I'm glad they are there. And when the biggest cheese at that military base asked for the PUCC to reconsider, they did.
DeletePV would have been rezoned.
DeleteEUSD was so confident of the automatic upzoning built into state law that that garunteed rezoning to the auction bidders.
I have also had personal conversations with several council members who admitted the same. Council's public position challenging the rezoning was just empty posturing as part of negotiation.
5:43 Totally false. EUSD did not guarantee a rezone to auction bidders. Read the two auction options. Neither assured a rezone. That's why EUSD didn't get any bids. The rezone burden would have been on the buyer. Nobody wanted to risk the rezone being denied in court, which is where the case would have wound up because there was no precedent or case law regarding Prop A's applicability or lack of same.
DeleteNo developer was foolish enough to pay $9.5 million, pay for the legal process and take the chance that the court decision would go his way.
Baird snookered the city, led by Kranz and Vina, into paying $10 million for a property that was worth about half that much under the current zoning.
Wow.
DeleteYou just make stuff up, don't you?
Tell me, on option 2 of the auction, what is the trigger for closing escrow and finalizing the sale?
You tell us, 11:07. Where does it say that EUSD guaranteed an upzone?
DeleteOption 1 of the auction rules was as-is sale of the property, with current public-semi-public zoning.
DeleteUnder Option 2, bidders were bidding on rezoned property. EUSD would retain ownership of the parcel during an extended escrow period to pursue rezoning under state law. (Only a school district has standing to pursue the automatic rezoning, so EUSD had to keep interim ownership). The trigger for closing escrow (transfering title to the bidder, and money to EUSD) was the completion of rezoning. If the rezoning process failed, escrow would not close, money would not transfer, and EUSD would be stuck with the property. No rezone, no sale.
Here's the exact language:
"bidder required to close escrow within a period of sixty (60) days after re-zoning to DR-15 is actually finalized."
You can read for yourself in the instructions to bidders at the link below. Look at section G2, "Rezoning Purchase."
Again, Council knew all this, and they also privately acknowledged that EUSD had the goods to rezone. The public position was leverage in negotiation, but it was a weak argument.
PV would have been R15, with potential density bonus. The purchase stopped that from happening.
http://ww2.eusd.net/Pacific%20View%20History/ENCINITAS%20UNION%20SD_%20Draft%20Instruction%20to%20Bidders%20for%20Sale%20of%20Surplus%20Property%20With%20Revision.pdf
5:43 you sound like you would fit right in with the council of liar's
DeleteIf EUSD had 'the goods" then Stocks, Dalager, Barth and BOnd would have upzoned it long ago
now- Barth Shaffer and the village idiot have the PV site as part of upzoning in the HEU- and they are screwing with the bonds to give them flexibility, and there is no guarantee the land won't be upzoned in 10 years-
even Barth said "we don't know what it is going to be"
Shaffer, Rkanz and the political tramp turned photog Chatty Ch, Ch, Ch Chatfield continue lying to the public
When you have some facts rather tha hyperbole let us know- the land is zoned semi-public - those are the facts
Re: "If EUSD had 'the goods" then Stocks, Dalager, Barth and BOnd would have upzoned it long ago"
DeleteDoesn't make sense. The upzoning to R15 is embedded in CA state education code. It gives schools the right to rezone surplus property to match the surrounding neighborhood. Only a school district has legal standing to invoke the statute, so Dalager Barth and Bond are irrelevant.
Once the sale closes and the city owns the property, the rezoning under state education code is a moot point, because the site is no longer surplus school property.
The city won't try to rezone PV. It was on the list of potential sites for the Housing Element Update before the city agreed to buy it. Under the purchase agreement, the City can't rezone and flip the property, so there would be no reason to rezone it now. It will come off the list in the first round of cuts, and stay Public Semi-Public.
Had the city not intervened, that parcel would have been rezoned sold, and developed into 43 units--more if the developer pursued a density bonus project.
You can throw around all the silly insults you want if it makes you feel better. You may not like the facts, but they are immutable.
