HoodLink, Encinitas' long-running grassroots newsletter, has come out in favor of Sheila Cameron for mayor and Julie Graboi for City Council, with a polite nod to Tony Kranz but an acknowledgement that Kranz and HoodLink's community have parted ways on the issues.
See the latest HoodLink here.
First off, let's take a moment here on EU to thank Herb for his past contributions to Hoodlink and our community!
ReplyDeleteA very verbose document to say they support Cameron and Graboi. Sheez.... Get to the point. It comes across as one of those time donations in the opening comments at a council meeting....
ReplyDeleteWell....I Wonder why....
DeleteHoodlink did not address a key major point. Cameron and Graboi are card carrying KLCC members.
ReplyDeleteThey support promoting items that keep Leucadia dangerous, ugly and broken.
A vote for them is a vote to support slaughtering more people on our main street, lower quality of life for all Encinitas citizens, and lower property values.
Big deal they support no up zoning. So do most Encinitas residents. The difference is most residents don't support ignoring dangerous conditions on our streets.
I encourage all voters to learn the facts and see if you really should vote for KLCC members that are committed to ignoring the problems of our City.
I for one will be voting for someone other than Cameron and Graboi.
Slaugtering people on our street is a little strong, but I know Sheila does not support the streetscape.
DeleteSheila is in favor of temp roundabouts to gauge effectiveness. You/others keep lying on this point. She really is open to trying them out, as the "data" on both sides is not convincing one way or the other.
Delete11:26, Temp roundabouts = a non-engineer wants to spend more taxpayers money to 2nd guess sane, beneficial and proven infrastructural improvements. Sheila doesn't like roundabouts period. A few others would do anything to stall street scape. Temp roundabouts would be costly eyesores for over a year. The problem is, people can't SEE the time they're saving with road improvements and when so many stop signs are eliminated. Neither can anyone envision how nice a landscaped area would be with only chain-link fencing, cement barriers and orange cones assaulting their senses every time they'd drive by. They can calculate how much more money that would cost taxpayers though. The city NEVER constructs anything inexpensive. How much extra money do you propose to spend for the engineering and construction of Temp roundabouts?
Delete$150K-$200K apiece. Pennies compared to a multi-million dollar failure.
Delete2:12 Name where roundabouts at T intersections with wildly different traffic volumes have been proven. Include in your proof where those T intersections are comparable in proximity to five of the six proposed here being bunched in 8/10 mile, with the sixth 1.2 miles away. Also include in your proof numbers comparable to two of the six proposed here being at private driveways.
DeleteMy point for why these should not be made permanent to the tune of how many millions? until proven one way or the other.
Delete5:09, Roundabouts work and keep small towns small. Widening 101 and adding more red lights / stop signs would exacerbate congestion and slow.....everything........down.. Less cross traffic is less cross traffic and far more efficient than having two roads cross with each having 9000 cars per day. There's not a lot of documentation available for refuting common sense. But you'll keep trying to find it.
Delete10:56 You can't produce proof because there is none.
DeleteFalse choice: five roundabouts crammed in 8/10 mile, next one 1.2 miles away OR red lights/stop signs.
You were busted way back. Your scam is going nowhere.
4:17. "Pennies in comparison"?
DeleteIf 6 Temp roundabouts cost $200,000 ea. that's well over a million bucks. If Temp roundabouts surfaced on an agenda at city hall, you'd want to have Temp roundabouts go to a vote of the people. ($300,000 for each of streetscape's 2 phases). Each test would probably take 2 years of study, planning and execution. Each test would remove just as many trees as our planned roundabouts would - being the same size for the test.(Keep in mind there will be very few trees removed with roundabouts) Each Temp roundabout would be far aesthetically inferior to approved roundabouts, not winning any brownie points with the public and basically keeping Leucadia crappier for 4 extra years. After each Temp roundabout test, who decides if they work? Why the public! 2 more public votes required. Meanwhile, the Temp roundabouts would keep trees from being planted, sidewalks from being poured, street lamps from being installed etc.
