Letter to the Encinitas Advocate:
Not surprisingly, the commentary did not mention that Ms. (Kristin) Gaspar supported the purchase of the Hall property when she was a candidate in 2010 before there was a definite plan for its use, and knowing that there was toxic soil on site.Um, no. The Hall property was purchased long before 2010 and long before Gaspar was a candidate.
After she was elected, she voted to borrow money to build the park, at the expense of the Moonlight Beach lifeguard tower, road maintenance, and other needs, with no recognition of the arts.As did Leslie's preferred candidate Tony Kranz, by the way. Funny that she doesn't mention that fact.
Then there's this:
Her ad also says she “opposed city sales tax hike,” but there never was a proposed city sales tax hike.Do we really need to revisit the Barth-Shaffer-Kranz attempt to use taxpayer money to hire expert tax-increase propagandist Catherine Lew of Lew Edwards to run a campaign to push a sales tax increase? Really, Ms. Leslie, you're either incredibly uninformed or incredibly dishonest.
It's tough enough trying to get a decent city council with an uninformed electorate. It's much worse when clueless people write completely false commentaries trying to sway the vote.
It's letter writer like the above that elect the fools on the council we have. Mayberry by the Sea.
ReplyDeleteWrite in MARCO, he may not be your favorite local atty , but you know that going in....
What's your obsession with promoting Marco? It's old already. He's not running..
DeleteMarco-Ah the name is associated with so many things. Once Coast Law Firm had a great reputation as a the defender of the environment. That was "once upon a time". After Marco and company decided to intervene in the Filner situation things changed. No matter what you might think of FIlner, one has to wonder why Marco got involved. He doesn't live in San Diego. He doesn't vote in San Diego city elections. So why? The answer my friends is simple. So simple, that if it hasn't hit you by now, you might want to take a course in PR 101. It was good press for him. Did he need the press? Yes he did. Why? Well, I have to be a bit careful here, as I don't want to get sued by Marco. God forbid he may send in Gloria Allred. Yes he was the one who called her. Again, if you can remove what you may think of Filner from the equation, one does have to ask why he got involved. Both Donna Frye and Cory Briggs, the other two involved in the Filner outster, live in San Diego. So, what did Marco have to gain by also getting involved. Perhaps a large paycheck? Perhaps a few favors for himself? Peel back the layers and the answers are there. Filner was a distraction so that Marco could be one of the "good guys". Ask yourself what did he have to gain? And, he had nothing to lose at that time. So the next person who wants to know why someone keeps thinking Marco should be on the COuncil, the answer is: He wants to be and he doesn't want us to think he wants to be. So, he can sue us or join us. Those are the choices he has given, i.e.: Desert Rose. And, make no mistake about it. He is clever, he is already on the Encinitas Bar Scene, and he takes no prisoners. Would I want him on the Council. Hell no, but we may see him run in 2016.
DeleteForget it. Marco would never be elected to the Encinitas City Council by any route. I doubt he'd be dumb enough to try. He's knows he can't win.
Delete3:17
Delete"one has to wonder why Marco got involved. He doesn't live in San Diego. He doesn't vote in San Diego city elections. So why? The answer my friends is simple" - EGO!
Replace the above Marco with Pam Slater-Price and SD City with Encinitas.
She obviously lives in a different world than the rest of us who have had our eyes and ears on the council for a long time.
ReplyDeleteWho is Lisa Leslie, and why does she think she knows what she is talking about?
ReplyDeleteLisa Leslie is 'front' for the Pam Slater Price and Bruce Ehler's political machine and their classic letter writing campaigns.
ReplyDeleteDel Mar, her home, doesn't need any help?
Pam Slater Price has done such a disservice to Encinitas desperately dragging Sheila Cameron into this race at the last moment because Tony Kranz refused to kiss the hem of her robe.
Pam, her hubby, Bruce E. and Kydd will wall paper the city with non-sense, anything to stop rational people from having a shot at governing after 2 years of 'Not Ready For Prime Time Council Members on the dais. (And, isn't Mr. Pam literally an Out-of-Town developer, like every one is always ranting about?
This Lisa Leslie letter is the first volley from a Classic Bruce Ehlers letter writing campaign! Watch for more letters that have probably already been received by the news outlets to also make erroneous charges much like Bruce and Pam Slater used 'front' Susan Turney to 'front' for the Petition Drive for Encinitas Right To Vote: Bruce and Pam Slater Price don't want to be seen by the press as campaigning/conspiring, so they search out well-meaning 'writers' and 'journalists' like Lisa Leslie to write a kind of 'form-letter' trashing a perceived opponent. It's bad enough that Slater Price-Ehlers-Kydd changed Encinitas Mayor candidate horses already once, sending Tony Kranz packing (with a text during a public hearing she was actually attending. Cheeky, no?) and replacing him with Human Resources Grad Sheila Cameron, and this, after souring on Blakespear replacing her with Julie Graboi, but now the public will continue to be confused about the issues because they are filtered through the Slater Price agenda (Just Say No to the state and don't you dare to say No to Pam) before being re-written by 'regular' citizens. I agree with 9:58 pm, this is exactly why the city is in the 'state' its in.
WC, the over/under on you receiving a call from Pam's attorney is 2 hours after this posts.
Along with Slater Price's, what's that term Tony likes, oh yeah, Slater Prices' skull-duggery, you throw in Cameron's penchant for making wild unsubstantiated accusations and the average voter will likely be told that the Illuminati has taken over the local rotary, that secretive downtown developer Keith Harrison is Faust, that Gus Vina was once a bus boy in Jack Ruby's bar in Dallas in 1963 and Cabezon is drug-checked twice a day, and passes.
