William Morrison, the vice president of the Leucadia 101 Main Street Association and Bryan Ziegler, a deputy county counsel who ran for a city council seat in 2012, pulled nomination papers this week, according to the City Clerk’s office.Morrison is a longtime leader of Leucadia 101, which has been consistently pro-Streetscape, so if you're among the anti-roundabout gang, he's not for you. Here is an anonymous and pointedly opposing view of his May 28, 2014 L101 presentation before council. You may wish to view the video of that meeting on the city's web site to get an unfiltered measure of Mr. Morrison (nevertheless, I do think this new citizen reporting of council meetings on EU is quite helpful in pointing us to that presentation!).
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Morrison, according to biographical information on the Main Street website, is a licensed architect who currently serves as the group’s economic development chair.
On Prop A, we don't know his position, but we do have this in a letter from Fred Caldwell to the Coast News:
EncinitasHOPE.com with disregard for the truth and without permission used our L-101 logo to push their agenda against Prop A on their recently printed literature sent to many residents. Likewise, encinitasHOPE.com uses “Leucadia Main Street Association” deceitfully on their website to garner votes against Prop A. They have since been asked to cease to do so by our president, William Morrison and irrespectively have not ceased as of the date of this email to The Coast News.Welcome to the mix, Mr. Morrison. We look forward to learning more about your positions.
UPDATE: Former mayor, regular city warchdog and critic of Gus Vina, and Prop A campaigner Sheila Cameron runs for mayor! And Morrison hadn't turned in his papers yet the last time the U-T checked late in the afternoon.
What does it matter. As many people here confidently predicted, Barth will run because she is just so devious. Although I must admit, Barth is pushing it pretty close to the wire. I mean, all these people here couldn't be wrong, could they? There is only a few hours left to pull papers.
ReplyDelete"all these people here couldn't be wrong, could they?"
Deletegood one.
Barth could not win- she knows it. The Lew Edwards tax scheme was the nail in her coffin. As soon as the public outed her for wanting to raise taxes, and for letting Gus Vina with hold financial information from the public her chances or winning an election went to zero
ReplyDeleteShe could be holding out hope that if Kranz is elected then her cronies Kranz, Blakespear and Shaffer will appoint Barth to the open seat- then they will have the 4-1 super majority to put their tax increase on the ballot and to loot taxpayer money to pay consultants to hoodwink the public
11:45 AM
Delete"She could be holding out hope that if Kranz is elected then her cronies Kranz, Blakespear and Shaffer will appoint Barth to the open seat"
Yeah, and the sun rises in the west. Pretty lame effort.
Barth is not going to run.
ReplyDeleteMorrisson would make a good and fair council member. He has shown professional leadership over many years with L101, knows the issues of the city, not beholding to anyone, is well respected in his field and community and has shown his professionalism in addressing city issues.
He and Blakesphere have my votes.
You can only vote for one. Unless you're voting a dead person's ballot.
Deletewhy Blakespear? She has said nothing on important issues.
DeleteThe only issue she has spoken on was Pacific View. She supported buying it at any cost- and paying $10M for a property we can't use without dumping money into it that we don't have.
Poor decision making on her part- and look for Scott Chatfield to do a photo shoot of her in 2 weeks- watch for it
so why Blakespear over Graboi? Atleast Graboi stood up to Vina and Sabine on Desert Rose. Blakespear offers no leadership and mroe droning on and on
This is for the council seat, folks. It's Blakespeare, Graboi, Ziegler, Morrison.
DeleteThank you Sheila for jumping in and providing a Prop A mayor candidate. Sheila and Julie are our hopes to clean out the old boys network that has held sway for far too long. Now just wait for all the city trolls to go bananas. The threat of real change and not just more seat fillers will impel them to run around like their heads are cut off. Gentleman and ladies, start your engines.
ReplyDeleteOld Boys like Lisa and Teresa? You keep telling the same story over and over again expecting a new result.
DeleteNever underestimate a woman scorned: ask Fred, he knows what is really going on.
Yes, Sheila would be a good mayor!
