Saturday, April 5, 2014

Barth out!

Many had expected Mayor Barth to run against Council Member Kristin Gaspar for the city's first elected (as opposed to council-appointed) mayor.

From Barth's e-mail newsletter this morning:
After months of discussion with friends and family, I have decided not to run for re-election.

When I first ran in 2006, I said two terms (8 years) were appropriate for local office. However, the addition of a voter elected Mayor added a twist to my previous position.

While many people have encouraged me to run for Mayor, I stand by my original commitment to my family and the voters to only serve two terms.

My most sincere thanks to the many people who supported me these past eight years. I am especially grateful for those who continued to support me even when we disagreed on individual issues. Thank you for not resorting to the inflammatory rhetoric that currently pervades public discourse.

Additionally, I have an opportunity to work with an enthusiastic group of people involved in creating a non-partisan alliance for positive civic engagement. I believe I can be a more effective as a private citizen rather than an elected official. I will share more with you as the project moves forward.

For the remaining 8 months of my term I will continue to be actively engaged in the issues of importance to the community.

Gratefully, Teresa
We thank Mayor Barth for her years of service, and look forward to her continued involvement in our community.

152 comments:

  1. I supported candidate Barth based on her promised committment to trust and transparency. During her tenure as Mayor she has not lived up to those principles. She owns her failures, not the public.

    Mayor Barth signed her name to a ballot statement that promoted lies and was distributed to every voter in the city becuase it suited her interests and she would ahve us belevie she is 'non-partisan'. When residents went to city hall and asked Mayor Barth to produce the code forever banning 5 story buildings she could not.

    Mayor Barth also gave city manaegr Vina a hall pass during his job review. In 2012 Vina cancelled a city council meeting without having the authority to do so. When residents asked Vina to produce the city code empowering him to cancel a meeting he could not. One week after cancelling the meeting Tim Baird of EUSD went before the council and asked why the city had not scheduled a meeting to discuss Pacific View.

    Most recently Mayor Barth looked the other way at city manager Vina failing to disclose to the public and other council members important information he possessed about the true estimated costs of the Lew Edwards group. After this failure to disclose financial information to the public City Manager Vina no longer has credibility to serve the residents of the community.

    I for one am incredibly disappointed with Mayor Barth's job performance. It is my opinion her decision not to run is a selfish one- she knows the city is in horrible financial shape and the long awaited train wreck is edging closer to fruition. With the Barth / Vina plan to raise taxes scuttled she knows in the next 2 years the bill for a decade of mismanagement and deceipt at city hall is going to come do and that she - along with Stocks and Dalager- will be held responsible. I think she is getting out now just ahead of the train wreck.

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  2. Inflammatory rhetoric? How about unmasking someone who has zero integrity, plays victim at every turn, and cannot lead? No tears will be shed. In fact the bars will be hoppin tonight I'm afraid.

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    1. What is the proper response to a person who asks people for financial and political support then turns her back once she is in the big chair? Is it "inflammaroty rhetoric" to expose her pattern of lies to cover for Gus Vina? Why is it worse for people to talk about her untruths than for her to invent them?

      I hope that she does something to try to restore what little is left of her reputation in this city.

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  3. Not gonna run??? But she makes such a great rhubarb pie...
    Mayberry by the Sea.

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  4. How much will the city have to put out for her pension?? That's the real news. Add it to her 30 years working for the fair grounds....of course she could change her mind like Bond did several times.
    Hey come to think of it James Bond for council.... He's tan, he's rested, he's ready. AND he still has the same lame campaign signs in his garage.

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    1. Not very much, she's a council person, not the city manager.

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    2. James Bond is certifiably senile.

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  5. Why not get out now before she makes any more bad decisions that will affect our city. I voted for her as well, and what a mistake. She owns and deserves any bad rhetoric that is being said about her time on the council. She turned out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing. She can take her non-partisan alliance or whatever she wants to call it and put it where the sun doesn't shine. We don't want any more Barth mentality in this city. I wish she would take Gaspar with her.

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  6. 8 years of Barth, 8 years without a streetscape in Leucadia, own it. Good riddance.

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    1. Ironic and revealing of your ignorance, 11:09, Barth was a strong, vocal supporter of Leucadia Streetscape. She was behind paying Norby $100K+ per year and giving L101MSA $30K per year to help bring Streetscape about. She likes roundabouts, even when they're nonsensical, meaning one lane in a four-lane highway. She was behind one-laning 101 north of Leucadia Blvd. and, eventually, south all the way to Encinitas Blvd. So, yes, good riddance, but not for the reason 11:09 blindly gives.

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    2. 11:54- you are blind to reality. Own it.

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    3. Oh really, 12:10, maybe you'd like to explain how 11:54's comments are not reality.

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    5. I'm the 8 years Barth has been on the council, Solana Beach has proposed, designed, reviewed and constructed their streetscape on the 101. 'Nough said. Own it.
      Btw- SB streetscape is light years ahead of the CRAP on the 101 in Leucadia. Again, OWN IT!!

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    6. There's 5 people on the council folks. For years Stocks, Bonds and their gang have shafted Leucadia. Teresa always backed us. Whether you consider her effective in getting something done on Streetscape is another matter.

      I for one think she made the right decision. 8 years should be enough for any council person. Unfortunately Teresa didn't prove to be a great mayor during her time in the main seat.

      Now the question is, who can we get to run against Muir or Gaspar? God knows we don't need either of them in the lead seat..

      -Mr Green Jeans

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    7. His name was and still is Bond, James Bond. Singular, not plural. At least 3:54 got that right.

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    8. 12:21- lololololllllolololoooololol.

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    9. Yeah, waytago Solana Beach. What a BIG visual difference. I love the extra stop lights. They help people get through your town quicker, burn less gas and save more lives than any other form of traffic improvement according to the U.S. Dept of Transportation and car insurance companies. If only you had 10 opportunities to stop and wait like Del Mar I might visit there more.

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    10. Fred , 10 years from now while your still staring at weeds and dirt remember your posting on this blog.

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    12. Wanna bet? No. You'd have to reveal your identity.

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    13. Fred, everyone I know, except you, appreciates the PCH streetscape through Solana Beach, now that it's finally gotten past the construction phase, which was very hard on businesses there, and commuters, too.

      Here, people would get very frustrated were they forced to slow down to 15 MPH (at the most), repeatedly, or come to a complete stop, during peak seasonal periods, because traffic would become gridlocked through four one-land roundabouts. Motorists would AVOID using 101 to get to a "destination point" such as your shop. Why do you think both Del Mar and Solana Beach decided AGAINST roundabouts? Those cities wanted to honor the opinions of locals, their citizens.