Silly Season, indeed. But, kinda fun too. If you are independently wealthy cue the popcorn and s'mores: working stiff? Only that 4th vote-necessary saved you from Tony and Lisa's good time sales tax hike: and that hike isn't through the trails of Olivenhain, Sister. Its a wedgie if ever there was one. Called A Desert Rose 'round the Academy.
And the true question in this current race is,"Why is Pam Slater Price bound and determined to return Encinitas to 1996 and why does she believe this is still any of her business?
What? Ask Sheila at the Candidate's 'Open Bar' Forum in Cardiff 9-16?
Good idea.
Finally, did Alex and Sheila graduate fom the same school of journalism? Just askin'.
7:52 you sound like a whack job- scary
DeleteSounds like the Harry Eiler/Mike Andreen/Stocks/Bonds/Gaspar letter writing front is also in full effect at this early stage.
Delete7:52: Thanks Mikey.
Delete7:52 sounds like one of Mikey's ominous, audio-recorded statements inserted into a PowerPoint presentation at a council meeting
DeleteWhy is it that often times instead of offering counter information you just attempt to discredit the presumed author? You act like to throw out someone's name who you dislike is all it takes to refute the post. How lazy and weak is that. You're in your little world where the good guys and bad guys are well known, although the lists seem to constantly contract (good guys) and expand (bad guys). You just throw out the well worn cliche like Pavlov's dogs.
Delete1:48PM Like fingerprints or signatures, each person has a distinctive writing style and add to this long simmering feuds that those of us who have been paying attention know -the whom and where-then it's quite easy to identify posters, and especially if they're trying to be glib and funny to hid the seething resentment of an irrational mind. Kinda like the guys who hired a clown to follow Maggie Houlihan around.
Delete2:16 PM
DeleteThat's all well and good but not every knows your little shorthand and even if they did, dismissing something because you know (or suspect) the author is taking the easy way out. Hard as it may be for you to imagine, they may have valid points. There are posts that I suspect are coming from one or more people that I usually disagree with but that doesn't mean I don't sometimes see the validity of their arguments even if I don't fully agree with them.
If all you want is group think and trashing your opponents then keep on attacking the author and not the comment.
2:38PM Wow, you really see the validity of the 7:52AM post? You don't call that post "trashing"? It's hard for me to imagine any valid points when the first sentence is a direct hit to Slater, who has served in government for 24 years, and Ehlers, who was on the Planning Commission.
Delete3:06 PM
DeleteWow. You missed my point. I didn't say I agreed with any of the post. I said dismissing it out of hand because you suspect it was written by someone you dislike is taking the easy way out. And it's not like this is the only time, I've seen these types of responses continually on this blog. That's why there is very little honest discussion and a lot of group think.
But I blame it all on the city manager. Isn't that the favored go to answer?
7:52 is total nonsense. Nobody refutes it point by point because, like what Alex Fidel writes, it's complete gibberish. Refuting it would be a waste of time.
DeleteRubbish?
DeleteHow about the $400K that Bryce and Everett got from the developer in Carlsbad when they stopped Wal Mart from going into La Costa and so WalMart ended up in Encinitas? And even though the settlement is not legally allowed to be spent on political campaigns, you watch and see how Bruce supports Sheila and Julie with it. What if Bill Horn was underwriting Gaspar's campaign?
What if Horn demanded that the candidate of choice be willing to violate state law? Ever seen Bruce's top ten FPPC violations? Would those be gibberish? And, have you checked out next week's council agenda to find that the Lynn Marr lien IS being heard? And, what happens when the city manager from 1996 comes forward with a transcript of the threats and cursing that the 'then' Mayor left on his message machine that increased his annual pension by $30K: is that gibberish?
AND Lisa Leslie's misinformation was in all the papers today, misleading the voters, is that gibberish? Why is that okay? Why is Leslie's lack of knowledge/ignorance being passed on to the public okay?
Refusing to consider the truth because you are so jealous of Gaspar has blinded you to the truth, truth perhaps?
Discounting the facts because you don't want anyone to look at the man behind the curtain won't keep the press from recognizing Bruce Ehlers and Pam Slater Price's string pulling. Ask Tony: hw'll tell you.
Proof please, of the FPPC violations. People are entitled to support who they want, even Bill Horn. Lisa Leslie is a private citizen, she's entitled to her opinion..
DeleteBruce worked with Maggie, Jack Orr worked with Jerome and Jim. Get over it, there's nothing behind the curtain.
We have a chance to break free of that and have Julie Graboi on Council. Sheila Cameron is mostly likely not going to win, so quit rehashing the past. It's Tony Vs. Kristin, Blakespeare vs. Graboi. Everyone else will have to up their game to get in the top 3.
Malalai Joya had 7 attempts on her life. She stood up to both the Taliban and the CIA, because both were occupying Afghanistan. Afghanistan never had a centralized government. They were much like the Iriqois or Canada's First Nations tribes, very decentralized.
DeleteThe Taliban was installed as a proxy, out of the aftermath of the CIA creating al Qaeda to go against the Soviets. The Taliban was installed by Pakistan, the US, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.
The U.S. then wiped out the Taliban in the war, and installed a CIA-puppet government filled with warlords who were just as brutal as the Taliban. Joya was pretty much the only member of Parliament, certainly the only woman in parliament who stood against both the Taliban and the CIA. The other women in Parliament were bought and sold by CIA & warlord money.
My first time interviewing anyone international of such high stature, I feel one of my proudest moments. It taught me a lot as well about the barbaric nature of imperialism- that people on top, whether CIA agents, war lords, or their pawns in government, count their dollars, while innocent civilians count the bodies of their family members.
OMG, you're just now finding out the world isn't black and white! I was going to make another snide remark concerning what the Taliban have to do with Encinitas but based on a number of comments here, the Taliban may be apropos.