Temp roundabouts are a good idea for anyone who dislikes roundabouts. But good for us all that street scape has already been determined by the public and council. I promise you'll love it! (Well, maybe not you.)
There's nothing to prove, roundabouts work, go down to Bird Rock. Termporary Roundabouts are a ludicrous idea...
DeleteBecause of their KLCC status, Cameron and Graboi will lose big time.
ReplyDeleteGraboi should have never tied herself to Cameron. Cameron is a backward thinking anchor in the wonderful opportunities offered in life.
Charley, charley, charley. What a broken record you have become. Marvy Making Leucadia Crappier can't help himself or others for that fact. Where will you go when reality finally sinks in? Your limited time of influence has passed and will not be coming back.
ReplyDeleteWe shall see. Nov. can not come soon enough.
DeleteVery verbose. A much better endorsement would be a listing of what Cameron and Graboi have done, their qualifications/capabilities, and a list of what they will do in office. This endorsement rambled on about Krantz and Shaffer, but did not outline a vision for a future with the endorsees.
ReplyDelete9:29am as usual for charley 9:13am was not Lynn. It was me.
ReplyDeleteYou cannot help yourself apparently but sounds like you do need some professional help.
To be clear, this is not Lynn.
I know you don't care a bit and that says all we need to know about your character.
This is and was not Lynn. Got it? Oh never mind.
We all know nothing will penetrate your OCD. To prove that just wait for more crap endlessly coming right up.
More than anybody else, Marvy needs to learn the facts about Streetscape. He doesn't know what he's talking about because he hasn't closely reviewed the plan. His vision is skewed and perverted by self-interest. He thinks he'll personally gain bigtime by Streetscape. He won't. Nobody will.
Delete12:27. Did you make your bed this morning? I didn't think so.
DeleteClassic KLCC1!
ReplyDeleteCareless, sloppy KLCC. Truly characteristic of an addled brain. Discovers 1 and ! are the same key, first without Shift, then with Shift, means only ! but is so unaware that he doesn't delete the mistaken 1 he hit first.
DeleteOK. Have your brain rant. Whatever.
DeleteWhat a surprise you no taste, no vision council will get when Cameron squeaks in. We know Sheila Cameron is not a sell out and will listen to residents.
ReplyDeleteThis election year paper should be called what it is: HOODWINKED!
ReplyDeletehood·wink
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IT'S WRITTEN BY ONE PERSON WITH A GUEST APPEARANCE OF OTHER WHO BOTH HAVE GRUDGES WITH THE CITY - REALLY!
12:36 is a nasty curmudgeon whose post reveals he/she disagrees with Hoodlink's conclusions.
DeleteHoodlink makes good points, but they need a copy editor to clean up their grammar, spelling, punctuation and usage mistakes, and to make their writing more economical.
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DeleteActuallly I say let it stand.
DeleteI believe in free speech. Bottom line!
If more people believe in free speech more people will believe in their own development. Peace is good. War is not.
Love to your all!
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Distortions about the strawberry fields from Barth's newsletter:
ReplyDelete"The FACTS: the property is already zoned Residential and has been for years. No zoning changes are needed for the property owner to develop the land."
The zoning is RR 2. That's Rural Residential, two units per acre. So, if the owners want to develop the land, they can put two residences on each acre of ground. Increased density invokes a Prop A vote by the public.
"Also a FACT: the city council unanimously supports SANDAG and CalTrans efforts to purchase the land for agricultural and/or open space in perpetuity as mitigation for the freeway widening project."
And putting a park and ride parking lot on a big part of the land and building a direct access ramp from the lot to the HOV lanes on the widened freeway.
Be suspicious of anything the City Council unanimously or otherwise supports.
Like the other council members, Barth has severely limited vision, has become part of the corrupt bureaucracy and does not have the best interests of the majority of residents in mind.
Good riddance to the grumpy, power-mongering Barth after Nov 4.
She is now a mean old gray haired lady!
ReplyDeleteThe KLCC doesn't want to keep Leucadia Crappy. Only its business corridor.