"The upzoning to R15 is embedded in CA state education code. It gives schools the right to rezone surplus property to match the surrounding neighborhood." That's untrue, a lie of omission. The property didn't have to be rezoned the same as surroundining property; it only had to be compatible with surrounding property.
DeleteThe lawsuit filed by Baird in November of 2011 took Government Code out of context. EUSD and the City failed to honor the Naylor Act, which is Education Code also referenced in Government Code on which the bogus lawsuit relied . . . The lawsuit was a tool. EUSD was a hammer; Baird is the tool and four trustees and three council members are nails in the coffins of public trust.
The Naylor Act mandates that 1/3 of surplus school sites must be offered for open space, to the City and County, in this case, for donated land, at 25% of its market value, as set by an appraisal in the same zoning, using local comps, and in the current time frame; not market value as set by a game of poker played by a pro-development superintendent, intent on using his "fiduciary obligation" to cheat the public through backroom deals.
Baird tried doing the same thing in Ojai, but failed, left town to come and do it here, with a huge raise in pay.
Baird's violating the Brown Act, right and left. It's not okay.
If you are right, then why would EUSD make R15 upzoning a condition of sale in option 2 of the auction rules?
DeleteIt would be pretty stupid to guarantee upzoning to bidders if you thought the outcome was in question.
Maybe they were wrong, but EUSD clearly believes they had a strong case for rezoning. Privately, two council members have conceded the same.
Had the City not purchased PV, the most likely outcome was a rezone to R15, sale to a developer, and lots of housing units.
From Lisa's Facebook page. Can anyone understand this woman? I don't think any "shrink" could understand her.
ReplyDeleteCouncilmember Lisa Shaffer
44 minutes ago
Just read another misinformation hit piece. Sigh. For the record, the strawberry fields off Manchester are already zoned RESIDENTIAL and the owners could sell at any time to a developer. Although they appear on the City's map of "candidate sites" for increased density, I would not support, and I don't think anyone else would either, including them in any recommended housing element update. In fact, as part of the I-5 widening project, Caltrans is actively trying to purchase the strawberry fields and put the bulk of the land into a conservation easement in perpetuity as an offset to the impact of a parking lot and lagoon access facility there. So again, I implore you, don't believe everything you read. Much of it in this campaign season is incorrect and intentionally inflammatory.
The strawberry fields are not zoned for hyper denisty housing, that is being pushed by Shaffer
DeleteAnd if she and "anyone else" would not support including them in the housing element update, what is it doing on the map? She absolutely cannot grasp the concept that staff works under the direction ultimately of Council. Instead of complaining "sigh" about the supposed "hit pieces," why isn't she getting that map corrected? It's been out since last September...what's her hold up??
DeleteShe is a SHAM.
Did Shaffer explain why she said Kranz saved Pacific View from a housing development when it is zoned semi-public?
DeleteDid Shaffer explain why she claimed she was making progress on quiet zones when she took $300,000 away from projects?
2:39 Thank you for making my point. PV has been around for along time. That is why Kranz Barth and Shaffer did nothing for all of 2013 even though they had a majority- they wanted to put their interest before the public-
ReplyDeletePV is a political election tool to appoint Barth, a vote for Blakespear or Kranz is a vote for Barth-
IF GASPAR or CAMERON WINS, IT'S BECAUSE THE "GENERAL" PUBLIC WANTS EITHER ONE TO BE OUR MAYOR. Please no more excuses! It's call democracy.
ReplyDeleteWHAT?!?!
DeleteI CAN'T HEAR YOU, BECAUSE I AM RIDING A HARLEY WITH STRAIGHT PIPES WHILE LISENNG TO SPEED METAL AT FULL VOLUME ON MY IPOD, AND THERE'S A MARHIBG BAND OVER THERE!
If I have learned anything from political talk shows, it's this: if you don't have the best argument, win with volume.
An article appears in the Encinitas Advocate. I don't know how to link it, but here is the title. It's written by Barth and Shaffer:
ReplyDeleteLetter to the editor: Can we tell the truth?
It's pretty amazing. hard to believe that one of these women has a Ph.D.