DeleteAlex, I would still recommend you finish school, there is more to learn. Sounds like you're still at stage one. You have to get to the point where you realize the emperor has no clothes, but that things go on, and although imperfect, we still have a democracy.
DeleteSorry, but discussing the Taliban and CIA is way out of scope on the Encinitas election.
BTW, the turtles guy is either Mark Volman, or Howard Kaylan. I think you should pursue your media career, sounds like you have a future there. Politics, probably not, at least not right now....
Good luck, but tame down the rhetoric, most people's brains can't absorb all that info anyway....lol
And FYI, Sheila Cameron is a former Mayor of Encinitas, from 1996-2000. You should know that if you're running for office. She's done a lot for this town, and is a maverick herself. If you want to know about a lot of the ins and outs in this town, talk to Sheila...
DeleteLisa Leslie is intiteled to her opinion just as you are W. C. And she is right Gaspar did support the park as a council candidate.Gaspar was and still is a dear friend of Jerome Stocks who said I will only spend the people's money on finishing the Park nothing else.Oh bye the way Stocks and Muir have given her the max donation $250 each.You say the silly season has started and you seem to be pandering to it..You're street cred is slipping.
ReplyDeleteWe're talking facts, not opinions.
Delete"And she is right Gaspar did support the park as a council candidate."
That's not what she wrote. And so did Kranz.
The rest of what you say sounds true, but is irrelevant to the substance of the post. How is my street cred slipping?
7:52 AM
ReplyDeleteRamble, ramble.
And not just any old ramble...hitting the bottle early ramble.
DeleteI think the author got it right.
ReplyDeleteI also think WC is in the tank for Gaspar. The editorial bias will be relatively subtle, but make no mistake, WC has a horse in the race.
Please explain how the author is right on these three points.
DeleteAnd no, I haven't decided who to vote for. We have so many wonderful choices.
1.) Gaspar did speak out in support of the Hall Property purchase in 2010. No one said she voted on it--but she expressed support for the purchase. Now she, and the author of the original editorial are trying conveniently forget the past and pose as the fiscally responsible candidate opposed to such purchases.
Delete2,) Gaspar did vote to shift money away from other priorities to the park. By posing as the fiscal conservative, she and her followers are running on a platform that requires city-wide amnesia. Tony voted for the same things, but Tony isn't the one making up a fantasy record to run on.
3.) No specific sales tax hike was ever put before the voters; council never voted on whether one should even be put on the ballot; no specific amount or legal language for a tax hike was ever written; no opinion study or financial analysis was ever performed. What Gaspar opposed was information gathering that was unlikely to lead to anything.
1:05 You are correct on all issues as stated. If people believe GASpar now is a "fiscal conservative" then they have been totally duped.
DeleteGASpar has not achieved any greatness on council and I don't expect much greatness while she is mayor.
All she wants on her record right now is to be the first elected, youngest mayor in Encinitas. If that happens, she can take the plaque and hang it on her wall or on her head so people will know how very important she thinks she may be.
This passage is directly from Tony Kranz' campaign website:
Delete"Since I was elected in 2012, I have been a leader in moving Encinitas forward preserving our heritage, updating and strengthening our policies to support urban agriculture and City trees, investing in public safety to keep our neighborhoods safe, increasing funding for road maintenance, purchasing the Pacific View school property for a future arts and cultural center, and spending our tax dollars wisely."
A bit of a paradox in that he is campaigning on having "spent our tax dollars wisely" immediately after pointing out the purchase of PV.
He really doesn't get it.
3:00 A crusade of sorts was launched by people who wanted the purchase of PV at any amount. They just had to have it for what they term "legacy". Kranz, Shaffer and Barth were doing what the people wanted ---purchase PV (do not let this chance slip by us again).
DeleteI wish that somebody WOULD save the tree scape in Leucadia. It seems that the city has stepped up their program of assonating trees in our community.
DeleteGet rid of Vina and Pruim.
Delete1:05 you are wrong. A tax hike was proposed by Barth, Vina, Lisa Shaffer and Tony KRanz. Lisa Shaffer is on record that raising taxes on residents "Sounds like a good idea" and Kranz called it "prudent"
DeleteWhen residents went viral with the Shaffer Kranz tax hike the UT wrote an editorial- the next week Shaffer tabled pursuing the tax hike and related survey saying it was too "political"
Shaffer and rkasnz did not say let's not do it. Shaffer said "let's revisit it after the election"
If Blakespear is elected Kranz Shaffer and Blakespear will bring back the tax hike to take money from residents. Why do you think Shaffer,Kranz and Barth are backing her?
5:07, Two men in vests today were looking at trees on the east side of 101, real hard. I asked what was up. They're contracted by the railroad to figure out which trees are healthy and which must go. Wonder how often they're hired to do so?
Deletetry Vicodin ramble
ReplyDeleteAh, yes. You have that one right.
DeleteEU- There is definitely no great candidate for either seat. I wish we had a ron paul type with good common sense.
ReplyDeleteSorry Alex. You don't have the experience to understand how to run a city. Go get some good experience and then come back in your mid to late 30s. I'll likely vote for you at that point.
The rest stink. I'm likely to right in Marco and Andrew. Andrew for Mayor.
11:08-Did you go to Calif. public schools? Did they teach you the difference between the words "right" and "write" or were you just trying to be clever.
ReplyDeleteI went to California public schools and got into UCSD, what University did you get into?
Delete11:46- I also an alum of Calif. schools and Universities. In my case, UC Berkeley. Perhaps you were typing too fast. If so, I apologize. I always get annoyed when people misspell words that have different meanings.
Delete11:49 Life is so much better when the little things don't bother you, especially the things you have no control over.
DeleteBreathe!