ReplyDeleteHave some running for council become anti-business? The points they highlight have nothing to do with revenue being generated in Encinitas, but seem to focus soley on feel good projects that are money pits. Not one word about commerce on their websites or literature. - the life blood of a city. While seeking to pit residents against businesses, Its all about "residents", as though most business owners are some evil out of town entity. Kind of smells of a communitst and,anti-capitalist agenda that wants bigger government, more consultants, more breauracracy and higher taxes. Blakespear and Kranz are the only candidates who requested to meet with and took time to sit in on local Chamber of Commerce board meetings to introduce themselves, their platforms, answer questions and recieve input. Why no one else? Vote for Tony and Catharine.
Tony "give me a $6000 free trip" Kranz loves to sit and talk. He doesn't act upon what you tell him. The life blood is slowly being sucked out of the 101 business corridor because of this council's inactions. Catherine "Upzoning is the law" Blakespear will continue this council's legacy of sucking out the blood of the 101 business corridor. Leucadia's future is more bars and high density with Kranz and Blakespear.
DeleteAlong the Leucadia 101 business district, the city removed the old growth trees and replaced them with small trees that are dying. Where is the outrage from the Leucadia CofC? Don't you think dead trees are a symptom of negligence by Kranz since he sits on the current council?
If you want more of the same do-nothing council, then Kranz and Blakespear are perfect.
2:13, The railroad is the entity that removed most of the big trees here. The city and People For Trees are the only entities that have planted here (way over 200) - save for a few saintly guerilla gardeners. But name one in town anyone has ever saved from the axe that was to come down. You can't.
DeleteYou plant 100 trees, several are going to die from shock, not Kranz. Ask Mark for cryin' out loud. On the flipside of that coin, 100 trees planted on 101 while Kranz has been in office so far
. And where are the ones you planted? The 101 corridor has never been busier thanks to the needed sidewalks and other improvements the city put in.
Your jabber is typical of someone who a: doesn't care for the business district, b: hasn't lifted a finger to improve it and c: would do their best to stall the approved street scape. Thanks tons.
3:17 PM
DeletePity that you don't see the environment through the dead trees. 101 landscaping is seedier now than it was 15 years ago. Many of the trees are dying.
The city isn't maintaining the trees. No need to defend Kranz.
Yes, it is annoying that Kranz hasn't been better at helping the 101 businesses.
Are you suggesting a redevelopment district?
3:29
DeleteLet's trade places. You go plant trees and flowers and I'll bitch about them.
I have a better Idea. Lets build a $3 million dollar life guard tower. that makes sense.
Delete3:17 PM
DeleteOf those 100 trees 85 are in dire need of maintenance. Check the city website. Seven more park trees are scheduled for destruction. Tony "give me a $6000 free trip" Kranz is directly responsible for this destruction.
We have grumpy, angry, pensiony,barbie, and ethicy.
ReplyDelete12:24pm. As expected, charley boy still blames posts on Lynn even when the poster tried to head him off by clearly stating that post is not Lynn.
ReplyDeleteOCD is taking over and you are to be pitied.
The meanness inside apparently cannot be restrained.
Oh, and by the way, this is not Lynn either, for all the difference it will make to you.
Any suggestions to help you get over your obsessive compulsions are for naught and what a shame.
To have lived this long and now reverting to infantile behaviors is sad, sad, sad.
Just in case you missed the message, this is not Lynn, again and again and again.
It's "Sybil". It's the people, the people!
DeleteTypical Republican behavior: Bitch about big government invading our lives and providing social programs for the needy and disadvantaged, but then you take government subsidies for your private merchants' associations and expect government to ensure the success of your businesses by using taxpayers' money to give you a crutch. You can't have it both ways. You're the definition of hypocrisy. Practice what you preach.
ReplyDeletewhere did that come from? Sybil?
DeleteOhhh noooo.
ReplyDeleteDelMar is adding one of those nasty evil roundabouts. Heavens to Betsy I'll never drive there again.
Keep it crappy!!!
OMG… my mommy never taught me to yield. I get so confused.
DeleteWhat to do…. what to do? I know I will join that KLCC like Crazy and say they they don't work and rant complete nonsense.