It is a slick piece of PR that neither of them possibly could have written. Barth's not that good and it's missing Shaffer's hallmark snipes at residents who dare question her actions or the city's motives.
DeletePhD = piled higher and deeper. Don't be impressed by titles - they usually don't mean much. Barth and Shaffer are both bone heads.
Delete"personal slurs".....? Sounds a little paranoid to me.
DeleteI think that the title tells it all.
ReplyDelete"Can we tell the truth?"
That's what we have been wondering!!
Council representatives Barth and Shaffer didn't explain how they could write a commentary representing the city official stance without all the council approving it. Barth and Shaffer are ethically and morally challenged. They are backstabbers and liars.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone choose to elect a known and proven BULLY?
ReplyDeleteAre you talking about when Tony confronted the guy with the "fuck America" sign?
DeleteNo and you trolled this last week. Put down the bottle and your memory may improve.
DeleteTony has attempted personal physical attacks with more than one person. And, that is a fact. The only reason it didn't work, is because the other person Kranz was trying to physically attack walked away.
Delete6:49, sorry you got blamed for my "trolling" last week. 8:43 thinks there's only one person who knows the real reason why Tony confronted the Hershey squirt jerk downtown.
Delete8:43, Let's make a deal. You don't endorse people who carry signs saying F our country, and I won't endorse anyone carrying a sign saying F your mom. Some signs get to people, huh?
DeleteKranz isn't very bright - it is a sad testament that dunces like
DeleteDalager, Kranz, Gaspar and Shaffer can be elected. Fido, the beach dog, would be a better candidate.
4:35, write in Fido, please.
DeleteCouncilwomen Barth and Shaffer are hiding from residents very important information on their new innovative housing element update/up-zoning.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that Gus Vina signed 5 different contracts with outside marketing consultants to push through a YES vote on up-zoning. Because each contract was under a $100,000 it never came before the council and on an agenda for public comment. Presently, the contracts total at least a quarter of a million dollars.
Think that all five of the council knew nothing about?
Barth and Shaffer have known all along about Vina. That is why they looked the other way at Vina withholding tax information
DeleteI can't wait to see the information
Does Encinitas have a free press? Kydd, the Advocate and te Seaside courier are errand boyus. Arron, Barbara and Jared do a good he said/she said reporting, but they could care less about investigative journalism
Thank goodness we have WCV
When and how is the vote on up-zoning proposed - on the 2016 ballot?
DeleteThe consultant hasn't written it yet. She is very, very good at what she does.
DeleteThe majority of the people on this blog were big supporters of Kranz and Schaeffer last time 'round. Not sure if this was the same "hope and change" vote that won Barry the peace prize, but I think that you all need to be honest and ask yourselves, how have Tony and Lisa really worked out? Sure, Stocks and Dalager are gone, but is Encinitas better off today than it was 4 years ago? How about the Pacific View purchase? and the sales tax proposal? and Hall Park? and Pension reform? Developer influence (prop A)? Bottom line: it really doesn't matter. Whoever gets assimilated into the council will be a pawn for Gus (or whoever the next city manager is). If you think otherwise you are only fooling yourself. Give it up, folks....
ReplyDeleteSheila and Julie will not be "assimilated into the council [and] be a pawn for Gus." Tony and Gaspar already are and, if elected, Blakespear will be. You want change for the better in city government? Elect Sheila and Julie.
DeleteSheila can't win, haven't you guys paid attention to politics in town the last 15 years? Do you really think someone who hasn't been in office in 14 years has a shot? Here's how often people have been returned to office in Encinitas: Never....
DeleteHere's what you really have to ask yourself this time: It's Tony or Kristin, which is the the least offensive choice? If Sheila was together, and really wanted to make a run at winning, she could have declared early, raised money, gathered support and put a website together. She did none of the above, so I wouldn't delude myself that she has a chance at victory.....
DeleteSigned - Gus!
DeleteNo, signed someone who's worked on about 5-6 campaigns. Don't worry, I will be back in early Nov. to say I told you so....
DeleteOK, 8:57, ignore the fact that Kranz filed at the last minute and before filing himself asked Shaffer to run for mayor instead of him.