11:08 PM "Ron Paul type with good common sense" ??
DeleteI never linked the two together.
1:52-
DeleteThats your problem to work out. Good Luck!
11:49 UC Berkeley - You need to say no more! Graduate from a normal university and then get a job!
Delete11:49, if you want to Cal, you should have the critical thinking skills not to get dragged down in some of the baser discussions on this blog. I wasn't 11:08, but I will defend our public schools to the death.
DeleteCome on guys, let's up the dialogue on here. We have our candidates, the time for bitching is over. Get behind a candidate and do some work.
I'm backing Julie, best of luck to all...
-MGJ
This from The Advocate: Regarding the widening of the I-5 freeway....Commissioner Dayna Bochco conceded that area residents haven't embraced the idea of giving up their cars in the face of climate change. She said traffic on the I-5 corridor resembles the congestion she sees in Los Angeles when SHE DRIVES south for visits. " We have to educate the public - to get them car-broken, Bochco said".
ReplyDeleteIN OTHER WORDS... Do as I say, not as I do.
She's another elitist snob that thinks the public should ride the bus or train with the smelly, unwashed drunken bums. She wants to tell everyone how to live while she drives her car here and there. She's special, not like the peons she wants to govern through edict not election.
She can give up her car(s) first and maybe we'll follow, but I doubt it.
DeleteThat are wonderful places in the world that have fantastic mass transportation systems that make life better for citizens.
DeleteI agree with he
8:53 We don't live in another part of the world. We live here and mass transportation here sucks big time. Besides, we are "car" people. Always have been; always will be. We like our independence.
Delete9:53 You wouldn't use mass transit if it was excellent.
DeleteWhen I lived in NYC I used mass transit, as did everyone else, as having a car was too expensive and there was no where to park. However, we do not have that kind of mass transit in So. Cal. Los Angeles once had it, and it was bought by General Motors and the tracks for the electric cars were pulled up to make room for cars and roads. So for anyone to expose using mass transit around here is either really rich, or really poor. The rest of us are stuck in cars whether we like it or not. And, every time Barth and Shaffer go on about using bikes I want to slap someone. Not everyone is physically able to use bicycles, and it is a direct hit on older people, the physically disabled, and the poor.
Delete1:10 Neither can cyclists purchase as much from merchants on bikes.
Delete3:30-Excellent point. How does anyone go grocery shopping, or to Costco on a bicycle?
Delete6:28- It's easy, just make multiple trips.
DeleteDayna Bochco is an attorney and sits on the Board of environmental groups such as Heal the Bay and Natural Resources Defense Council's Southern California Leadership Council. Dayna is a 25-year veteran TV producer and is President of Steven Bochco Productions. Prior to joining Steven Bochco Productions. Dayna was with Twentieth Century Fox Television. She was executive vice president of creative affairs from 1985 to 1988 and executive vice president of business affairs from 1980 to 1985.
ReplyDeleteDayna began her career in the entertainment industry as a contracts attorney for ABC's legal department. She was born and raised in San Diego and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, where she majored in drama and English. She earned a law degree from Loyola Law School.
She is married to Steven Bochco who had such hits as Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Doogie Howser, M.D., and NYPD Blue.
Read 2:26- you 'll learn plenty about Bochco.
DeleteElitist scum....
At a recent Huntington Beach CCC meeting, Bochco took time to fix her hair and makeup, checking it all with a hand mirror, during one the agenda-item presentations. She topped it off by touching up her lipstick.
Delete8:18- let me guess?? The drove her car to the meeting?? Of course she did. But I'm sure she lectured the crowd about the evils of carbon based fuels... She's elitist scum.
Deletegetting off track
ReplyDeleteAndreen will attack Cameron... He can'y help himself. It will be harsh.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Encinitas Community Park Property was purchased and financed in 2000-2001, and the park development was planned, very publicly and painfully and lawsuits filed and beaten, in the mid 2000 years.
So what the heck any candidate may have said in 2010 or 2012,
it was moot. I don't understand the criticism / debate.
Andreen, Cameron, and $tock$ are all fools. To listen to anything they say is just stupid.
Delete8:53 with all respect you are not correct. In 2012 Kristin Gaspar voted to approve nearly $10M in new debt to build the hall park- her reckless spending increased annual debt service by $550,000 a year. Gaspar also voted to raid $7M from fully funded projects with no plan to pay it back. Today it is residents paying the price for Gaspar's irresponsible spending.
DeleteIn 2013 Kranz and Shaffer joined with Muir Barth and Gasoar and voted to approve the reckless plan
all 5 are the same- irresponsible and failed leaders
Hold on a minute! The plan to fund and build the Hall Park was cooked up by Stocks and Bond in the run-up to the 2012 election. It was Stocks' bid to be re-elected.
DeleteIn a meeting at the Community Center that was heavily attended by dog park people and skaters, Stocks and Vina outlined the plan and how it would be funded ($19.3 million) with a combination of lease revenue bonds and raiding other parts of the budget.
After assuring the public two or three times that the financing wasn't general obligation bonds but lease revenue bonds, Stocks made the motion to approve the plan, and Bond instantly seconded it. Gaspar put up a little objection because she hadn't been included in the conspiracy that Stocks and Bond cooked up.
Stocks massaged away her objection, Muir, who owed Stocks his appointment after Maggie's passing, fell in line, and Barth, seeing the popularity of the park and the public pressure at the meeting, voted for the plan because it would have been 4-1 anyway, and her vote against it would have made her look like a spoilsport.
11:16- The approval of the bonds and the raiding of funds was approved and voted on in 2013-
DeleteGaspar, Muir, Barth, Shaffer and Kranz all voted to direct the city manager to direct Jay Lembach to do the bond offering.