      Our City has been taking steps to get rid of weeds and dirt, as have individual merchants. NCTD has assisted in getting rid of goat-head thorns, and more recently, removing old growth oleander bushes. These bushes were the size of small trees; they were killed off by a deadly bacterium spreading throughout southern California, carried by "Sharp Shooter insects, infecting and slowly killing oleanders on both private and public property.

      Roundabouts are NOT beautification. We support beutification and canopy enancement, not back-in diagonal parking and roundabouts pushed by roundabout lobbyists Peltz and Associates and the Board of Directors of L101MA, but not a majority of merchants.

      The U.S. Dept. of Transportation does recommend roundabouts in some scenarios. Our situation, here, adjacent to and on 101 through Leucadia, is not amenable to narrow, one-lane roundabouts. They would cause more cut through traffic, slower emergency response times, and more back-up, leading to gridlock on the highway during peak traffic periods.

      Local collision stats also do NOT support roundabouts, as I have detailed, previously here, and to the City, statistics provided through the City's own agenda report for the 7/18/12 Council Meeting.

      Yes, Stocks, Bonds and Dalager wanted to shaft Leucadia by declaring Leucadia BLIGHTED, so a redevelopment agency could be set up, here. Do you know who was also all for that prospect, of declaring us blighted? Peder Norby, whom Teresa supported, whole-heartedly, and also Charles Marvin, on the Board of L101MA, and any other frequent complainers about how "crappy" Leucadia is, how we are filled with weeds and dirt, going so far as to designate which allegedly crappy people belong to Crappy Pappy's delusional club, by his exclusive crappy appointment. LOL!

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  7. Stay classy Encinitas

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  8. Best news I've heard in a long time. I know a ton of people who would escort her to the door.

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  9. I liked he way better than $tock$.

    Thank you Teresa Barth!!

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    1. Any one was better than that idiot, but Barth didn't come through as she campaigned. That makes for extreme lack of integrity. She deserves no thanks for leaving this city with more debt. Shame on her.

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  10. Look, Barth is not out.

    Now, Barth is doing the exact same thing that Stocks did 2 years ago: she is publicly stating that she is out of the running: but when her supporters realize she is their only chance for Mayor, Barth will be suddenly be so 'loved' by her fickle supporters that she will jump back in the race for council at the last moment and not being able to raise any money, will have to demonize her opponents to have any chance of overcoming Taxes/Pacific View on her resume.

    By claiming she is 'out' of the next race, the target moves elsewhere.

    Barth is not out.

    Bet money on it: she is just a little 'down' because not everyone, aside from maybe 100 residents, thinks it was a good idea to have thrown ten mil away on a property that will cost untold millions to clean up and renovate: meanwhile there are roundabouts, life guard towers and a buncha stuff ahead of PV on the funding wish list. Trapped in an echo-chamber.

    This is what comes of listening to Barth's supporters that couldn't recognize the elementary school district's obvious bluff at the political poker table.

    She called overspending the 10 mil 'a risk'; and now political retirement is her reward?

    Don't believe it.

    Ehlers, Audet and Bonde are probably on her front porch, hats in hands as we post here.

    FPPC violations are keeping all of them on the sidelines.

    Post Script: Have to laugh at Lisa Shaffer's emphasizing public safety after she led the charge to spend the 3 mil allocated to renovate/retrofit the Moonlight Beach lifeguard tower: and then some and now Lisa wants the public to believe she is really dedicated to public safety. Actions speak louder than words, Lisa.

    Also had to laugh at Barth talking positively lately about the Community Park when she did everything privately possible to stop it. Not an idiot. Just no political or problem-solving skills.

    But she is not done. Her hat will be in the ring: this is strategy, period.

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    1. I'll take that bet, who are you?

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    2. Jerome - you sound ridiculous, of course you might be mikey from oceanside. You may be right, Barth may run, I think she will. You are wrong about the thousands of one time supporters and the hundreds of one time supporters who will actively campaign against her. The citizens you mention have more integrity then any sitting or recently past council members.

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    3. Neither Bonde, Ehlers or Audet were likely to run. Ehlers already ran quite a few years ago, your Andreen=ness or Jerome-ness. I would still take Teresa over anyone from Teams Stocks/Bonds, which sadly isn't saying much at this point. If anyone knows about violations, it would be Andreen from his time at the Chamber of Commerce.

      Beat it back to Oceanside or whatever hole you crawled out of. Talking FFPPC violations with anyone from the out of town money squad is laughable.

      The school situation has plenty of blame to go around, since it came up years ago you could name every single council person from that era through today for failing to have the leadership to make that deal. Teresa did get that done, and time will tell if it's a wise investment, but that property should stay with the city, and she did make that happen.

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  11. Don't let the door hit you in the backside.

    Barth may have finally realized that she hit the Peter Principle, that she doesn't have the aptitude to be a successful mayor. She has shown over and over that she is not a leader, that she mainly wants ego-driven photo ops.

    She ignored her promises to the citizens, working in so many contradictory ways against citizens' wishes.

    Again, another mayor leaving City Hall, I hope never to be seen there again because of all her failures and lies.

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  12. Wrong, 1:13, Barth is out. If you had been paying close attention for the past few years, you'd know that.

    If the roundabouts you mentioned are those proposed for Leucadia 101, they have next to nothing to do with City finances. Their funding comes from TransNet through SANDAG. Cost is about $1 million each.

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    1. With a minimum of $20 Million proposed for five roundabouts as part of the unwanted current "plan," which does not yet have a Coastal Development Permit, each roundabout would be far more than $1 million.

      How much was spent, in total on Phase One of the Leucadia Blvd. roundabouts? The money to complete that project, with Phase Two, and eliminate the stop sign at Hygeia, as promised, also installing landscaping and sidewalks, went instead to the roundabout project being pushed by the Board of Directors of L101MA for the so-called N101 Streetscape.

      Two different surveys done of Leucadia Merchants, extending to A Street, as the L101 Streetscape is planned, one survey through Leucadia Neighbors, which supported Prop A and supported dumping Stocks, and another by Mike Andreen, and the Chamber of Commerce, who opposed Prop A and had supported Stocks' re-election, both surveys indicated that a majority of actual business owners and an even larger majority of residents oppose four one-lane roundabouts and lane elimination for motorists on Highway 101, through Leucadia.

      The Survey done at City Hall, at the most widely attended workshop, in October of 2008, "facilitated" by roundabout lobbyists Peltz and Associates and Diane Langager, Senior Planner, also indicated that over 60% of those filling out the survey did not support roundabouts and did not want Council to go forward with any plan that included five roundabouts and lane elimination on Historic State Highway 101.