ReplyDeleteMorrison is too intertwined with Leucadia 101 Mainstreet Association to have objectivity, as a candidate for Council. He can't see the loss of canopy for the five one-lane roundabout circling in his head, obstructing his vision. Would he favor a public vote on that $19 Million plus project? Most locals support the treescape, the artwalk, our local businesses, but not the planned cementscape.
Sheila would be a good mayor? Did she get kick off as the mayor and lost re-election by a landslide?
DeleteSC is a card carrying member of the KLCC .
DeleteGive them time - you'll learn to hate them all!
ReplyDeleteThree guesses who posted on 5:08PM.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Morrison is my favorite
ReplyDeletebelieve Morrison had a memory lapse about the 101 getting pressured to come out against prop A. Others saw an email that he couldn't quite recall.
Delete6:03
DeleteWhat email are you and 'others' talking about?
Who pressured him and L101?
There are others that want to see the incriminating emails that other saw.
Ask a non-yes man on the L101 and you'll learn.
Delete8:30
DeleteTeach us so we can "learn" from you.
Answer the 7:08 questions.
7:08
DeleteNot sure what email 6:03 is referring to, and I'd like to see it as well. The only like email I read was one from the city secretary suggesting one business group should come to a unanimous decision on Prop A. It didn't say pro or con but you can read between the lines. Especially after the director from DEMA announced their board was unanimously against Prop A - then they had to retract that statement the next week because it wasn't so. If I can locate the referrenced email, I'll post it. I'll ask Bruce Ehlers if he has it.
Sheila-Seriously? Is this really true. Anyone who has spent any time following city politics knows that Sheila would not be a good Mayor. Just google her and you can find it out for yourselves. She once hit a staffer. She was kicked off the council by her colleagues for lots of reasons. She is a mental case. And no, I don't hate Sheila. I just think she would be the worst Mayor of the ones running.
ReplyDeleteOne thing about Sheila: she does not owe the developers one damned favor.
DeleteExcept the developer that built her home....
DeleteWhen people use the word "developer," they mean builders of atrocities like the density bonus projects on Hermes, Daphne and Normandy/Urania.
Delete11:54- Ohhh those evil developers !!! Versus the nice guy developer that built her home AND yours!!!
Delete7:42- evil developers? Try 'Coastal Weasle's" who seek to get government handouts and special inside privlidges to line their pockets with profits while trampling on the rights of other residents and property owners.
DeleteThe colony of local "Coastal Weasle's" bully, threaten, bluster and strut about town arrogantly proclaiming that they are 'entitled'
Yea- people saying they are 'entitled' who trample on the legal rights of others- are 'evil'
7:51 - so right. There are developers who work within zoning without going the cramalot route...and there are the developers we all know full well who we're talking about. They wouldn't have in their neighborhoods what they think they have a mandate to force on yours.
DeleteWelcome to America... Where money influences all. Where Corporations are people. Land of the Free Enterprise!
Delete7:42 Her home and mine were built by general contractors and sub-contractors. Those guys were not the outside corps who raid our developer-friendly community, take advantage of every opportunity and loophole our planning department provides, cram-build to the max, then leave town till the next exploitation opportunity comes up.
Delete7:42 You sound like a density bonus developer.
We all know homes are built by a developer. But the conditions of 20-30-40 years ago are not those of the day. We reached a tipping point 10-15 years ago, where the rising prices and diminishing space came together and you now have non-standard housing developments being rammed into areas where one home stood (behind La Especial Norte) or in an existing neighborhood where new homes loom down on existing homes. (Hermes).
DeleteIt's a question of values, old developers lived where they built, and there wasn't bonus density in there to max out lot lines.
It's a bigger issue in our society, with a disconnect between making money and living with your friends and neighbors.
I mean, you know there's an issue when people like the folks on the corner of Jason and Vulcan can get up and do a dog and pony show for density bonus and try and act like it's not a bad thing to their neighbors.
-MGJ
8:37 Great points.
DeleteSheila will split the vote between Kranz and herself. Therefore, the chances of Gaspar goes up exponentially.
ReplyDeleteGaspar is a sure win period. Gaspar by 20% is my prediction. The rest of you better pick a stronger candidate. Dalakranz and Crazy Cameron are not real candidates for mayor of our town.
ReplyDeleteYou have been watching too much of the Simpsons.