DeleteIF YOU REALLY WANT CHANGE, VOTE FOR SHEILA AND JULIE! ANYTHING ELSE IS A COP OUT.
ReplyDeleteVoting for Sheila is a cop out because she's going to come in third. Sheila running is a cop out by her unforturnately....
Delete8:54 each person has a vote that is of value to them, each person should vote for the candidate that represents their values
DeleteTony Kranz and Blakespear do not represent my values- Kranz has proven to be a liar and Blakespear has taken the support of Liar's-
The only cop out here is voting for candidates who lie- you might support liars don't expect us to join you. Just beacuse you don't value your vote doesn't mean we should value ours.
Gaspar will be representing your values if she wins, that's the reality.
DeleteAll candidates lie, otherwise it wouldn't be politics...
DeleteSo many people saying Sheila can't win. Guess what. If you all voted for her, maybe she would win!
DeleteThe following information is from the city's myEncinitas website. Anybody who has a street address can look up zoning, ownership and other information about any parcel in the city.
ReplyDelete3107 Manchester Ave. is the western parcel of the two that make up the strawberry fields. It's a polygon. It's behind the U76 station, which is a separate parcel. 3107 is owned by Tom Alvin of San Diego. It's 21,500 square feet. An acre in 43,560 sq ft, so the parcel is just under 1/2 acre. The zoning is Rural Residential 2. Max density is two per acre, mid-range density is 1.5 per acre. Max height is 22 feet or two stories, whichever is lower.
3111 Manchester is the eastern parcel of the two that make up the strawberry fields. It's a polygon, almost a triangle. It's owned by Yasuda Family LLC of Cypress, CA. It's also 21,500 square feet, which is just under 1/2 acre. The zoning is Rural Residential 2. Max density is two per acre, mid-range density is 1.5 per acre. Max height is 22 feet or two stories, whichever is lower.
Since the max density is two per acre, the mid-range density is 1.5 per acre and each parcel is under 1/2 acre, it would seem that only one residence can be on the land, and its height cannot exceed 22 feet.
If SANDAG or anybody else wanted to use any part of the property, the owner(s) would have to agree to sell, or the property would have to be taken by eminent domain.
If the owner(s) sold part or all, and if some of the land were to be used for high density residential development, it would have to be upzoned. Per Prop A, that would require a public vote. My bet is upzoning that land would never be approved by the public.
SANDAG's announced use of part of the land for a park and ride and an easy access ramp to I-5 is premature and presumptuous. In fact, that characterization applies to their whole $6.5 billion North Coast corridor transportation plan. They have a small fraction of that enormous sum. They think they'll get grants for the rest.
Then there's the CNFF lawsuit that SANDAG appealed. If the lower court's opinion is upheld, the project stops dead. If SANDAG goes the the state Supreme Court, the project is in limbo till that decision comes down.
The basis of the CNFF lawsuit is that the project doesn't meet state mandated greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements. By widening I-5 and guaranteeing more and growing traffic, GHG emissions can't be reduced. They can only increase.
The upzoning will be embedded in the Housing Element Update that the council will be sure to frighten and cajol residents into voting to pass. No Prop A protection where residents may judge a project on its merits; no, with the Housing Element Update, the council wants you to close your eyes, vote yes, then learn later what kind of high-density projects you already approved.
DeleteThere was never a question of the city trying to make an end run around Prop A...just how they go about trying to brainwash us remains to be seen.
10:15 PM:
DeleteI think you misunderstand what the city is planning to do for the 2016 Housing Element Update vote. It will be a vote on upzoning parcels, which is required by Prop. A. Otherwise there wouldn't be a vote. The city will be bundling a group of parcels for upzoning as a simple YES or NO vote for the package. There will not be a vote for each separate parcel. Prop. A doesn't require it. The Strawberry Field could be included in the package, as they are already on the city map of selected properties for upzoning. It's a clever way to to include parcels that would probably be rejected individually by the voters for upzoning.
The details of the 2016 vote are not known yet, but likely it will be to upzone to mixed-use R-30 or R-45 with a height increase to 3 stories or more. These details were discussed in the GPAC and ERAC meetings. The goal is to get the 1300 affordable units that Planning Director Jeff Murphy says we need.
