A national publication (the Daily Beast is the web site that bought Newsweek) makes many of the same points, admittedly more eloquently, that Alex Fidel has been making in his mayoral campaign about the militarization of police.
We saw a deputy sheriff in a quiet neighborhood in Encinitas in full body armor today. It was only a few years ago that local police and sheriffs didn't look like combat troops occupying Iraq.
UPDATE: A few commentaries from the Inbox: LA Times cartoon and HBO's John Oliver.
Don't forget the drills in full body armor.
ReplyDeleteThank George W. Bush and the Patriot Act.
ReplyDeleteAnd the continuation of the Act by Obama. Nonpartisan politics.
ReplyDeleteBlame the House, Senate and most of all Dick I'll shoot you in the face Cheney. They're all getting rich off of the Patriot Act.
ReplyDeleteBush/Cheney are war criminals who got away with it and left this country stained like no other. There are a couple of countries in europe that they cannot go into because they have standing indictments for all they did while chasing oil revenues. If Iraq didn't have oil we would never have been dragged into that morass and would have kept attention on the real perpetrators of 9/11. Own it.
ReplyDelete6:54 Wrong- The USA isn't benefiting from Iraq Oil, you have been fed a lie by the propagandist media.
DeleteBy the way- where do you stand on Keystone, seeing how you are for energy independence and all
or are you one of those nazi's that is going to come knock on my door and take away my car keys and give me a bike like a peasant instead- all in the name of government knowns best of course
Keystone has nothing to do with energy independence. It is big oil trying to get cheaper shale oil to the gulf to sell overseas and make higher profits. I
Delete12:53- Classic- the same people who wrongly claim Iraq was about oil- and scream we need energy independence, are the same idiots who oppose keystone that would help maker America- energy independent
DeleteBy they way- Keystone is about oil from sand, the shale oil you are thinking of is in North Dakota- just an FYI
oh ps- the rail that currently moves the oil from Alberta to teh gulf at a higher cost is owned by crony insider Warren I'm on the Inside Buffett
see how it works- I do
If you want dirty shale oil from Canada, vote for Keystone. There is no such thing as Energy independence, unless the U.S. stops using all oil. The oil market is a world market, it's all interconnected.
DeleteA week ago I saw a sheriff by K St with full Rambo garb, a bunch of locals were commenting how out of place and bizarre, especially in laid back Encinitas. Guy was a scene to behold, over the top. Alex Fidel is on to something.
ReplyDeleteWhat did Powell say before we broke up Bush and Hussain's Iraq?
ReplyDeleteIf you break it you will own it.
Now Obama and all who come after him will continue to own it.
Humpty Dumpty will never be put back together again.
Maybe he likes to dress up and pretend he's a big bad cop!
ReplyDeleteAlex is the only thinker in the chamber. The rest are brainless.
ReplyDeleteI experienced this bully and intimidate militarized police in Encinitas abotu12 months. I was at a coffee place and in walked soliders who looked like they had just left the Green Zone in Iraq. They wore military green pants, with combat boots, they had on military flak jackets, loaded with gear, they wore sunglasses to hide their eyes. They walked about menacingly and air of superiority. Many residents were in fear- myself included. When they left a pseron told us that was the new uniform for Sherriff's deputies. Sure enough, Sherriff was written down the arm of the sweatshirt.
ReplyDeleteCompare that with our CHP who comes in to the coffee shop regularly- he is wearing the tan uniform with a side utility belt. He has a bright badge, a nice belt, and friendly, yet professional, smile.
One uniform is to protect and serve, another uniform is to bully and intimidate.
What, you've never been intimidated by the cops? You didn't grow up in LA under the LA county Sherriff..
DeleteDid he order a arabica bean French roast extra-tall double half-caff skinny mocha vanilla hazelnut caramel venti latte macchiato with whipped cream, cocoa powder and caramel drizzle on top? That would show how tuff he was.
ReplyDeleteHe ordered http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/ron-paul-ferguson-militarization-police-110112.html
ReplyDeleteSo its been 2 years since Dalakranz and Shaffer have been in office or have been running for office promising change. How is change going?
ReplyDelete1. Did they put in place a good City Manager?