At the July 2012 meeting Vina proposed the wrong headed financing scheme that the council voted to move forward with. The vote to finalize the bond offering was in 2013- with Kranz and Gaspar both supporting increasing city debt and annual debt service by $550,000.
Against the wishes of residents who spoke and recommended a pay as you go approach.
Fact Thrower
Fact Throwupper —
DeleteWhat set the whole thing in motion was the Stocks-Bond scheme during the run-up to the 2012 election. S-B were behind Vina's financing scheme. He didn't come up with that himself.
Once the course was set, what were the chances the new council would re-direct? Nada.
The scheme had a lot of popular support despite its debt burden. Dog parkers, skaters, ball fielders wanted the park. The land had been sitting idle since its purchase many years earlier.
12:49 - so what's your point - regurgitating what the Fact Thrower wrote? You confirmed FT again presented the truth.
DeleteStocks, Bond, Muir Gaspar, approved Vina's road to financial ruin plan to move forward
Barth, Muir, Gaspar, Kranz and Shaffer voted to approve the bonds in 2013 -
5:17 — Read the string. If you don't get the point, you're hopeless.
Delete9:54- Spot on!
ReplyDelete9:54 is absolutely correct. This should not be a surprise to any one that has been following this group of losers.
ReplyDeleteTime for a change. Vote NO on all incumbents. We need better sense, more leadership, and take charge people to stand up to Vina and Sabine.
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This council has been a dismal failure.
Barth has voted the same way as Stocks did or would have from that time forward. Basically, we have had the Stocks agenda carried forward through Barth and her votes. More correctly, it is the Vina;Sabine agenda.
ReplyDelete6:48- Spot on. Barth was a huge disappointment and bad for Encinitas. Did she do anything that was good for Encinitas?
ReplyDeleteName one thing Barth has accomplished? I'd like to know.
ReplyDeleteSTOCKS,BOND,DALAGAR all GONE .No more bully's at city hall.I'd like to thank Teresa Barth for That THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete9:56 I guess you were not at city hall the nights Barth rudely interuppted residents and tried to shut them down becuase they had a different view.
DeleteOr maybe you missed Barth trying to bully over Gaspar and Muir to pass her tax hike plan in March-
Or maybe you missed all of Barth's newsletters trying to use her platform to paint thoe with opposing views as nothing more that a bunch of negative nellies-
now Barth's candidate Blakespear is doing the same thing- writing those on the outside are somehow complaining? What does Blakespear think about her Mom going to city hall all those years? And let's bnot forget Blakespear and her Mom are big land owners in Cardiff- can you say inside job for outside upzone? I can
Barth is a failure- 8 years and she increased debt, reduced transparency and underfunded infrastructure-
Bullies at city hall ?? Biggest bully of them all.... Sheila.
DeleteTweak my nose, go to fist city....
Barth didn't get rid of the $tock$ losers. Voters did. Just like we will get rid of these losers. Plus we will not vote in a past Loser with Crazy Cameron. One mistake was bad enough!
Delete11:15 How many tries will it take to have you spell it "because"? The "u" and "a" aren't anywhere near each other on the keyboard, so it's hard to accept your consistent misspelling as a typo.
DeleteAt least Cameron doesn't sell out like Barth. Barth actually ends up worst council member ever, took the crown from Stocks. Wow.
DeleteCameron was set up in an inside job. She remains a popular candidate and has always been loyal to Encinitas residents. Developers--not so much.
Delete1:09 Oh gawd, you must be that crazy person who can't stand when someone makes a typo. Please already!
DeleteThe point is it's not a typo! Whoever that poster is misspells "because" every time he/she uses it in a post. Check the spelling of "interrupt." Sloppy spelling and writing are indicators of sloppy thinking.
DeleteWould you accept anybody claiming that 2+2=5? Would you want a careless pilot flying the plane on your next flight? Would you want a sloppy contractor remodeling your house? A careless mechanic fixing your car?
Clear thinking is expressed in clear writing. Ignore anything else. It doesn't come from a good mind.
When you say that Cameron was removed was an inside job, are you referring to her being 'inside' a city work site poking a water truck driver in the chest screaming,"Do you know who I am? I'll have your job!" Or are you referring to the dozen plus phone messages 'inside' the City Manager's city phone that were obscene and/or threatening? Exactly who and what are you referring to?
DeleteI understand that Blakespear's Dad was a big developer and she received lots of money this campaign from outside developing interest. This explains why she has so much more money than the other candidates.
ReplyDeleteWho contributed how much to Blakespear's campaign through June 30, 2014:
Deletehttp://archive.ci.encinitas.ca.us/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=718155&dbid=0
Why are there duplicate entries by the same person on several of the pages? I thought the max you could give was $250 per person. If I'm reading this correctly, looks like some gave more than the allowed amount. Maybe someone can explain so I understand.
DeleteIt's $250.00 per person, however, if you are married you can give $500.00, as each of you count. And, if you have kids, they can each give $250.00. PAC's can give what the hell they want.
Delete1:02- For some reason, when I cut and paste the link into my browser it says there is a problem with the link. Any help appreciated. I would really like to now who contributed to her campaign. I am no fan of hers and I want to see who is.
Delete6:54 Thanks for the explanation. However, there are the same names listed three or four times in the amount of $250. So, to me it looks like the same person gave about 3 or 4 times in the amount of $250 each. Same name ---- not a different name.
DeleteLisa Leslie is on the list of Blakespeare donors.
DeleteCould the Lisa Leslie commentary in the newspapers be blessed by the candidate?
8:09-Since I can't seem to open the link provided regarding who gave what to Catherine, could you, or anyone else, provide another link? Thanks.
Deletehttp://archive.ci.encinitas.ca.us/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=718155&dbid=0
DeleteThe link works. I just copied and pasted it.