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    2. The cost strictly for installing the one-lane roundabouts is $1 million each.That figure is based on what the other three cost to install.

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    3. Teresa Barth loved/loves hobnobbing with the 101 Mainstreet Associations. She even got a city paid ticket to New Orleans, last year, to fly to the convention, Mainstreet USA. She has shown prejudice in favor of her insider connections on these business groups, through a few members of L101MA's Board of Directors, and previous 101 Coordinator, Peder Norby, in particular, and against her constituents, LOCAL residents, commuters and actual business merchants.

      Business merchants know they can't afford people avoiding the highway, during a long construction process, or after, when Highway 101 would become so obstructed, it would bottleneck, and back-up much worse than it already does. Barth couldn't understand, or use logic and common sense to realize that commuters, including tourists, would AVOID touring up and down that part of Highway 101, were Historic State Highway to be reduced to one lane northbound and one lane southbound through 4 one lane roundabouts at a MAX speed of 15 MPH.

      Barth couldn't relate to or understand adjacent residents' concerns about increased cut through traffic and slower emergency response times, should the four one-lane roundabouts be installed.

      The Mayor failed to understand that the speed limit has already been reduced to 35 MPH and collision stats do not support alleged "traffic calming measures," that are unwarranted by statistics presented through the State, by City Traffic Engineers.

      The Mayor failed to understand the directive given to her by the California Coastal Commission on January 23, 2013, in a letter to the City written by San Diego CCC Director Deborah Lee, stating, unequivocally, that the City could NOT have an exemption for the mandatory Coastal Development Permit. The Mayor failed to understand or follow staff's resultant recommendation, after receiving the CCC letter, that northbound lanes be redrawn as two lanes, with Sharrows, as southbound 101 has been, from Leucadia Blvd. to La Costa, on PCH, while the City perfected its pending CDP process, design review, and accomplished the required LCP, General Plan and Specific Plan Amendments REQUIRED by our own General Plan, when a four lane major arterial in the Coastal Zone is reduced to a three lane configuration, for motorists.

      The Mayor did not understand that where there is a lane reduction on PCH, in Cardiff, that is a MUCH different scenario, as there are not thousands of residents and businesses on the west side of the Highway, there. Mayor Barth seemed to have no understanding of or compassion for residents who are experiencing more and more treacherous egress issues, when leaving their homes; residents who must use Coast Highway to go to and from the coast.

      Now the same few Directors of L101MA, who have lobbied ceaselessly, without reporting their lobbying on their Federal Tax returns, as required, are annoyed with Teresa Barth for agreeing to purchase Pacific View. I'm glad the City will purchase it. It's part of our heritage and our community character. The best and highest use would be a true community arts and learning center.

      It's still not too late for Mayor Barth to do some "damage control" for her reputation, but more importantly, damage control for our City's financial well being. She and Tony, in their self-appointed secret subcommittee meetings (another broken promise; secrecy and lack of transparency did NOT help arrive at a realistic purchase price) can now show some courage and determination; become good negotiators, after the fact. Stand up to Superintendent Baird and the Trustees (with the exception of Mo, who is ordered to recuse herself) and demand or finagle so that EUSD will carry the $10 Million loan for 30 years at 0% interest.

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    4. 2:08, thanks for explaining. But I don't think one can separate out the costs, "strictly" for building the roundabouts. The "promotion' expenses were huge, as is the planning process, including paying for the engineered plans, now, for Phase One, when Phase One Planning was part of the contracted services for which we have paid, through City coffers, to Peltz and Associates.

      Citizens were later informed that the plans designed and presented by Peltz and Associates, as part of their roundabout marketing, were not accurate, but were "cartoon drawings."

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    5. The City's own consulting traffic engineer testified that Streetscape 4A would divert up to 7,100 car trips per day from 101 to the freeway, Vulcan and Neptune. The figures are 4-5,000 to I-5, 2,000 to Vulcan and 100 to Neptune. Streetscape proponents conveniently ignore these figures.

      North of Leucadia Blvd. on Vulcan are a huge new apartment or condo complex, a public park and a pre-school. South of Leucadia Blvd. on Vulcan is a public elementary school.

      Is there any wisdom in forcing 2,000 car trips per day from 101 to Vulcan by clogging traffic on 101 with four one-lane roundabouts and converting the northbound lanes to one lane through the whole corridor? Of course not! But don't tell the proponents that. Their minds are closed to reason and logic.

      And any fool who wants more car traffic on Neptune, please stand up and be counted. Your minds will be pronounced as having turned to jelly.

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    6. 2:37, use the $1 million each as a starting point and extrapolate the rest from there.

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    7. Lynn,

      I will give you that last opus, but from now on can you just leave it at "I don't like Teresa or roundabouts". As for demanding something in politics, that generally doesn't work.

      I hope she has some successes before she leaves the city, and I thank her for her service. We have done a lot worse than Teresa: Stocks, Bonds, Dallager, Guerin, Muir, Gaspar all come to mind...

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    8. 2:49
      If people are stupid enough to take Neptune or Vulcan instead of 101 after Streetscape improves circulation on 101, they won't do it twice. People want to get through town as quickly as possible. That's what removing over 20 mandatory stops does. How do you not get that? On the other hand, the more stops you add to 101 (as would be the alternative), the more back up and cut through traffic you'd get for Northbound Neptune of tourists (who didn't know better) seeking an alternate route.

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    9. Ah, 2:49, you're one of the fools with jelly for brains! Thanks for standing up and having the courage to admit it!

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    10. As someone who spent many a summer day driving through all those stops, or taking 3rd street and Neptune to avoid them, I agree. Keep traffic moving, and you will avoid cut through traffic.

      Would motorists cut over to 101 if they thought it was fewer lanes and might be slower? The key is to keep them on the freeway. As it is, very few cut through drivers even know about Vulcan, because they're from out of the area.

      Let's look at Del Mar. In the summer it is literally backed up all the way through town from 4th Street to the Stops down on Coast. The smart commuters take a left at 4th and take the low road all the way through town, INCLUDING the alley by coast. It saves 20-30 minutes.

      If they had roundabouts that kept traffic moving, it might be different....

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    11. 3:39, I'm not going to state a personal opinion and "leave it at that," as I will continue to back up my opinions with facts.

      I don't like that Teresa Barth didn't keep her promises. I didn't say I don't like her; I've got compassion for all our Council Members. I'm grateful she kept her promise about serving only 8 years; she had stated at public forums that was her intention, in the past. Personally, I don't see how the possibility of being elected mayor changed that; but she made the right decision, for herself, her family and our city. However, there's still time for her to be a better negotiator on terms for Pacific View. The City can make demands, but skillfully. Superintendent Baird has made plenty of demands on us.