Right. It's on Delmar Blvd. in University City, St. Louis County, Missouri. You've been busted again. Will you ever learn?
ReplyDeleteBarbie's campaign is in full swing now. The glossly mailers with a photo-shopped side view of the Barb. Barbie says she is a CFO - I know how to run Barter Town! Vague generalities, apple pie and the American flag are thrown in. Now it is cops and firemen - American heroes! They like Barbie too! Ecke III pulls the marionette cords to move Barbie's mouth - "Development good" says Barbie. Barbie does what Barbie is told to do!
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, Tony is downtown with a lampshade over his head, giving you the bird - his campaign bandwagon has 4 flat tires. Tony don't care - he has been to the Holy Mount in Israel - maybe he'll convert with a few more free trips! Barbie's Barter Town is close to clinching it - more high rises for the millenials! O ma God!
Isn't it funny how the lack of substance in our candidates results in a lack of substance in the review of the candidates?
DeleteHere's how an adult would do it:
Gaspar:
Pro development
Questionable Credentials
Vague Generalaties
Lack of accomplishment in Office
Afraid to take a stand on tough issues
Kranz:
Not active enough limiting bar activity
Accepting questionable trips from San Diego groups
Alleged anger issues
Don't forget Crappy financial knowledge for Kranz.
Delete3 million for a lifeguard tower is just flat out stupid.
How much do you think that tower will cost and how much do you think the final cost will be? I know one thing, the longer you wait, the more it will cost. That one has to also be laid at the feet of some of the prior councils, because it should have already have been replaced. The way to do it is to start a foundation and get some of the cost donated. That's how Del Mar did it...
Deletehttp://www.delmartimes.net/2010/06/24/lifeguard-tower-benefits-start/
I can't write. I meant how much "should the tower cost" given the increasing rise in the cost of materials....
DeleteWhen does Kranz concede? His "campaign" is non-existent. The developers and monied elite that have run this town from Day One are pulling all stops out for their shill - Barbie. The general electorate are clueless about her ineptitude - they respond to the fake window dressing. There'll be a lot more before November 4th.....Gag me with a spoon......
DeleteNot quite as non-existetent as Sheila's, he does have a website. Gaspar will win...
DeleteBut Encinitas now has enuff disgust at bars, overspending, failure to fix roads, bad dense developments, stupid Hall park, to now elect Cameron, which we shall do.
ReplyDeleteOK. HAAAAA…haaaa …. ahhaaaa .ahaaaaa good one
DeleteAs Steven Tyler would say, dream on.....Gaspar gets in, easy. I think I need to teach a class on here on the dynamics of Encinitas elections....
Deleteagreed. Cameron- a far distant 3rd. I should teach the class.
DeleteThe topic today will be the KLCC vote.
Cameron will get nearly What barbara Yost got- 10% The end effect will be Gaspar wins!
May I be the first to congratulate Mayor Gaspar. Please ignore the KLCC and do Leucadia right,
Yosts 10% was pretty respectable, considering the well financed people in that race. That said, she never had a chance.
DeleteI definitely don't agree with Sheila's views on Streetscape...
I'll be glad when this campaign is over. Every campaign has nothing but lies from those that want to remain on council. You people had your chance, did nothing, and you are now asking us to re-elect you? For what? So we can waste more taxpayer dollars because you people can't get your act together?
ReplyDeleteNo thanks, we do not need more of the same idiots on council that let the city manager dupe them and lead them around by the nose. You council people have been blindsided by a tiny little manager and you are afraid to go against him.
The people out here in this city called Encinitas have been watching and waiting and we are tired of waiting for you to get it together.
Vote NO for all incumbents. They had their chance. It will be nothing but the same for the next few years if we don't change NOW.
Get smart Encinitas and vote out GASPAR. She has done absolutely nothing to make this city better. She has had no voice, no leverage, no leadership.
If Blakespear gets elected, then it will be the same 3-2 vote that we have seen with Gaspar and Muir the 2 lonely votes that accomplish nothing.