Look in the Per Election to Date column for each contributor's cumulative total. For example, Barth gave $40 + $210 = $250
PACs in local elections? Really?
I wouldn't vote for Blakespear if you paid me.
ReplyDeleteBarth opposed Prop A and outed herself as just as underhanded as Stocks when she persisted in lying about the Coastal Commission splitting the city. She not only embarrassed herself on that one, she showed her true stack n' pack agenda.
ReplyDeleteCatherine, please clean up your act and correct your illegal campaign signs being installed on Public property. If you can't find private property owners to allow your signs to be posted by permission on their property, at least stop placing them illegally on the Publics right of way property. You will for sure hear more of this criticism either from the public or from code enforcement. The choice is yours to prove you care. If this continues it will become obvious where your loyalties lie as if it isn't abundantly clear already. The signs of yours that I have seen are all just off the property owners lot line and close [2-3'] to the streets pavement.
ReplyDeleteWhere are these signs ??? Let's go there and tear them down....we'll put them in a big pile and burn them. Then we'll chant " Gooble gobble , Gooble gobble ". Great way to spend a nice Saturday night.
Deletebut she has rasied more money then anyone else ! jeez
DeleteAnd unlike people trying to seek real change she's been "working on the inside" to keep the same ol same ol - no wonder Barth and Kranz back her
I'm up for a midnight run on illegal signs. Where are they?
DeleteDrive between Devonshire and Vulcan on East I Street, which is also called Melba.
DeleteAlso the corner of Vulcan and Orpheus.
Corner of Vulcan and Orpheus sported a "No on A" sign last year.
DeleteVulcan and Orpheus may be private property. I wouldn't go out and just yank signs out of the ground. Most are no doubt placed by property owners, who cares in they're in the public right of way.
DeleteI do find it ironic that the same people who were so upset about the Stocks/Muir signs being one day early, have not been as upset about Blakespear's signs. Makes me kind of wonder where Scott Chatfield is? Wasn't he the person who did the You Tube video that nailed Stocks and Muir? I may be wrong on that, so please correct me if I am. He also is the person behind the "Save Pacific View" that got so many people to sign on. Which is why Tony got away with his ridiculous purchase of 10 million. I wonder how many of the people who signed his PV site actually wanted to pay that much? That would be an interesting survey. Anybody know how to do it. The names are there. All anyone would have to do is ask the question. I doubt if Chatfield will ask. I have never met Scott, and I will presume his intentions were pure. However, if he really wants to be a player in the future, perhaps he might want to step back and ask himself if he helped or hurt us.
ReplyDelete6:35 you sound like a idiot-
DeleteJoe Corder outed Stocks and Muir
Chatfield ahd to buy Pacific View at any price. He was asked to support efforts to buy the property a lower price but he refused- waht does he care, it's not his money
Now he is using his Save PV site to promote Kranz, Barth and soon Blakespend
7:18- I stand corrected. You are right, it was Corder and not Chatfield. My apologies for the mistake. However, I hardly think that makes me an idiot. But let's move on. My point is still sound. I have never been a Stocks fan, and I think it was wrong what he and Muir did. However, if in fact, Blakespear is doing the same thing, why isn't someone filming her doing it? As far as Chatfield and PV, it occurs to me that he is fanning the flames of yet another fuck up by Kranz, Shaffer and Barth. We all know that those three are for Blakespear. Barth regularly puts it in her "Thought you might Like to Know" series. And Shaffer, well we all know how she likes to spin things. Kranz is just plain "not getting it", at least that would be my impression. Although his new hairdo looks good and his new duds have the look for someone vying for the attention of the big guns in town. So what's in it for Chatfield?
DeleteChatfield might be angling for an appointment to the Arts Commission and an invite to the Ecke Meyer Kranz Blakespear christmas party
Deletepuke…. PV is a nightmare for Encinitas. Just like the Regional Sports Complex. We are not Irvine. Nor do we want to be.
Deletewe are Encinitas. No need for NY City size facilities.
WTF with a $3 million dollar life guard tower? Really?
Why doesn't the tax payer pay attention to the rape that is occurring right in front of their eyes?
Pathetic!
Let's think about that statement on the lifeguard tower. How much would you LIKE the lifeguard tower to cost. I think it's a fair question...
DeleteThe point with Stocks, Bond, and Muir on their signs was they put them up several days early EVERY election. If go day was Saturday, you could count on their signs Thursday night or Friday night.
DeleteIf what I read is correct, you can now have 2 signs on private property? I saw two Blakespeare signs yesterday on separate properties. If that's not correct, it would be a violation of the sign ordinance and I'd be just as down on it.
-MGJ
https://thecoastnews.com/2012/10/encinitas-council-campaign-signs-pop-up-early/
Delete8:45 Let's put it this way. 2000 years in the furture if apes rule the world, there will be two things still around. 1. Part of the Statue of Liberty and 2. The concrete block/rebar lifeguard tower at Moonlight Beach (if they don't tear it down for a more upscale version we can sink millions into).
DeleteJFC, MGJ, she's Blakespear not Shakespeare!
Delete8:45 Let's say you owned a private beach somewhere, maybe at a hotel, and you wanted to build a lifeguard station comparable to the one proposed for Moonlight Beach. How much would you pay for it?
Delete6:45 There should be a comma after "But".
ReplyDelete8:13-
ReplyDeleteOMG… you must have gone to CA public school. Really?
Try again.
Nice try to avoid admitting you are wrong.
Delete6:45 It is a poor writing style to begin a sentence with a conjunction. A coordinating conjunction is one that joins elements of a sentence. The English language has seven (and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet).