      With respect to roundabouts, because they would bottleneck the lanes on Highway 101, through Leucadia, down to one lane north bound and one lane southbound for all cars and bicyclists, would be road obstructions. They would NOT keep traffic moving. On the contrary, traffic, on a GOOD DAY, would be slowed down to 15 MPH, max, through one-lane roundabout after one lane roundabout. During peak seasonal periods, for which traffic before and after lane elimination has NEVER been monitored, traffic would slow down to a standstill.

      People get off the freeway for many reasons. They will continue to do so when there is slow-down and back-up on the freeway, especially if the I-5 expansion goes through.

      People living west of 101 MUST use 101, and are already being negatively impacted by the pre-mature and illegal lane elimination. Just repeating alleged panaceas that traffic would keep moving and no pedestrians have died in roundabouts, doesn't make one-lane three way T interesections, with no cross streets, adjacent to the RR on the east, and thousands of homes and businesses to their left, a good fit, here, through Leucadia. Pedestrians are NOT crossing where the one-lane roundabouts are planned, such as at El Portal. That's a TERRIBLE spot for a RR crossing, because the RR has been raised there, and there's a drainage ditch to the east of the tracks.

      Because of the pre-mature and illegal lane elimination and the unnecessarily wide 8 ft. bicycle lane, when bicyclists, INCLUDING IN BIKE LANES, are legally to ride single file, except when passing, we are not scheduled to get our section of the RailTrail Corridor bike and ped lane, as Cardiff will, from Chesterfield to G Street. That Rail Corridor bike lane is what makes Carlsbad's roundabout under construction much safer for bicyclists there, as they will have a choice, to use the rail trail, or go through the roundabouts with motor vehicles.

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    12. I meant, above, people will continue to get off the freeway, especially during construction, if the I-5 expansion goes through.

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      The freeway will be expanded and there will be growing pains. Likewise with Streetscape. But the outcome of both will be better circulation for all. 101 will never have the congestion of either Encinitas Blvd or Leucadia Blvd. We're a skinny business district on one side of a street (save for 5 or 6 of the 250 businesses). We need the current designated bike lanes. We need parking on the east side of 101. We need all of the traffic calming measures that Streetscape will bring along with BETTER circulation than we have now and roundabouts are designed for that very thing. Stops cause bottlenecking and chokepoints. Birdrock has 5 roundabouts within 5 blocks with MORE streets to service, and you complain about our 5 within 17 blocks (4 of which service only 3 streets.) Fine. You're on a quest pave the way for yet more stop signs and lights that are the true elements causing congestion - though you will forever deny that. A quest that also diminishes safety, efficiency, better aesthetics and costs everyone more time and money. But I'm still glad you like most of the plans for Streetscape's 4A.

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  13. Well this assures Gaspar is finished as all the focus will now be towards making sure she is not reelected. Brighter days for Encinitas lie ahead, citizens are uniting.

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    1. 1:34 I hope you are correct. Gaspar has her hands in too many pots and can't seem to juggle any of them. She has no business on the council as she lacks experience, depth, intelligence and leadership. She would be yet another "poor mayor" as we have had so many in the past. I hope she realizes that politics is "not her game" just as Barth has discovered. Talk is cheap; leadership is a different ball game.

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    2. Unlike you, right. You've got depth, experience and intelligence. The more you 28 activists get your way, the worse the city tanks. Think about it. You demanded Barth be Mayor. You got what you want. Still not happy?

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    3. 1:52. Amen, you nailed it on Gaspar. Politics is not her game. And 3:09, there are way more than 28 activists who aren't part of team Stocks/Bonds. We're everyone in this city who doesn't want out of character development, out of town money, 3rd party mailers and the stench of corruption that your side has left on this town in the last 25 years.

      Gaspar was a put up through her husband and her pals at the rotary club, along with huge, 3rd party contributions from out of town. Muir is the same, but with Fire Dept backing.

      Teresa worked grass roots all the way, with nothing but local support.


      Let's remember who upped the pensions, shall we? Teresa's name is not on that list...

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    4. 3:09 Unless you know what and to whom you are speaking, please refrain from making stupid comments. Doesn't bode well for your intelligence. I did not, and I repeat not, want Barth for mayor. Didn't demand it either. Just a handful of her little friends wanted her to be queen so that she could finally be happy. Looks like you can't count any higher than 28. High school drop out perhaps??

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  14. Sad for her, sadder for us she accomplished nothing but to show herself as lacking in integrity, unable to see past Vina's "cool eyeglasses," and ignoring of her campaign promises and what she said she would do.

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  15. I Agee.... Two new council members in November and then they can can Vina and get a real city manager....

    I am voting for anyone who commits to the highest priority of firing Vins.. ...!!!!

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    1. Yes, we need two NEW council members that are not joined at the hip like Gaspar and Muir. To re-elect Gaspar is bringing back someone like $tock$. Encinitas deserves better. Be gone Barth and Gaspar (and Muir when your time comes).

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    2. Joined at the hip with Muir? Is that possible?

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    3. Encinitas doesn't deserve better, you just cannot recognize the truth.

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    4. 3:07 Yes, Gaspar and Muir joined at the hip (little and big buddies of $tock$). What part don't you get? Encinitas deserves a hell of a lot better. You'll see come election time.

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    5. Gee, 4:03, you're so clever to spell Stocks with dollar signs. Clever enough to not even get the joke about its being impossible for anybody to be joined at the hip with Muir. He's rather large in that area, making it impossible to even find his hip. Get it now?

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    6. 4:34 What I get is that you are not that bright.

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    7. Gee 4:34 What I get is that you are not the brightest bulb and a poor joke teller.

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  16. Firing Vina....

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  17. Catherine Blakespear, an estate-planning attorney who lives in Cardiff, will be running for the council seat this year.

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    1. I hope Catherine Blakespear will explain her past position on Prop A, and her current thoughts on the Density Bonus law, as it is being (incorrectly, I feel) interpreted by the City.

      I very much appreciated what Catherine had to say about purchasing Pacific View, and thank her for her support through SavePacificView.org.

      Also, since Catherine is an attorney, I hope she could see the wisdom of getting a fresh perspective on Council, a fresh start, with a new city manager and a new city attorney, were she to be elected.

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    2. 2:30, ask her at a meet-and-greet or during a candidates' forum.

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    3. I will gauge her common sense by asking her what she thinks about Lword. If she saids she does not supports Haters and the KLCC than I will vote for her.