New leadership; new council.
Elect Julie Graboi for council.
NO to Gaspar as mayor.
No to Barbie!
DeleteNo to Tony the convert!
No to Blakespear the false farmer.
No to all the incumbent school board members.
Actually, Blakespear is the laywer to the farmers. And you never know, I could see the vote staying 3-2 a lot of the time even with Julie on there...
DeleteWe'll see on Nov 4 who the citizens want! Then those who supported, Gaspar, Kranz and Blakespear will need to shut up and follow Sheila and Julie's lead!
ReplyDeleteWe get to finally see what direction the citizens want to take our city.
GO JULIE AND SHEILA!
That is great. Nice final call.
DeleteAs it will actually go down. Gaspar wins thanks to Crazy Cameron dissecting the anti development vote. Tony has blown it. We all now it we all down like it. He is the best lame candidate in this race.
Yup, wishful thinking on Sheila winning. Gaspars votes always go to Gaspar, then you have what's left, which will be split between Tony, Sheila and everyone else. Gaspar wins and then maybe everyone can sit down and figure out who will run the next time, instead of defeating ourselves...
Delete7:11 keeping Kranz from Mayor prevents a super majority from the social engineers and Marco Gonzales upzone for profit housing extremists- this is a good thing
DeleteKranz has turned out to be a tool, and not very bright. It will be interesting to see if he runs away from unethica Shaffer after he loses his Mayoral bid
Wow, the conspiracy theorists are out on this one. Barth, Kranz and Shaffer are so dumb they bought Pac View, but they're so smart they're upzoning the town behind they're ingenious plan.
DeleteMakes no sense. Dump Gaspar now, dump Tony in two years if that's how you feel, then go from there. Otherwise, we're stuck with Gaspar for a few more years....Tony will still be on council no matter what...
The council and community direction will be determined by two races:
ReplyDeleteGASPAR vs CAMERON
BLAKESPEAR vs GRABOI
The more votes for Cameron, the less votes for Gaspar. Plain and simple.
DeleteVOTE FOR CAMERON FOR MAYOR. She is the ONLY ONE who will take charge of the city manager.
GASpar is too weak, not a leader, afraid to go against the city manager, is the developer's ticket to building more in our city, puppet of $tock$ and Andreen. We need a strong mayor. We don't have one now.
Do the math..
DeleteThink of this way, there are 35k votes in the election. Let's say Gaspar gets 15, Tony gets 10, Sheila gets 8, other 2. Do the math, if Sheila's not in the campaign, Tony might get 18....
Prop A proponents, Slater, Ihlers... have all their 2 eggs (Cameron and Graboi) in one basket. If their candidates don't win - their credibility goes away.
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. Bruce Ehlers has done a lot for our town, he'll continue to have influence. Good guy...
DeleteEveryone I've talked to are supporting Sheila and Julie.
ReplyDeleteOK well thats 6 people. What about the other 20,000
Delete1:26 Well, you haven't spoken with me and my friends, so that makes your 20,000 much less.
DeleteYou didn't talk to me or a lot of the other Sheila supporters who are backing Tony. Check those donation forms, most of those Tony supporters are former Sheila people from back in the day....
DeleteThe Gaspar campaign is putting out that if you vote for Cameron you will be splitting votes between Kranz and Cameron, therefore an easy win for Gaspar.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe this for a second. If you buy this garbage, then you get what you deserve.
True.
DeleteExcept you are. Think of this way, there are 35k votes in the election. Let's say Gaspar gets 15, Tony gets 10, Sheila gets 8, other 2. Do the math, if Sheila's not in the campaign, Tony might get 18....
Delete4:42,
DeleteToo simplistic. Not all Cameron voters would go Kranz if Cameron were not in the race. Kranz has alienated some former supporters who would vote Fidel or even Gaspar first.
True, but again, do the math. Even is we assume Tony has 10k votes without Sheila entering, and figure Gaspar for around 8k, Sheila being in the race is not taking people from Gaspar, it's taking away from Tony....