I don't know where you get your square-footage figures for the two larger parcels at the Strawberry Fields. A glance at the physical properties indicates they are much, much larger. An average residential parcel in west Encinitas is probably less than ½ acre. Newer developments have lots of 8000-10,000 sq.. ft. Think Village Park or most areas of old Encinitas, Cardiff, and Leucadia. If the properties are developed as Density Bonus projects, mid-range density goes out the window and density is calculated with the maximum density. Look at the project at Santa Fe and Lake in Cardiff -- it's density bonus with an RR-1 zoning on around 11 eleven acres.
SANDAG's plan for a park and ride and an easy access ramp to I-5 is NOT premature and presumptuous. Our city council is already on record as not opposing it. Public agencies always work to get plans approved years ahead to catch the public unaware. When opposition comes up, it's too late. SANDAG is ignoring the CNFF lawsuit and moving forward with their plans. They can easily get the property by condemnation using public benefit to justify it.
Sorry to paint such a gloomy picture, but your outline is too rosy and based on good intentions of all those involved. That's not the way it happens in the real world.
As 10:15 said, the info is straight from the city's website. Look for yourself. If it's wrong, the city's figures are wrong.
DeleteIf the CNFF prevails in appeals court, SANDAG can't ignore the ruling. They're proceeding with planning and trying to get grants now because they think they'll prevail on appeal or if not then with the state Supreme Court.
The transportation project violates state law. SANDAG and CalTrans are not exempt from state law.
Go to the Keep San Diego Moving website and see how much of the $6.5 billion they actually have or are guaranteed to get. It's nowhere near the total.
I've looked at the city website. It gives 21,500 sq.ft. for the three larger parcels and 14,500 sq.ft. for the smallest one. You gotta be kidding! I've looked at many parcel on the city website. The information is riddled with errors.
DeleteA football field is 300 ft. X 150 ft. to give 45,000 sq. ft. Drive over to the Strawberry Fields, park, and walk the parcels. Only half a football field on each parcel?
I know the funding schedule for SANDAG's plan. I've been to all the meetings. You missed my whole point -- get everything approved as fast as possible and not worry about the funding. The project is then unstoppable when money becomes available. The Strawberry Fields are doomed to high density development if you sit on your hands now. But then I suspect you are connected with the development machine and want to lull the public into passivity. City staff has already recommended the Strawberry Fields to become a village center. That means urbanization and densification on that section of Manchester. Just what we don't need at the edge of the lagoon.
Linkage..
Deletehttps://thecoastnews.com/2014/04/city-notes-concerns-over-manchester-ave-underpass-and-parking-lot/
http://www.keepsandiegomoving.com/I-5-Corridor/I-5-EL-Schedule.aspx
"The I-5 Express Lanes project is financed through a combination of federal, state and local funds and is part of TransNet, the voter approved, half-cent sales tax initiative that helps fund transportation projects in the region. Currently, the project is fully funded through the environmental process. The total highway project cost is estimated at $3.3 billion and will be constructed in phases from 2013 through 2040. Three of the phases are currently fully funded through design: the extension of HOV lanes from Manchester to SR 78; the San Elijo Bridge replacement; and the construction of sound walls on private property from Manchester to SR 78."
The strawberry fields are zoned Rural Residential 2. If the city site is wrong at 21,500 sq ft each, what are the correct sizes of the Alvin and Yasuda parcels? Whatever that acreage is, the zoning is two residences per acre.
DeleteUpzoning requires a public vote under Prop A or some chicanery to get around Prop A. Will the public go for that? There's no state law to fall back on as there is with density bonus.
Note the careful wording on the KSDM website.
The Transnet tax generates about 15% of SANDAG's transportation money. The rest is state and fed grants. Funding through the enviro and design processes is not funding the construction, which is the lion's share of the $6.5 billion.
Will the city go along with SANDAG to take the park-and-ride property by eminent domain? Would that be a popular thing for City Council politicians to do?