      If she listens to Haters and supports the KLCC, I will vote against her.

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    4. We'll see if she runs. It's all conjecture in until the deadline in July, although I think I'd want my campaign up and running right now..

      -Mr Green JEans

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    5. Good deal, 3:08. When you ask Blakespear those questions, you will reveal your identity. Then we'll know for sure who the moron is who persists in posting unbelievably stupid comments. Looking forward to meeting you so we can avoid you from then on.

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    6. Who runs, 3:31?

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    7. 4:07,

      Sweet… we already know the 5 Haters on the KLCC club. Bob, Sheila, Lword, Barbara, and Steve…. What a ugly circle jerk.

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    8. Confirmed, 4:45! You have devolved from moron to cretin.

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    9. Crappy Pappy is spewing and spurting out excrement again about his delusional poop club, to which he, scion of all fecal matter, has taken upon his soiled-self, to unilaterally appoint any and all members.

      Crappy Pappy is Master Hater-Baiter, for sure!

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  18. Fire Slimebine as well.

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  19. Happy Saturday everyone. Hope you are having a great weekend. Here's an idea to spice up your weekend. A new drinking game called: Lynncintias.

    Step 1: Prepare the frosty or toasty beverage of your choosing (alcohol optional).

    Step B: Tune in to Encinitas Underground.

    Step III: Every time Lynn mentions any of the following phrases, drink: roundabouts, T-intersections without rail crossings, single-lane, Brown Act, Naylor Act, Tim Baird, or 0% 30-year financing. Further, take a sip for every word in all caps, every off topic run-on sentence over 20 words, every post over 100 words, every time she attempts to speak for everyone, and every time she cites and then misinterprets a law.

    Warning: play the game responsibly. Know when to tap out, and do not plan to drive if you are going to play for more than 30 seconds.

    Enjoy the weekend.

    --TNG.

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    1. 3:29, your post is 145 words. You lose!

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    2. sure way to become an alcoholic if you play for over 1 hour. I'd be puking.

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    3. For a new guy you catch on fast.

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    4. Similar rules apply with Frencinitas, but the board is round.

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  20. Couldn't take the heat - good riddance!

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    1. 3:29 how lame to encourage more drinking after some young girl just was killed by a person driving under the influence. I suggest you not read Lynn's posts if you don't like what she has to say. That way, you might be able to stay clean and sober. Try it.

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  21. 3:29 sure sounds like our deposed and loathed EX-mayor, $tock$, no stranger to the bottle.

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    1. Yup 3:29 has got to be $tock$ or one of his little sidekicks. They all have the same low mentality and drink way too much. Just look at all the pounds they are gaining. Chug-a-lug. GULP.

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  22. $tock$, the squint eyed tyrant! Should use the image of his bloated face as a dart board game.

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  23. Now it's my turn to be offended. Stocks isn't witty enough to write this stuff.

    It's a joke folks--relax. Just good natured ribbing about the broken record repetition.

    If the mention of drinking in a joke gave you the vapors, then I sincerely apologize.

    --TNG.

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  24. The weird "have a nice day" sentiments sure sound like Sssstocksss; perhaps he's just hired a ghostwriter? The sentiments are sure classic JS.

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  25. 5:35 drinking is not funny, not even in a joke, and not after an innocent girl just died. Have some decency and compassion for someone. But, thanks for the attempt at an apology.

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  26. MAYOR STOCKS IS COMING AND ANONYMOUS INTERNET TROLLS WILL HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN.

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    1. $tock$ is a bad part of our city history and no longer matters. He is a dodo who sells insurance. Who in the hell would buy insurance from him? He is toast!

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  27. 6:05, that was a sad tragedy--no doubt about it. And I feel for the family. But drinking didn't cause her death. The failure to plan ahead, and the terrible decision to drive were the cause.

    --TNG.

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    1. Drinking impaired decision making and motor skills. It was a definite link in the chain of events.

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  28. 6:22 Interesting. The driver who was drunk (by drinking) did not cause her death. Tell that to her family.

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  29. Uh, try reading what the New Guy said. He is correct, connect the dots. A person went out drinking, and was not responsible enough to plan ahead and get a cab instead of driving. It probably should have read "drinking alone" was not responsible.

    The point remains the same, take personal responsibility for your actions. If you drink, don't drive. We all know the phrase. Let's keep that dialogue for that thread elsewhere. A national discussion of drinking in the U.S. is a vast topic that is bigger than the bar explosion in Encinitas....

    -Mr Green Jeans

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    1. 6:55 Would appreciate you not dictating what people can discuss when and where. I could say the same thing about some of your posts, but I have shut my mouth. Next time, I won't be so silent.

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    2. Please, save your outrage. As if I can make a magic wand and stop your prattle.

      My point was simple, discuss the booze question on that thread, as logic and common decency suggest.

      You can say whatever you wish, just trying to keep it on topic. Sorry to inject some common sense into the bitter hatefest, lol!

      -Mr Green Jeans

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  30. Stocks ego is big enough that he might think he can win - but he will be creamed. Barth iI tnink will run, I think this is a ploy to get Muir on the sideline and get Gaspar to run for Mayor, then Barth a will announce a mayoral run and partner with Blakespear on a ticket - rumor is Blakespear won't run against Gasapr if Gasapr runs for council. Wait for it, this is the plan. All one needs to do is have watched Barth at the March 12 meeting when Barth was scheming with Vina to get the tax increase survey approved - there is no way Barth is ready to leave politics, her ego is huge and she is power mad. This announcement is a ploy. You heard it here first

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    1. Green Jeans, the next time you get off topic you will be reminded to stay on topic of the thread. Can't wait to scold you because you are one of the worst offenders of that very thing.

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  31. 7:13 wrong. Barth has integrity unlike $tock$ and Bond.

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  32. Name one thing she ever did that showed integrity. Prop A? Desert Rose? Vina? Harassment debacle? Go ahead and try.

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    1. I have to disagree. I wanted PV. I was one of the people who openly wrote letters to the editors and spoke up that PV be bought under the Naylor act. Barth as Mayor could have made a motion in early 2013 or even early 2014 that the city take legal action and compell eusd to comply with the Naylor act - if nothing else it was a barganing chip - instead Mayor Barth listened to Sabine and residents got screwed again over paying for a property they should have had for less by law. PV is not a feather in Barth's hat is is an arrow through thd wallet of taxpayers

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    2. Running on her merits and not using hidden money to send out hit pieces every election...