2. Did they get Prop A correct and remain open to the citizens?
3. Did they get the bar issue under control and right?
4. Did they get Density bonus under control?
5. Did they straighten out City Hall?
6. Did they get PV right?
7. What good did Strategic Planning and what is this City Long Range Financial Plan look like anyway?
8. How are we going to pay for the huge operational expenses in perpetuity?
9. How are we going to pay for the identified new PV art center when we have shot our load of DEBT on overpaying for yet another piece of property and are spending $4 million dollars on a life guard tower?
They and everyone else at city hall are a complete and total failure.
DeleteWrite in Marco.
It is my opinion Marco is a tool of the development industry and social engineering provided it puts money in his pockets- I reached this opinion as he sued taxpayers in La Jolla for some 250K and taxpayer got crap. He also sued taxpayers over the Cleveland Forest- Marco got paid, taxpayers got crap. Then there is Marco proposing clear cutting and impacting wetlands at Desert Rose- in the name of profits-
DeleteI'll not be writing in Marco
How does someone like Marco look in the mirror without vomiting. Is money so important that one would lower themselves to such depths.
DeleteBTW that other weasal who was shaking down small businesses for minor handicap non-compliance has been deported.
Cabezon
We already know all these things about Marco. He's not a shadow. What we see is what we get. I'm not happy to write in his name either but given our choices what alternative do we have?? A woman dressed as a super hero??? That a laugh.
DeleteI would like to state that this is clearly the (your hated group here) party's fault. If it wasn't for (your hated politician)'s policy of (any public trend you don't like), the elitist (nazis/communists/fascists; pick one or use all 3 at once) that hate our freedom wouldn't be taking over this country!
ReplyDeleteIt kills me to admit this, but Alex is right on this issue. His characterization and slander of our local police is wrong, but the militarization is a problem.
ReplyDeleteEven broken clocks are right twice a day.
People thought it "cute" when DOD supplied police and military did drills labeled "zombie apocalypse". Theories surmise it is cover for local population control. given a natural disaster or economic collapse. If an 8+ point earthquake levels infrastructure in California, civil liberties will be suspended and marshall law declared. There is the possibility that the government would transport millions out of the state to FEMA camps in sparsely populated states - people would have little say in the matter, unless properly connected to the reigning political power structure. America has imposed this chaos on other countries thru our aggressive foreign policy - maybe the karma is getting ready to boomerang?
ReplyDeleteRemember Blackwater wanting a training facility in east county? Groups like that would take local control, as they would be geared for chaos. The "fair hearings" would be at the end of their guns.
12:22,
DeleteChannel is not secure, stop.
Attempting to contact you, stop.
Adjust your tin foil hat to accept transmission, stop.
What's the frequency, Kenneth?
12:28
DeleteBleet sheep
Place head in sand ostrich
Don't exit your box thinking
Ask mommy for help
6.0 earthquake hits Northern California.....
DeleteJust the beginning . . .
Black Hellicopters are next after plastic bag confiscation.
Delete7.0 earthquake in Peru.....
DeleteSALE at Penny's...
DeleteI thought Penny's went bankrupt?
Deletewell, well, well.
ReplyDeleteI guess this is the end of Signgate 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Just spotted a shiny new Julie Graboi sign in front of a house on Cornish near H.
I give Julie the benefit of the doubt that she would not knowingly break the rules as she understands them. The only other viable conclusion is that Julie didn't read or understand the rules. Or maybe she's just a little disorganized and unprepared.
so waht are you saying Fakespear can claim there is a law and Julie should sit back and say there isn't? Good for Graboi ! Where di I get one
DeleteEthical candidates follow the law as they understand it, no matter what other people are doing.
DeleteUnethical candidates make unethical representatives.
Julie isn't unethical, she's just unprepared.
Hope you don't have any plans this weekend. There's no telling when Julie might send an urgent email about an important event on short notice.
Nice try Fakespear backer but yoru Barth bullying won't fly here- the city council claims they have an ordinance- there canddiate Fakespear is claiming it- if it's good for Fakespear it's good for the other candidates-
Delete5:23,
DeleteAre you suggesting that Julie and her supporters believe that the 30-day restriction is still the law, but they are intentionally violating it?
If so,
Wow.
You are showing you are scared Julie will win. Which she will.
ReplyDeleteJulian crazy Cameron will both lose
ReplyDelete5:50 Shaffer- lied on Prop A, had no ethics, has no balls.
