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Encinitas Undercover
Covering civic issues, news, and the secret life of Encinitas
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Friday, March 21, 2025
RIP Ian Thompson
The widower of late councilwoman Maggie Houlihan.
I didn't know them much, but from what I can tell she was a gregarious hippie chick who settled here a long time ago and got a job as a bank teller. I don’t know how she got into politics, but she was beloved as a goofy, big-hearted council member, and mourned as she died from cancer.. Ian presented as a well-bred proper English guy. I gather they married later in life. He seemed in good health the last time I talked to him a couple years ago.
Monday, March 17, 2025
Another protest at Encinitas Tesla store
Fox 5:
UPDATE: Apparent vandalism to the cars reported on Facebook.
A protest took place outside the Tesla dealership in northern San Diego County on Saturday as community members rallied against federal funding cuts while protests took place simultaneously across the country.
A crowd lining the street outside the Tesla dealership in Encinitas could be seen holding signs with messages like “boycott Tesla” and “save social security” at 1302 Encinitas Blvd Saturday afternoon.
UPDATE: Apparent vandalism to the cars reported on Facebook.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025
Blackwell owned stock in developer whose project she approved
Coast News:
A former Encinitas City Council member may have violated state conflict-of-interest laws by voting to approve a project from a real estate developer in which she held investments, according to campaign finance experts.
Allison Blackwell, who served on the council as the District 1 representative from January 2023 until the end of last year, cast multiple votes in favor of the Piraeus Point development during her time in office.
Since Blackwell had a living trust set up with a significant investment holding in Lennar Corporation — the real estate developer behind the Piraeus Point — these votes appear to have violated conflict of interest rules set by the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), according to multiple former FPPC regulators interviewed by The Coast News.
Pedestrian killed by elderly driver in Leucadia
Behind Just Peachy:
A pedestrian died in Encinitas Sunday evening after being struck by a vehicle at about 6 p.m., a sheriff’s official confirmed.
The collision occurred on Jupiter Street near North Coast Highway.
The person who died was an adult. No other information was immediately available.
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