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    3. Fred how does the city plan to pay for PV ?? And remember every $ spent on PV is one less $ spent on beautifying the median in front of your store.
      Ohhh, the city doesn't need to approve the streetscape to beautify your median...

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    4. hello we can all have opinions, that is great. I gave money to barth stood on corners and had a house meet and greet for her. she has no merits, the is not transparent and there is no trust - see vina, see prop a lies and the list goes on and on. she ran on lies

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    5. $abine should be fired for not negotiating a better arrangement for PV - this clown has been a disaster for the city. The Naylor Act was "negated' on account of botched leases??? This should have been on the City Attorney's radar. $abine is a liability.

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    6. One positive thing Teresa Barth did was to extend oral communications to 30 minutes, so ten public speakers, at the beginning of what she unilaterally and arbitrarily determines to be "regularly scheduled council meetings."

      She should well know, that the Brown Act defines regularly scheduled meetings for "legislative bodies," as those that have at least 72 hours official notice, to the public. Barth has wrongly disallowed oral communications at what she deems to be "Special Meetings," that have more than 72 hours notice, but are simply scheduled at a different location and/or on a different week in the month than what the City has determined to be "regular meetings."

      Non-agenda item public comments should be allowed at all Council Meetings that have at least 72 hours notice. What a failure the last so-called "Special Council Meeting Strategic Planning Session Workshop" was, with only one public speaker, and only 2-4 members of the public present, outside of staff, presenters from the Sheriff's Dept., and Council. The one solitary speaker was not allowed to make his comments until after 9:30.

      What a waste of time and resources, and a failure in leadership. I do not wonder that after that weak public turnout that Barth decided not to run for re-election, as mayor.

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  35. PV was a huge mistake. It delayed other needed high priority projects like the streetscape which is has a great return on investment. The week before they were discussing raising taxes…. now they go 10 million more in debt for a run down school site that will require many more millions.

    I wouldn't have voted for her anyway.

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    1. How many times does it has to be posted on the EU blog for it to sink in? PV and Streetscape are financially independent of each other. PV will probably be bonds. Streetscape has always been TransNet money from the countywide sales tax.

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    2. Not true… any money paid to PV is money that could have and should have when to Streetscape. If the City was going to go into more DEBT, it should have done so on a project that could pay back the cost of the improvements. 8:56- You are completely wrong.

      Now we have more loan payments that will take more general fund that is not available for any other project.

      This Council and City Manager suck!

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    3. 8:56 is completely correct, and if 9:41 was not so lazy, he/she could easily find out that the $20 million projected cost for Leucadia Streetscape is TransNet money through SANDAG. It's not City money.

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    4. You are a fricken idiot. The City could and should use General Fund to fund the streetscape. Are you a retard or what. Maybe Lynn… that would explain it.

      PV takes money away from any other project the City has to fund.

      So say different, proves your a moron, or worse yet a KLCC member.

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    5. PV will be debt bonds.

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    6. Hey 10:37, the Leucadia Streetscape funding is and has always been TransNet money. That's why the City is so strongly behind it. They don't have to pay for it.

      But your point is rather than spending countywide sales tax money to pay for Streetscape, the City should use General Fund money instead?

      If you have a mortgage and could get somebody else to pay it, would you say, no, I'd rather pay for it myself?

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    7. Our city's buying Pacific View is a wonderful victory for the public, for keeping our heritage, land donated for school grounds, in 1883, in the public domain, and not "monetizing" (Baird's word) the land through privatization, selling it to the highest bidder, at auction, for high-density development.

      I and my family, neighbors and friends, support beautifying Leucadia. We appreciate that more trees were planted behind Gold Coast, owned by Charles Marvin, on the Board of Directors of L101Ma, and in front of and alongside of Carris Rhodes' home, because they beautify the neighborhood. Carris is the full time manager/director of L101MA. My question remains unanswered, is she also paid one third of the vendors' rents for managing the Paul Ecke Farmers' Markets? That would mean that L101MA is getting two thirds of the total rents received, and the Parent Teachers' Association only one third? That contract needs to be renegotiated, ASAP, if so. Some of the money should go to a non-profit foundation that can rent out Pacific View, to provide a lease revenue stream.

      The only part of the Streetscape to which we object are the four one-lane roundabouts, for reasons repeated numerous times, and the back in diagonal parking planned, which would benefit a few long time property owners, they think, but would be at the expense of the general public.

      We support a Greenscape, a railtrail corridor bike and pedestrian lane, enhancing and restoring the canopy, maintaining the medians. We do not support a hardscape of highway bottlenecking roundabouts, leading to more cut through traffic and slower emergency response times, plus more back-up on Historic State Highway 101.

      A $20 Million plus L101 Streetscape WOULD be a trophy project. Anything of that magnitude of expense, deserves a public vote. Voters, when given the opportunity to decide, said no to roundabouts in Del Mar and in Cotati, California, in 2012. They would not pass here, either. The City should allow a vote before more money is wasted on design of unwanted one-lane roundabouts, on 101, through Leucadia.

      The City and EUSD can turn the Pacific View purchase into a win-win-win, for Encinitas, for the School District, and most of all, for the public, if these two PUBLIC AGENCIES can come together and agree on terms of 30 years at 0% interest, providing that 30% of the land is preserved as community gardens or fields. Already agreed upon are the other terms, that the Old Schoolhouse shall remain and the land will remain in the public domain, in perpetuity.

      8:38, you're being a sore loser.

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      You must have missed what I said. No. Carris is not the manager of the Leucadia Farmers market. What ever gave you that idea? And sorry you cannot call the shots for where L-101's money comes from and goes to, but appreciate that leadership desire you maintain. Do you want some trees in front or your home as well? L-101 wanted to put them on the hwy but we were told the planting on 101 should happen when the Streetscape is more developed, so further into the neighborhood they went. Glad you like that. And like yourself I would totally be against a hardscape of highway bottlenecking roundabouts causing back up traffic. But that's not what our roundabouts will do according to engineers, the US Dept or Transportation and just about every article about them online. But we agree 8:38 is a whiner who's wrong about Streetscape losing funding because of PV, so we all got that goin for us.

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    9. The bottom line is PV is yet another Trophy project that takes funds from other needed project.

      What is the deal with Beacon Beach parking lot closing after the next big rain washes the sinking parking lot onto the beach?

      Why didn't the City borrow 3 million to improve and secure that beach access?

      I think PV was not and should not have become a City Project. Lets bring it to the public to decide to develop or sell.

      Current Council blew it.

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    10. Lynn- google Leucadia farmers market you'll find out who is the manager. I could tell you but I'm not going to do your work for you. Are you implying that Gold Coast has received preferencial treatment from the city?? That Carris has received special treatment from the city?? You throw these allegations about, show us the proof. You file for Freedom of Information requests all the time, have you now or every used that capacity to derive this information?? Please tell us. We want to know.