DeleteThe prohibition against starting a sentence with a conjunction is very old school. It died maybe 50 years ago. It's similar to forbidding ending a sentence with a preposition. They're both pointless rules made up by obsessives.
DeleteTo goof on the "rule" about not ending a sentence with a preposition, Winston Churchill said something like: This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put.
12:03 Prohibition is an odd word. It is "poor" writing style to begin a sentence with a conjunction. Plain and simple. It is not prohibited, but good writers write well.
DeleteGood to know, 11:39. Thanks.
Delete12:03 - I agree that's for obsessives, but still good to know, so you don't look stupid when you're with an obsessive.
11:40 - I learned to write good long ago.
Good writers often begin sentences with conjunctions for emphasis or to shorten the preceding sentence. There is no ironclad, inviolable rule for written English that says beginning a sentence with a conjunction is poor writing. It's a matter of the writer's choice and style.
DeleteOf hundreds of English verbs, why do only forms of "be" take the nominative rather than the objective case?
112:23 I disagree with your statement. Apparently, you are not familiar with good writing.
Delete12:23 Isn't google a wonderful tool?
DeleteLet's get back to the subject of the blog and stop crapping on people who have a typo from time to time. How petty can you be?
Delete12:23 exhibits good writing. Where's yours, 1:22?
DeleteYes, 1:24, Google is a wonderful tool, but what's the relevance?
1:25, if it were a typo from time to time, that would be OK. But this blog is a swamp of poor writing, and that's evidence of murky thinking.
The comments made by 12:23 were directly from Google. I read the exact wording yesterday. That is why Google is a wonderful tool.
Delete3:37 I would think you would spend your time reading something more your speed and intelligence. You obviously don't fit in here.
Deleteconjunction junction, what's your function?
Delete12:23's comments were not from Google. They came from 12:23's experience and brain.
Delete4:48 — 3:37 is an educator. Education is a good thing. It raises the level of discourse, and it contributes to a civil society. It erases ignorance.
If you want to wallow in ignorance, most of the comments on this blog are a good place to do it.
5:55 How about that. We are in the same profession. My expertise is English. What is yours?
Delete6:35, if your expertise is English, answer this question:
DeleteOf hundreds of English verbs, why do only forms of "be" take the nominative rather than the objective case?
8:15 I doubt that you will ever accept my answer, but I will try.
DeleteThe verb to be, in all of its forms, is the same as an equal sign. Whatever comes before it (almost always a pronoun in the nominative case) must also follow it.
8:41 — First, the infinitive is "be" rather than "to be."
DeleteSecond, your "almost always a pronoun" would eliminate every common or proper noun that has ever preceded any form of "be" in the history of using English.
So your answer can't be correct.
9:11 If you believe that you are correct, you have every right to believe that.
DeleteFrankly, I think we've taken away too much from this blog to focus on grammar. There are other pressing issues that the citizens, including myself, are concerned with.
So, you may rest well tonight and believe that you are correct. I stand by my answer.
9:16 — OK, stand by your answer by ignoring the point.
DeleteEncinitas is a city.
Bill Clinton was president.
Girls are smart.
The puppies were cute.
John has been abroad.
Each sentence uses a form of "be," but none has a pronoun as its subject.
"Who's there?"
"It is I."
"Which woman wrote the article?"
"It was she."
Pronouns as subjects preceding forms of "be." Nominative pronouns rather than objective pronouns following forms of "be." Why?
When you're away from home, you call your spouse and he/she answers the phone, do you say, "Hi, it's I."?
I would love to have you come to a college class and speak with some professional English instructors. Let me know how I can get in touch with you.
Deletenews out of Ferguson Missouri that cops are allowing looters to go rob unfettered. Store owners legally owning AR 15's are using the defense rifles to protect their lives, liberty and property- no update on how store owners protecting their property with the editorial page of the NY Times are making out
ReplyDelete10:11,
DeleteThere is a right to self defense; there is no right to stuff defense. By advocating the shooting people to defend "property," you are advocating murder.
Looting is bad. They should catch looters and send them to jail for 2-5 years. Murderers should be caught and sent away for 20 to life.
You pretend to support our laws and Constitution, but we know what you're really about.
6:59 Wrong -
DeleteThe right to bear arms is the right to defend your family, property and liberty. The AR-15 Defense rifile is being used by responsible legal citizens to defend themselves and their families. As of today, no looters and criminals have been shot. Could it be that the AR 15 defense rifle is a deterrent?
I aks the question- when men come to rape your daughters and wife who is the enlightened and responsible man?- The one who has legally puchased and trained to use a defense gun or the man holding the editorial page of the NY Times?
I advocate self-defense. If men break into my home to rape my wife I am legally armed and prepared to defend my liberty and my family.
Good luck to you defending your family with the NY Times. If they catch the rapists definling your family you can attened the trial and see how much time they get.
6:59- How do you feel about the 100,000 illegal immigrants who have violated the laws of our borders? Seeing how you are for the "rule of law" I look forward to your response.
Delete8:36,
DeleteHow do you feel about the Cuban nationals who cross our border and get automatic access to Legal Permanent Resident status, benefits, a Green Card, and can apply for citizenship after just 366 days?
Funny how Fox never covers that angle. Could it have something to do with the fact that Cubans represent a large Republican voting block in a critical swing state?
I'm for creating and enforcing laws fairly and consistently. How about you?
10:19 Not truthful. Can't compare Cuban boat people feeling communist and religious persecution with Illegal immigrants invading our borders from central america- Cubans are asylum seekers while the illegal immgirants invading our borders are law breakers.