Don't underestimate Kranz's unpopularity. Before he spent twice as much as necessary for Pacific View, he voted against the majority public's position on almost every issue.
DeleteHis council seat is safe for two years, so there's really no reason to vote for him for mayor. If Cameron can win, Gaspar is gone. That's a strong motivator.
The developers and outside interests will be throwing a lot of $$ into the Gasbag's campaign - they are counting on the Pavlovian response from the uninformed voters to the generic campaign propaganda that will be the bulk of her image - flags, family and fiscal responsibility, a.k.a, smoke and mirrors.
DeleteAs usual, Tony will have his people, Gaspar has hers. The difference is who pulls in the undecideds, the 90% of people who pay attention for at most a month before the election. Lower turnouts do favor Gaspar. I think Sheila will draw little support. I voted for her years ago, but the time has simply passed, and her demeanor isn't right for the job...
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As I said.
ReplyDeleteGreat... Cameron as mayor. Let's see now her husband works at sdsu or is retired from sdsu, not that it matters. Another govt tick , and Sheila will lead the negotiations in the new city contract with the staff.... Ah no!! We need business leaders running the city govt not more govt ticks.
ReplyDeleteI don't give a rat's ass what Cameron's husband did/does. He's not running. Sheila's onto staff's bad behavior and will not be one who will go along to get along, unlike some other candidates.
Deletebusiness leaders? Like Gaspar who gave away extra paychecks- increased city debt, raided funded projects, and then stuck taxpayers with the bill-
DeleteNo thanks
8:10- Don Cameron is an engineer in the private sector and always has been as far as I know. Perhaps you should get your facts right before you go off calling people "ticks".
DeleteCabezon
Cabezon is a city staffer tick. Who cares what you say?
DeleteNice try 9:01 You don't know shit!
DeleteMrs. Cabazon
Shit?- look in mirror slacker retard.
DeleteSince when are physical therapists doctors?
DeleteAll, Calling people names and making unsubstantiated claims about them shows that you have zero creds. I've worked my entire life in the private sector as an engineer.After 20yrs in aerospace I recieve a bloated pension of $496.00 per month and am currently employed in the ion-implantation industry. I've written to multiple council members and complained about the bloated salaries and pensions of city staff.
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11:47- Hey Gaspar is an advertising major - claism to be a CFO and her Physcial therapist husband claims to be a doctor
DeleteGaspar was a broadcast journalism major.
DeleteCan't you tell?
In other words, like a degree from the University of Phoenix - printed on Kranz's Xerox machine.
Deletebut that what happens when the receptionist marries the boss. Right?
DeleteInstance barely MRS degree. too CFO of local company.
Wow! I've always considered Encinitas to be an 'enlightened' city in comparison to others in the county, but I guess exasperation has overtaken those who are educated, forcing them from the stage and leaving the peanut gallery to dredge up old tired tropes.
DeleteIf this is how the campaign is going to start, I predict WC pulls the plug the first week after Labor Day.
There is always an underlying unspoken reserve of antagonism toward any business people making a living on this blog, and anyone who has chosen a vocation in serving the public: so, if you cannot support business/free enterprise, and you resent public servants, because they make more money than you, then you are left no where to go as a subject of an abundant society. The posters on this blog keep generating and digesting the same tired stories over-and-over, whether there is truly a nexus to reality or not.
The election for the Mayor's seat will be lost in a series of caustic accusations and fantastic revelations, but to what end? What is the goal of the city? To provide means and safety. Gaspar versus Cameron, is almost like, and I am dating myself, almost like Superman versus Bizarro Superman: with Kranz inbetween sort of like a sixth finger, or third nipple: when Kranz states that he is running to continue Barth's legacy, one wonders when Kranz hired Larry David to write his campaign material. Cameron must be convinced that after 2 decades out of office any of the reasons for her dismissal by her peers will have either been forgotten, or that the urgency of today's problems will allow her, warts and all, to be recognized and desired/promoted for her knowledge, like Nixon in 1968. The true difficulty for a busy voter will be to determine what are the true or real issues facing the city? Sheila's Last Hurrah? God Bless her and God's speed.