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    11. I never said or implied that Carris or Gold Coast have received special treatment. I will Google Leucadia Farmers' Market and see if I can come up with the name of the manager, since no one is willing to say the name that remains unsaid.

      This should be public knowledge, and Fred, as a Board of Director, you could supply that info, since you keep pushing so much other info on us that is NOT applicable to our particular scenario, here in Leucadia.

      The U.S. Dept. of Transportation does NOT recommend narrow, one-lane 3-way T intersection roundabouts adjacent to RR Tracks, to the east, and thousands of homes and businesses on their west, when there are NO cross-streets, and the only nearby RR Crossing, at Leucadia Blvd is already compromised by two roundabouts, during peak traffic periods, with another roundabout "in the works" at Hygeia. The U.S. Dept. of transportation, as I've oft repeated, does not recommend roundabouts where the traffic on the cross-streets is significantly less than the main thoroughfare; the roundabouts you want to force on unwilling residents and merchants have NO cross-streets.

      You have failed to provide a single scenario similar to ours, where roundabouts are at T intersections with thousands of houses and businesses to their west, Fred. The one being constructed in Carlsbad is not a T intersection. There are NOT the number of homes and businesses on the west of the highway, there, that we have, here, and Carlsbad, AT LEAST made sure the railtrail corridor bike and ped lane extended through that section of highway where the roundabout will be installed. Therefore, bicyclists won't be forced to go through a one lane roundabout with cars.

      6:00, you're being a sore loser; that's okay, the public is the winner in our preserving Pacific View. We can still get decent terms. We couldn't afford your trophy roundabout project, anyway.

      No, the spin the engineers and L101MA is putting on the hardscape roundabouts is another lie being deciminated by City staff and business partners, who have long been aligned with development interests. Roundabouts are circular hardscapes.

      We've planted our own trees in front of our own home, thanks very much. As I said, I'm glad for the saplings planted, nine of them, also watered by the City's watering truck, behind Gold Coast, as they beautify the neighborhood. But they would be preferable in the median , because the roundabouts aren't going to be installed in the foreseeable future.

      You can push and lobby all you want, but it's all just smoke and mirrors. The City is stuck, as far as the one-lane roundabouts on 101 through Leucadia, in the planning stages. There isn't enough TransNet funding, now, with the railtrail corridor expenses. Money is being pumped into Cardiff for that. Again, the only reason Carlsbad got a TransNet grant to help build its roundabout, was because of the railtrail bike/ped lane planned alongside it. No such plans for us, Fred. Let is go.

      I'm not trying to "call the shots" as you describe it, for managing L101MA. But all business groups which are non-profit, should have to compete with other non-profits for community grants. They should NOT be automatically subsidized, year after year with taxpayer money.

      Also, contracts previously arranged through Peder Norby with the two Farmers' Markets should be reassessed, yearly, so that a portion of the money from rents from vendors at Farmers' Markets in Leucadia and Downtown could help create a revenue stream for Pacific View. This is the best use of taxpayers and consumers monies. So when it comes to improper insider influence and wasting dwindling revenues that the City does have, taxpayers do have a say, Fred. It's not only up to compromised Council Members and L101MA "management."

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    12. I just spoke to Ron LaChance who is the manager. This information was not available on the Leucadia Farmers Market page, but through the L101MA page. The Farmers' Market Page did provide a phone number, however, and Ron returned my call.

      According to Ron, he, Morgan Mallory and the PTA negotiated the original contract, in 2005. Peder Norby may have been involved in the DEMA Farmers Market contract. So I was before misinformed about Norby's role with the Leucadia Farmers Markets contract.

      However, just because Morgan Mallory, on the Board of Directors of L101MA, made a great suggestion to have a Farmers Market at Paul Ecke Central, does not mean that the contract should not be periodically renegotiated. Of course the manager of the Farmers' Market needs to get his percentage, as does the PTA, on behalf of the children that attend Paul Ecke Central.

      The other third of the vendors rents could and should go to a non-profit foundation set up through the Artists Colony and the Historical Society to rehab and maintain the existing classrooms at Pacific View to provide a lease revenue stream for a true community arts and learning center.

      L101MA already receives a big subsidy from the City; it also gets vendors fees for various events it stages. And I could be wrong, but I suspect L101MA t gets a percentage of ticket sales for Taste of Leucadia?

      The business associations in this city, as in other cities, should rely on membership fees and various fundraising events, such as ArtWalk and Taste of Leucadia, to fund their activities. Many business associations do not have full time employees, but are staffed by volunteers, often people associated with the merchants that are members.

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    13. 6:00 AM I agree with your comments. This council had no business over paying for a piece of property at this time when city finances are in trouble. We have been financially strapped by poor decision made by previous councils. We should take care of those previous commitments first before going ahead and piling on more debt, not knowing how it will get paid. I say, cancel the deal with PV purchase until we know how it will be paid. This council put the cart before the horse because of some 600+ emails which is not representative of the whole community. We got hood winked.

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    14. You probably are the same person who posted at 6:00 a.m., 1.29, LOL!

      The City is NOT going to cancel the deal. We can mitigate overpaying for Pacific View by insisting that EUSD carry the loan over 30 years at 0% interest.

      You continue to be a sore loser. The community, at large, will be a winner. You are not worried about mounting debt when it comes to installing unwanted roundabouts. Sorry for you, but four one-lane roundabouts through Leucadia aren't going to become a reality in our lifetime, I feel certain. With or without the PV purchase, the City and our Community cannot afford them at any level. The Coastal Commission should agree.

      We cannot afford to create more cut through traffic, slow emergency response time, and to negatively impact coastal access/egress, in the process of bottlenecking four lanes down to one lane in each direction, at 15 MPH on Historic State Highway 101.

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    15. Actually, Lynn, I am not that same person that posted that early in the morning. I don't believe in overpaying for anything, not even a supposed valuable piece of property. That is not the way one should run a business, nor a city, nor a household. I definitely I am not a sore loser. I have not lost anything. I will continue to live very well, in my very well off neighborhood and the city can continue to struggle to figure out how to pay for something that was way beyond their means. I have respected your opinions and insight, but I am not with you on the purchase of this property which has been sitting there for how many years?? Now, all of a sudden, we are forced to pay top dollar and beyond if we want it. Seems to me someone, somewhere along the way in those prior years failed to do their job. It is going to take a ton more money to get this property up to snuff to be used for anything, including an Artists Colony that you and some others want. The sales tax issue is a dead issue at this point. If it ever did make it to the ballot for a vote, it would be voted down. The city is now stuck with more debt. They need to start trimming at city hall for starters, not hire any more staff and start being responsible with our money.