On top of that, what will SANDAG/CalTrans do if the CNFF lawsuit is upheld on appeal? It sure seems it will be because the I-5 plan violates state law.
Delete"I suspect you are connected with the development machine and want to lull the public into passivity."
Delete100% wrong. Get your brain in gear!
6:01 The "three larger parcels"? There are three parcels. Alvin's is west, Yasuda's is east, and U76 borders Alvin's on the south side.
DeleteBarth: "One of my post-retirement projects is to get rid of all the unnecessary 'stuff' we have accumulated over the years!"
ReplyDeleteShe didn't run for council or mayor as some on this blog insisted she would, and if the election results in an empty council seat, it won't go to Barth.
Idiots and assholes.... That's your council.
ReplyDeleteWho cares what Barth does in " retirement"?? The only question worth asking is what is her pension and did she earn it?? And no, simply because you show up to work at your govt job doesn't mean you have a right to suck at the govt teat every day until you die.
Don't forget the health insurance she will get as well.
Delete5:58 The point is she's retiring! She's not going to be appointed to a vacant council seat. Get a brain!
DeleteShe was on our City Council for two terms at a pittance salary. Her pension from Encinitas will be tiny. Her fair board pension is another matter.
Leave people's pensions they earned somewhere else out of it. Americans have become a bitter lot, "Look what someone else got".. Bwaah!
DeleteI don't think the pension is signifigant for council. Being on the council, outside of the good committee and board assignments, is basically a volunteer job, staffed by retired people. You get paid about 12-14k a year plus travel money....
ReplyDeleteThose Board assignments really add up, such as for SANDAG, NCTD, and MWD (Metropolitan Water District)
DeleteThat's why Jim Bond was always on the Water Board, it paid the best.
DeleteHe liked water with his boubon...
DeleteThis is interesting: http://www.hcd.ca.gov/hpd/hrc/plan/he/status.pdf
ReplyDeleteEncinitas and Carlsvad are the only two towns in the county out of compliance with housing element law.
Assuming Carlsbad completes their process, it will be tough to convince voters to vote no in 2016.
To minimize upzoning, we need to get serious and detailed about how to get granny flats counted.
Interesting lie the council and Murphy have been spreading: that we're the ONLY city out of compliance. Ha.
DeleteBarth's pension is primarily based on her work at what was called the Del Mar Fair, for the California Agricultural District. So her Council retirement is added on to that. And she probably didn't have to pay into Social Security. Shaffer and her husband already have three or four Government pensions between them . . . What is significant about Council pension benefits is that they get them after only five years in office. City Hall staff must work much longer, I believe, to retire.
DeleteThere's nothing wrong with earning a pension. The issue is/or will be with how much people have to pay into the pension, whether it's fully funded etc. I can't blame anyone who played by the rules and got their pension.
DeleteThe pensions for CC members are tiny, get over it. I would agree they shouldn't get it after 5 years, it should be at least 10. The real issue is to me is there are no pensions now in the private sector, and your 401k is not going to perform the same way as a pension.
To me it's a case of "look over here" while they're screwing you right to your face with no raises, crappy benefits and a perpetual fear for your gig...
Pensions in the amounts of $150K and above are routine for small city (Encinitas) Administrators. It is exploitation of the system, as their jobs are not out of the ordinary. No one proposes to align these glossly over inflated pension amounts with a private sector equivalent. The current pension obligations are seldom to never addressed and it continues to pile up. It will only come as a citizen sponsored initiative - obviously the city councils go blind once elected.
DeleteDuplicity of the City Council and City Manager Gus Vina with the Housing Element -
ReplyDeleteCouncilmembers Barth and Shaffer are covering up a backdoor scandal by Gus Vina and his signing of contracts that should have been daylighted so residents could decide if they wanted the Council to spend $250,000 of taxpayers money on consultants.