As far as the September 16th Open Forum, can we make a pledge to keep it alcohol free? That includes Cardiffians attending not under the influence: many candidates have been abused by sorry-ass drunks at this forum th last couple of years: Cardiff deserves better.
Really, people are getting sauced at the Cardiff Forum? Where's the pre debate watering hole of choice? LOL!
DeleteSheila doesn't have a chance, I think her run is a mix of frustration, vanity and an open window in her life to run. It IS a weak field in terms of accomplishment, but that's where we are at this point.
It does make for a much more interesting race, as Sheila knows where some of the bodies are buried politically, and she knows the working down at city hall. It might force some real issues to be addressed, but it also may create a three ring circus.
Democracy is messy....
"Business leaders" read code for developer-friendly, resident wishes be damned. No, thanks.
ReplyDeleteGaspar's are self proclaimed CEO's and doctors, when in fact, they have few credible credentials. It is puffery and hype - the flim flam family.
ReplyDeleteIn the 2010 campaign, 66.4% of Gaspar's contributions came from out of town addresses. That's $15,365/$23,133.
ReplyDeleteFair point, Gaspar is the figurehead to receive a lot of cash from those outside our community...
DeleteCross check it with the roster of her sorority in college conspiracy finders.
DeleteWhat is the point, Dennis? That those with friends who don't live in Encinitas are necessarily corrupt? Or that those with few friends that actually have a bank account or that all live in Encinitas are less corrupt?
Or if Tony et al sell out to an entity, like EUSD, vastly overpaying for PV, refusing to acknowledge new information and try and save taxpayer's some money, or waving all fees for the district on developing 10 acres on Quail Garden's Drive: why is that behavior 'better' behavior than the addition of an affordable unit in Olivenhain?
Just trying to understand the logic; if there is any?
8:36
DeleteIf you want to talk vastly overpaying for something with no returns, check out the needless 4 railroad underpasses planned burn up $25 million (when at-grade crossings cost a fraction of that). Working to prevent that purchase (by at least signing LTC's petition) is a smart financial move. But paying a third for property in Encinitas next to the ocean with the intention to educate, create jobs and revenue is hardly a bad choice. Especially when it prevents sprawl at the same time.
BTW, The Leucadia Town Council Mayoral Candidate Forum is planned for Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 7pm in the Community room of the Library on Cornish Dr. You can sign the petition there if you already have not. Thanks!
Well, ya know, I think the point is if 2/3 of your campaign money comes from out of town, that says you don't have much support in town.
DeleteFollow the money, always a good axiom.
DeleteYeah. Tony had a huge base, and then he blew it with the $10 million dollar PV trophy project. What happened to quality of life issues?
ReplyDeleteDisagree. Many in Kranz's base wanted the city to buy PV, and aren't terribly upset about the price.
DeleteProp A, Desert Rose, and Vina were much bigger factors in the shattering of the base.
11:11 PV is a quality of life issue.
DeleteSo do you think Tony's base will go to Gaspar? I don't. Politics in the U.S. today is frequently and exercise in holding one's nose. Tony has been imperfect to be sure, but Gaspar offer's nothing in terms of vision, leadership or execution. Tony still has a chance. Time has passed Sheila by at this point. Turnout will be key as usual, off year election.
Delete-MGJ
A good chunk of Tony's base was the Prop A folks. They would have a hard time voting for Tony again. Most will probably vote for Sheila; if she hadn't entered they may have abstained or voted Fidel as a protest.
Delete8:03 I voted for Prop A and I'm voting for Tony.
DeleteThank you, Mrs. Kranz.
DeleteI shop at Caldwell's and I'm writing in the Leucadia Strange Thing for mayor!
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DeleteTony's base were those wanting anybody in rather than that stink pot $tock$. His squinty-eyed. bloated countenance was crowned with arrogance and conceit - he'd been in office so long, that he took liberties of revealing his true lack of character. Buffy the Beagle could have run and won - it was just dumb luck that Dalakranz found that brief moment of opportunity. He could substitute for one of Gaspar's rocks....
DeleteVote the Bong Party - Vote Fidel!
Delete8:44, Only if YOU drive IT to council meetings each week. I'm not.