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      Roundabouts don't cause those negative impacts.

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      "all business groups which are non-profit, should have to compete with other non-profits for community grants."

      We do.

      "They should NOT be automatically subsidized, year after year with taxpayer money."

      We are not.

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    18. Fred, the 101 Mainstreet Associations do NOT compete with the other non-profits through the City's Community Grant program. That's untrue. You do NOT apply for grants and get put through the same kind of vetting process, as overseen by the Jim Gilliam.

      The monies paid out to the 101 Mainstreet Associations, and, before, to the Chamber of Commerce, are not met, in kind, by monies from the Mizel (sp?) family, who matches Encinitas Community Grants, dollar per dollar.

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      The mainstreet associations and many other non profits ask the city for money each year. As far as I know, the city has always been kind enough to help us. There are no automatic renewals. Council's decisions rely on how much they believe each group merits funding for each amount requested. Sometimes they give less than the requested amount.

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    20. The “City of Encinitas and Mizel Family Foundation Community Grant Program” is described here:

      http://www.ci.encinitas.ca.us/index.aspx?page=162

      The mainstreet association grants do not come from this program, and have been questioned previously on this blog:

      http://encinitasundercover.blogspot.com/2013/06/taxpayer-funds-buying-political-support.html

      Note that the max requested amount for a community grant is $5000 and the mainstreet associations get several times that amount.

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    21. Note also that the mainstreet associations do a tremendous amount of community service including sponsoring events that make this community special. I posted 4:51pm to present the facts, not to make a judgement on the content. I am a big fan of the community events (street fair, holiday parade, etc) that make this a special place to live and raise a family.

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    22. Wow, Lynn you did your homework and discovered Ron LaChance is the manager of the farmers market. And Norby had nothing to do with it... Hmmm someone owes Peder Norby an apology. Oh well no sense in waiting g for that.

      Now perhaps you'll explain to us why the monies the PTA receives should go to PV??

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    23. I don't owe Peder Norby an apology. I was misinformed that he set up the contract. No one, including Peder Norby, when I spoke to him, told me he had not helped to set up the contract. That was only relayed to me by Ron LaChance, over the phone, very recently. As soon as Ron told me, I posted that I was misinformed.

      I have always said that the monies the PTA receive should go to that organization, on behalf of the children. There is no reason that 1/3 of the take from the Vendors' rents should go, year after year to Leucadia 101MA. 1/3 of the total rents could continue to go to the manager. I asked, repeatedly who the manager was. When someone suggested I Google it, I did. Thanks for the suggestion, but there was no reason that some of you dudes from L101MA, on the Board of Directors, could not have simply given me that information, here.

      You love pointing fingers, putting me down, and trying to set me up. By the way, was Peder Norby on the State of the City Committee again this year?

      He was front and center, in the audience, at the State of the City Address. Do you know if the children present, which were mentioned by one of the sponsors, had to pay $20 each for a ticket to attend the public/private event?

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  36. Kept to her commitment to be a council member for only two terms. YOu must have a really low reading comprehension level.

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    1. yea, when she saw her one time supporters were openly planning not only to campaing against her but to support another - then she kept her 'committment' lots of integrity there.

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    2. So, WC is saying above in the newest posting above is that he just personally spoke with Barth and she assured him that she is telling the truth and this is not a ploy.

      Okay, as long as you believe it, it must be true!

      Nonsense, as usual on this site.

      What's next? Talking to God WC?

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    3. Remember guys, people have families, and some families don't dig their family members dragged through the mud. It's not all about politics. Think about it...

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    4. Think about it?? Sorry to say but there are not that many blogging here who can see the big picture or could be considered deep thinkers on this blog.

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  37. 9:14 and your point is? Who are you referring to? Be more specific.

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  38. 9:14- How do you know everyone on this blog are guys? And when a person enters politics their life becomes the publics. That's the price of power and fame. Just ask Kranz, as he is having a grand time being the showman for PV. Woulldn't it be nice if everyone who wanted PV paid for it, instead of the rest of us.

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  39. The point is Barth's family probably wanted her to quit. When I say guys, it's like "You All". I'll try and use folks from now on.

    Barth's out now, so my discussion of her is over. Have at it if you like, politics always moves forward, and the question is who will run against Barbie for mayor?

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  40. The discussions about Barth are NOT over until her last day on the council. There is still further damage control as long as she has a seat. Anon 8:03 sounds like Barth's damage control, but I am speaking about the damage Barth has already done to Encinitas and its residents.

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  41. What's the deal with Blakespeare not running if Gaspar does?? Anyone know her reasoning there?

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  42. Where's that info from? If Gaspar runs for what? Council seat? Mayor? The hills?

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  43. Let's hope to hell Gaspar runs for the hills, gets lost, never to be seen or heard from again. Now that would be a good day.

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    1. But there would still be mirrors to offend you; 8:49.

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    2. 9:01 AM Ohhhhhhhh.... so profound - for a chimp!

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  44. Handlers won't let her...they have plans for their puppet.

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  45. Perhaps Gaspar likes to have her strings pulled.

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  46. Barth is out - I'm shedding no tears. Without the contrast of $tock$, her political personna took on a new form - that doomed her.

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  47. If Gaspar is elected Mayor, all Council meeting can have the "Valley Girl" song as the entro - instead of the pledge of allegiance, everyone just says "O ma God!" Then onto the Revlon make-up tip of the day, followed by a Macy's report.

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  48. 7:24 That is about it in a nutshell You forgot the kleenex. The city could foot the bill on providing boxes and boxes of kleenex. Seriously, why is this woman involved in politics? I feel she is just another ladder climber. Can we say goodbye to Barth and Gaspar soon? I hope so.

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  49. If Barth is telling the truth lets stop talking about her, her reputation is throughly trashed and she will go the way of stocks in public opinion. Focus now on getting rid of Gaspar, that is the important focus now.

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  50. 4:58 Agree. Let's focus on not re-electing Gaspar. Politics is not her game. She was put there by the string pullers. In other words, she dances to their tune while they keep pulling her strings. We know that she and Muir take their orders from $tock$. She is an expert at pretending to listen to people to get them on her side (I hope you are reading this Lynn Marr). She wants you on her side so you will not say anything bad about her. Don't be fooled. She has done her time, has done nothing to help our city, and will continue to be a head cheer leader for more bars downtown. This is the time to DUMP GASPAR not 4 years from now.

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