In a city letter to one of consultants, Winter and Company of Boulder, Colorado, the Encinitas planner said -
Upon signature and return, this correspondence will serve as an amendment to the original contract, executed on June 25, 2014, between the City of Encinitas and Winter & Company for professional services related to the Housing Element Update. This amendment provides for additional services,
as itemized in the Adjusted Scope, dated August 11, 2014 and attached as Attchment A, to include:
1. Council packet revisions;
2. Additional site sketch-up graphics;
3. City Council work sessions and presentations; and
4. An adjusted fee spreadsheet with allocated hours per task and expenses.
The base professional fee in the original contract was $78,248.00. This amendment will revise, the remaining base service tasks to be performed by Winter & Company and increase the fee by $14,896.00, for a total authorized contract budget of $93,144.00. The revised scope also provides for optional, additional tasks including technical assistance with open houses/workshops and/or work sessions with City CounciL. Per the original contract, optional
tasks will be performed only if authorized by the City. Please note that tasks resulting in a cumulative fee of $100,000 and greater requires City Council approval.
Question - Why is Gus Vina and the Council hiring consultants to do the work of the planning department?
And how is it that every contract falls just under Vina's threshold to disclose to the Council? The infamous Lew letter had Lew suggesting she and Vina "use the $100K number with the Council," and Vina happily agreed.
DeleteWhere oh where is the transparency the council promised us THIS TIME??? They keep doing the same shit over and over and expect a different outcome: the definition of insanity.
DeleteHello-
DeleteThis is unbelievable. I encourage all to look at the EU post by WCV that showed Barth's newsletter in March of 2014 promoting the lie that a tax survey would cost $20,000.00
Please note the projects that Barth (along with Kranz and Shaffer) used to promote the sales tax-
Wayside horns, rail quiet zones- all the while they have looted our money for consultants to serve themselves, not the community.
Andrew Audet
I agree with Andrew. The current Council including Barth, Gaspar and Dalakranz are all terrible . They support a City Manager with no leadership or financial common sense. That's part of the reason why Sacramento and Stockton are bankrupt. Vina is a F level City Manager.
DeleteWe need to fire Gaspar, Kranz, Shaffer and the who lot that support Vina. Unfortunately Crazy Cameron is a wacko, so we are forced to vote for others.
Use your head folks, this is your big chance to dump Gaspar, Tony is running from a safe seat, she is not. Tony will be one the council another two years no matter what.
DeleteTony still has a chance to turn things around, so don't waste your vote on Sheila....
Tony blew his chance to turn things around back when he opposed Prop A, voted against Desert Rose residents, took the Leichtag-related trip and voted to approve their zoning change without disclosing his relationship with pal Farley, and on and on...and on.
DeleteHad he behaved with integrity since taking office, there'd be no "turning around" necessary. He made his bed.
The "threshold" needs to be significantly lowered. Council should vote on contracts for $10,000 or more. This could be done as part of the Consent Calendar, and then the public, or a Council Member could pull a particular contract.
ReplyDeleteThe threshold WAS lower. A sneaky city manager and council at some point decided what we didn't know couldn't hurt us.
DeleteWhen my CPRA requests come in for some companies I have never heard of, and have no idea what they do, as I found nothing on Google about them, I''ll add to the discussion about what the City pays for and why? They are due by the end of next week.
DeleteWhen Encinitas files for bankruptcy, pensions can be slashed. Vina is a snake, propelling the city to a fiscal disaster. Hopefully, his $200K/yr pension is scaled back to $50K/yr - still too generous.
DeleteThis city isn't going bankrupt. Can I get you some hyperbole with that?
Deletethe city has $300 million in liabilitites- underfudned roads service by $47M, robbed $7M from funded projects, and just raised fees and tried to raise taxes-
DeleteIf the city is no BK it is getting close and in bad shape- oh yea, thanks to Kranx they are about to get a credit downgrade
But Kranz happy to parrot Vina and Barth's "city's finances are in fine shape" crapola. He has officially become "one of them" and part of the problem.
DeleteAgreed. Kranz is part of the problem, not the solution. Shame but true.
DeleteIf you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem" -E. Cleaver
DeleteFight the Power!
DeleteBest Votes for Encinitas this Election to rid of the the disease called Vina Rott:
ReplyDeleteMunawer “Mike” Bawany for Mayor
Brian Ziegler for City Council
These are the informed good votes for the election. Tell 10 of your friends and lets make this happen!