DeleteYou say you are for enforcing the laws? We have a legal process today where hundreds of thousands of law abiding immirgants seeking to come to American are filling out and waiting for visa's- there is the travel visa, the J1 visa, the O1 visa, the STEM Visa, the H1B Visa, the Student Visa and the Green Card- all of these people- and I know many of them, are coming to America legally. Many have PHD's and are excited to come to America to work, contribute, share the american dream and participate in our country and our culture. You give preference to law breakers invading our southern border many who are now committing crimes.
The legal immgirants awaing J1, O1, STEM or other Visa's want nothing from US Taxpayers- The illegals you support are now taking up money and resources that should be going to legal families and taxpayers- Obama has asked for nearly $4B- money that should go to service legal citizens is now going to service lawbreakers. In your world that is fair nd equitable, in reality it is theft.
8:37 Burning buildings, thugery, violence, molotov cocktails being hurled at stores, molotov cocktails being hurled at store owners, molotov cocktails being hurled at cops. Looting, breaking and entering, mass theft- completly justified if a store owner felt their life was threatened to use force.
DeleteOf course you saw the video of this violence and choose to ignore it. This is called life threatening violence. The black panther party along with Jesse and Al are stoking the flames of this violence.
I support personal freedom and the right to defend one's property, liberty, family and life. You apparently don't.
If need be I'll be defending my family, property, belongings and business with an AR 15 Defensive rifle under my arm.
Good luck to you with that NY Times editorial page under your arm - you will need it.
Watch out! There's an armed gang of thugs entering your yard as I type. Get your AR15 loaded and ready. Fire at will. Oh, wait, it's a couple of Mormon missionaries trying to sell their religion.
Delete8:37 - What if you're just trying to wing them?
DeleteI'd put a cap in someones head trying to steal my property or hurt my family.
ReplyDeleteI support the US Constitution. What have we become?
As if other people don't support the constitution. This blog has become troll city. Paging WC...
Delete8:42 sounds like a troll...
DeleteTakes one to know one? 4:43 Merely saying that A.) way off topic B.) personal attacks make everyone on the blog look like a moron...
DeleteThieves become heroes and the adoring crowd does their early Christmas shopping to commemorate him - by breaking the windows than firing up the shop.
ReplyDeleteCNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, PBS, NY TImes, USA Today, CBS all promote the looters as hero's- "Social Justice" they are robbing stealing thugs.
DeleteOf course CNN, NBC, ABC, NY Times, USA Today also all were spokespeople for Hamas-
After video came out that the "Gentle Giant" had robbed a store and physically assaulted a store owner just that very day CNN's Don Lemon said "It didn't look that bad"
All black people are evil. The mainstream media supports Hamas even though they are mostly Jewish owned. Thanks for the education pal . Go back to Jonestown.
Delete9:24- You are the only one writing "all black people are evil"- that makes you the only racist one here. You might think all black people are evil- I don't.
DeleteThe mainstream media as you call it did promote the position of Hamas to paint a picture that it was OK for Hamas to murder israeli's, launch rockets, and subject it's own citizens to terror.
Hamas of course is not a state, nor is it a race, nor is it a religion. Hamas is a polical terrorist group like Al Qadea and ISIS that calls for an Islamic Caliphate and the genocide of believers of the Jewish and Christian faiths. You might support terrorists- don't expect many of us to join you.
Of course not all black people are evil. I was being sarcastic. Sorry about the three syllable words. Go back to teatown.
Delete1:01 you have not offered on positive subject worth discussing. You have offered lot's of anger and lot's of hate- but no meaningful or insightful observations. Empty barrels make the most noise
DeleteAt least we're getting some good review of grammar on the blog. Thank god for those quality public schools when I was but a lad, until Prop 13 took all our money away, lol!
ReplyDelete8:44- god should be capitalized as in God, and there is more money for schools than ever. Nice try but gigantic fail for the school teacher.
ReplyDeleteAfter reviewing the agenda and attachments, I plan to stay home and watch the Council meeting on TV this week.
ReplyDeleteBe safe, everyone.
If anyone wants a good laugh go to: http://www.blakespear4encinitas.com/updates
ReplyDeleteShe shows herself on a the dias at City Hall with the Encinitas logo in back of her. She does say that this was a traffic commission and how much they do. Now that is a joke. They cancel meetings all of the time, as the City doesn't give them anything to do.
Moving on, she talks about her signs, how much she is loved by the City and Council, and the best part is how she signs it as "Gratefully", shades of Shaffer's sign off. Oh, she has a picture of herself with Shaffer and Gaspar at an elite event most of us could not afford to attend. Yes, this is real change. If you buy it, I'll see if there is a shrink in town that might help you with your illusions that this woman is any different than who we already have.
She also tries to equate getting into the race early with having been active in City affairs for years. She's been instead conspicuously absent from all and any issues raised, not to mention her spotty memory on how she voted on Prop A.
DeleteYes, and you see what you would want to do is vote for Julie Graboi, and tell 10 people. It's not necessarily how bad Blakespeare is, but how good Julie is.....
DeleteThat's true regarding Graboi, but I beg to differ on Blakespear. She is actually turning out to be quite calculating and rather nasty. Anyone see her "choose me" email where she slams two of the Council seat candidates for not being in the race as long as she has? Watch closely and see a myriad of ways in which she's just as snarky as Barth. No wonder, birds of a feather....
DeleteSo sayeth all those who have taken the time from their busy schedules of community involvement to trash someone who has at least put some time in. I don't care whether you like her and/or will vote for her but this (10:31 AM) is really pathetic:
Delete"She does say that this was a traffic commission and how much they do. Now that is a joke. They cancel meetings all of the time, as the City doesn't give them anything to do."
Please tell us how much you've been doing so we know what a real community activist looks like.
9:34- It all depends which god you're talking about. Only One of them requires a capital. And yes, the schools do have more money than ever. Especially EUSD. You never hear of the millions our local schools get from the CA lottery each year, but they do.
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