DeleteKranzx- Lied on Prop A, bullied by Baird to overpay by $6.5 million dollars, bullied by Vina and Sabien- has no balls
Gaspar- gave an extra paycheck to Phil Cotton, ran and hid like a coward in 2011 on Pacific View- has no balls
Only one mayoral candidate has the balls to stand up against waste and stand for residents and her name is Cameron
Graboi's got some cojones as well- she took it to Vina and Barth over Rutan and Tucker and the GPU and 5 stories
Fakespear on the other hand sided with Vina- guess she is working from the inside huh
ANY candidate that will get rid of Sabine has my vote. How long can a cancer on Encinitas grow?
DeleteGaspar's campaign lies silently in the wings. Blitzkrieg on the mailers in the last 2 weeks before the election - the image will be a thoughtful fiscal conservative fighting for family values and the American way. The campaign managers premise is that 90% of the voters are uninformed and respond like Pavlov's dog to rote stimuli. Kranz puts more gel in the new doo.....
Delete4:09 you have no clue about permitted signage. Now you will. Putting them on private property is allowed by permission of the homeowners. Putting them on public lands close to the roadway property is not allowed.
ReplyDeleteThat is what catherine has done and doesn't seem to care.
Julies' signs will be showing up all over and they will be on homeowners private property by permission. It is as easy as that to understand.
I actually saw one today for catherine that was on a property owners lot so maybe she has gotten the message. If so, good for her but she had to have known better and chose to ignore as others in the past have done.
For those who need to hear it again just to be clear, signs on private property are allowed by permission of the homeowners. Signs close to the public roadway and just off of the property owners lot line are not legal. There you go everybody, now you know. Julie knows this and won't be following catherines' example.
Now have a great weekend and just watch all of Julie's supporters spring up all over town.
So you are saying vote for someone based on where they put their signs??? This is why this fucking city is in the shape it's in..... Because positions on issues aren't important but where someone places their sign is....
DeleteOk Aunt Bea.... Mayberry by the Sea.
I have a place for the above to put a sign, but this is a family blog. Thanks 9:45, well done...
Delete10:22
ReplyDeleteWell, ya know, if a candidate can't get the sign rules right and abide by them, what does that say about the candidate's ability to get anything right?
Remember the Joe Corder video of Stocks and Muir putting their signs out the night before the ordinance said it was OK?
Did that matter to you?
Your Mayberry by the Sea riff got old, tired and boring way back. Do you think maybe you could come up with something new and clever?
Hey Goober, why should I come up with something different?? Little 'ol Mayberry where the biggest problem was Otis showing up drunk and in Encinitas it's where we put out campaign signs...... No real problems anywhere except criticizing some poster for calling your whitzy bitsy surf town a naive simpleton enclave. Now you head on over to the Panikin and wait an hour for a cup of coffee and some of Aunt Bea's might fine blue berry pie while those of us that understand real life figure out how to fix what YOU FUCK UP.
DeleteIf you look elsewhere on this blog and on other blogs, I think you'll find many important issues being discussed and solutions being proposed.
DeleteThen if you look in the local print media, you'll find news reporting and citizen commentary.
Then if you follow the campaigns, you'll find several people running for office who want to change things for the better, to repair damage that's been done and to set a good course.
Then if you look in your own mind, you'll find mostly vacancy but in the dark recesses you'll find bitterness, cowardice and no effort to do anything that might help.
I think you are right. I like the idea of streetscape, but what is more important is to get a City Manager that leads from the City Council. Not one that leads the City Council- Huge difference.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with everything, I am moving our. I can't bare to see the negative change in the neighborhood I grew up.
Bye-Bye
DeleteYou're moving our what?
DeleteI'm moving to Berkeley or San Cruz where cooler heads prevail!
ReplyDeleteSan Cruz, your lowness? No such place exists. If only you would leave and the sooner the better. Good riddance. I am sure many would help you go if it would speed up your departure. I know I would.
ReplyDelete3:37- You are slow… oh well- Better go start up a 3 hours conversation about nothing with a person who escalates a zoning violation into a major life emergency. Geez….
ReplyDeleteKLCC alive and well.
One accessory dwelling unit is permitted by right in single family residential zones. There is not and never was a zoning violation with respect to the Marrs.
DeleteMaster Crapper half-alive and unwell.
Crappy, you would be most welcome to join him and depart at the earliest convenience. Happy days are waiting here for when you move on. Just where is San Cruz by the way?
ReplyDeleteNear San Frycisco....
DeleteI love it, in San Eatus.
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