Vina rot = good.
DeleteYour endorsements = NOT
Neither of these gentlemen, who I know very little about, have any chance in this election. You at least have to have some signs, and more than a few neighbors who support you. If this is your big push, you're already too late.
ReplyDeleteLike Blakespeare or not, she's getting good advice on how to run a campaign.
-MGJ
Just got Ian Thompson call supporting Graboi and Cameron. HE has more credibility then the liar's club-
Deletealso just converted low information voters to waht's up with Blakespear's stack and pack enhanced future of Encinitas
Like it or not MGJ late breaking votes will go Graboi's way- the slot is not inherited - no matter how much land the Smith family owns
Ian is the recent past president of the Liar's Club. Who you kidding?
DeleteI obviously disagree with that assessment, but I am supporting Graboi. I just don't see her winning based on all the campaigns I've worked on in the past, she didn't get out early enough and I see the majority of support swinging the other way.
DeleteI hope I'm wrong.
-MGJ
And I'm not interested who owns what land or has been here the longest. There's enough to go on people's records and debate performances that I don't see the need to get into all the bitter sniping that fouls a lot of this blog.
DeleteDecide whether Graboi or Blakespeare meets your criteria and vote. The real issue is people don't vote...
-MGJ
Another issue is you don't know how to spell Blakespear. Why not sign your posts MGJE from now on?
DeleteOK, I will.
Delete-MGJE
Lolollllll. The only people more stupid than every council are the idiots that elect these fools...
ReplyDeleteEncinitas... Idiots and assholes.
9:02 you have described the whole of humanity there. It's not just Encinitas.
ReplyDeleteHYPER HYPER HYPER
ReplyDeleteWe prefer idiots by the sea, please!
ReplyDeleteMayberry by the Sea.
DeleteCrazy Cameron is definitely an idiot. Her vision of building a nice and safe Encinitas will have us looking like LA suburbs in 20 years.
ReplyDeleteShe is a has been with a backward vision. She might hate new development which is not necessarily bad, but she hates any change (even positive change) and is just part of the KLCC club.
Sad but true.
6:02am Charley, charley, charley, the only idiot you should be able to recognize around here, is in your own mirror everyday.
ReplyDeleteYou, in fact, are the one who is trying to bring a generic every beach town look and turn OUR 101 into a miles long strip mall that you will profit handsomely from.
Marvy Making Leucadia Crappier is deserved every time you bring up your made up name for those caring and dedicated citizens who aren't buying into your vision of OUR 101.
If you and your handful of profiteers would allow a true poll of residents most affected to be taken over the main components and specifically the roundabouts of Streetscape, you would get a dose of reality that you are in denial of.
Thanks L, your treatments must be working. Nice to know your vitriol is bubbling to the surface again.
DeleteWow L, Its obvious your grey matter is withering. that is best you have?
DeleteYou should give it up and enjoy a peaceful ending. Try and search for the nice things in the world. Not everything needs to be ugly and frightful. Try and break out the KLCC mentality.
You might want to role your wheelchair outside a bit, you'll get a better perspective of needing nice walkways.
Good luck and Peace out.
I do not see gaspar as honest in her claim about a "plan".
ReplyDelete"11:15, a private citizen started an online petition to stop ECR from receiving all the upzoning. When he presented over 1,000 signatures gathered in under two weeks, the Council had to take notice. Andreen/Gaspar/Stocks came after that."
This is not true. Andreen e blasted that ALL the upzoning was on ECR and then citizens responded to his misinformation.
There were areas all over the city that were identified, not just ECR, as Andreen blasted. The citizens responded to his misinformation.
And there was NEVER " a plan to up zone ECR" as gaspar states. There was a plan to identify areas throughout the city to accommodate state requirements of housing, not one area.
Andreen began the misinformation, as usual. He tried the same thing to stop the Leucadia Streetscape.
5:29am and 5:50am, that was not Lynn. It was me. Your OCD always unjustly leans her way. Sad sad sad creature poor charley boy. The only crappy club around here is you and your compulsions. Grow up.
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