ReplyDeleteI don't like politicians who say one thing and then when elected to something completely different. So, for me, I will hold my nose and vote for Gaspar. At least we know where she stands. Whether we like it or not I like it, I admire the honesty. I remember when Kranz made the remark at the City Council meeting where all the Gaspar supporters came out, as Shaffer, et al, decided they wanted to revisit the original deal of splitting the Mayorship this year. Tony said about Kristin, while he was in sitting on the dias, that he knew she was a Rotarian and they usually put service before self. He stated that Kristin was putting self above service. That was petty, not necessary and he showed his colors that night. He was red faced, his juggler veins were about to pop, and I was waiting for him to hit something or someone. That was not classy, and totally unprofessional as a Councilperson.
ReplyDelete6:36 Tony was spot on. Gaspar did put self above service. Her mommy wanted her to have another tiara to add to her thin collection.
ReplyDeleteEncinitas Rotary has about 90 members. BFD.
ReplyDeleteRotary does some wonderful things for encinitas and there are good caring folks that are members.
DeleteWith that said, because of the sports leagues and the rotary sponsorships of these groups, they have a very massive email tree that can and has influenced issues in the past.
Such as...ending up with a regional sports park when the majority wanted a community park.
Can Rotary turn an election?
Delete2nd best comment on this blog this year...
DeleteNicely done....11:38
Delete6:36: Gaspar's honest?? You've got to be kidding. She claimed that Prop A would require a city-wide vote for a kitchen remodel. That it would require a city-wide vote for a patio addition. She made those claims after being corrected by staff. She is not honest. She is the developers' tool and will say anything as directed.
ReplyDeleteThe Prop A folks I know were going with Fidel as a protest vote, but now have Cameron. Whew.
Prop A will be overturned. Wait and see.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you just can't wait.
DeleteThought we were talking about Gaspar's "honesty?"
DeleteLet's take measure. Just how dumb can a person be?
DeleteProp A was a ballot initiative. It passed and is now integrated within the municipal code. That means for it to be overturned, there would have to be another ballot initiative that negated it, and more than 50% of Encinitas voters would have to vote yes on that initiative.
Is that gonna happen? Of course not!
So, 3:17, that's how unbelievably dumb you can be.
Again, Prop A will be overturned.
Delete7:09,
DeletePlease explain.
Prop A will be overturned in the courts, or by the Smart Growthers' "overlay" upzoning ballot initiative?
If you mean by the courts, why has Escondido's version of Prop A been around for more than a decade without being overturned?
3:17 - Wish in one hand that Prop A will be overturned; poop in the other and see which one fills up first.
ReplyDeleteHey, are you stealing from Bad Santa? I like it....
DeleteCrazy Cameron will be smoked… I predict 2% only pathetic Lword could probably garner 2%. both Pathetic.
ReplyDelete8pm is charley marvin of course. Anonymity in your case is so transparent. Sad sad creature that you are. As for Sheila being smoked, on the contrary it appears you are the one who is smoking something that makes you mean, intolerant, and cruel. Sorry for you. The rot inside is obviously eating you up.
ReplyDelete9:36
DeleteWhat is this baseless crap you post against CM continually? Guess you need a "bad guy" on L-101 and you pick an influential man who's preserved and enhanced two old businesses here - as though he's a bad neighbor. CM does not post here and never has. If he was 8:00pm, he would have capitalized "both" and not capitalized "Pathetic" and structured that sentence a lot better. But he's not one to throw out derrogitory comments about others either. He may not always agree with Sheila politically, but on a personal level, he's spoken with her about helping her with a hip problem they both shared. On the other hand go out of your way to assign CM's name to any annonymous comment you choose. That's what inner rot at work is - whoever you are.
10:52 really? Crappy marvy pappy has never posted here? He has never railed against Lynn even when it is not her to begin with and then when called on it he replied he couldn't care less if he was wrong about Lynn doing the actual posting? He has never bullied certain business owners on the 101 who think roundabouts are the dumbest idea to come down for our 101? This list could go on and on. You can deny he has ever posted here but all that does is call you out for, lets put this as gently as possible, misrepresenting the reality of history in our community. Own it. Prove it. Good luck on that, you enabler.
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