DeleteI think it's a huge stretch to think Kranz would be ahead of Gaspar, after the Prop A and Desert Rose debacles, with or without Cameron in the race.
DeleteOh I agree, I'm just trying to make the point that Sheila takes away from Tony, not Gaspar. Gaspar will win this race, mark it down...
DeleteIt's not the Gaspra camp. It's a fact. Wait and see
ReplyDeleteThis is a trivial truth.
DeleteBut the question is, who is at fault and what should be done to prevent this situation in the future?
Should former Kranz supporters automatically vote for him regardless of his record in office? Or should Kranz rebuild the coalition by voting in line with a majority of his constituents?
You can never vote in line with the majority of consituents, that's not how it works. A lot of people are still pissed about Prop A.
DeleteWhat it comes down to, is do you want to can Gaspar now and get her out of politics in our town, or do you want to prolong the agony.
Former Kranz supporters should no longer trust Kranz as he absolutely was a turn coat, zero integrity in his character. The things the prop A crowd want can be found in Sheila Cameron, and yes she is very different than the rumors from the past would try to have you believe. Vote for Sheila and you will have what you wanted in Kranz but with a proven history of her NOT being bought by developers as Tony Kranz is now. Although I do not care for Gaspar her mother was spot on when she said Tony is only in it for Tony!
ReplyDeleteYeah, except Sheila has been out of politics too long to have a shot to win, so Gaspar will get in.
DeleteWhere is the meat behind the claim Tony was bought by developers? And if he's been bought, what does that make Gaspar?
Not developerS: but developer. Leichstag: 10s of millions of dollars to build BALBOA PARK NORTH along Quail Gardens Drive. Ask Julian, Tim Baird, Doug Long and Dave Roberts: Tony is their bag man: asked to have roundabouts, several, put along Saxony Avenue as soon as he returned from the Middle East. Ask Long about the restraining order called out against him by Cardiff residents over the gardens.
DeleteDoug Long the plumber?
DeleteClearly Leichtag has some pull in this town, but you're still not making a clear, coherent connection. If there's such a quid pro quo there, why is there no money in tony's campaign from any Leichtag affiliated group?
DeleteIt doesn't really matter, because with Sheila in the campaign, Gaspar is going to win. 'Nuff said....Then we can examine her developer backing, which is revealed in all the campaign filings....
Lololllloll. Prop 1 and 2 are designed to " save California " so says a firefighter. Lolollll. Hey idiot california ain't going no where.
ReplyDeleteVote NO on all bond measures. Vote NO on 1 and 2.
5K trip and vote favor pretty much covers that claim, plus papa Doug and prop A, desert rose.... need more?
ReplyDeleteYeah, but you can't prove the quid pro quo, other pols went on the trip, he declared it. Until you prove the direct link, that claim is all B.S. Prop A. and Desert Rose is a difference of opinion, a major one at that, but still a difference of opinion. he got no $ from developers, you can check the forms. Gaspar however, is another matter. Plenty of realtors and developers on her list, and as usual a big Gaspar sign on every vacant lot and greenhouse in town...
DeleteThe attorneys are out! Gee u want yet guy.
Delete1/10 a brain could link up the trip and the connection on Saxony. Give it another try.
ReplyDeleteProve it. He declared the trip, it's not a secret, he didn't try to hide anything. I just don't buy it. If there's a press article directly linking the trip, the vote, a trip sponsor, I'll go for it, otherwise no.
DeleteIt's pretty anti-Semitic to assume that all Jewish charities are somehow related to Israel and each other. No one would dare say say all African Americans are some how magically linked.
DeleteHey, guess what. Africa is a huge continent composed of who knows how many countries. Israel is a tiny country artificially composed of other people's land and heavily subsidized by the US government and Jewish Americans.
DeleteKranz accepted a free trip from one Jewish organization and then voted to gift another Jewish organization.
Nobody has to prove a quid pro quo. It's staring us in the face.
Israel is a Jewish State, that is a given. So, any Jewish organization is there to help Israel in one way or another. They do a lot of good for more people than just Jews, that's also true. But Africa is made of many countries and therefore, is in a different category. Kenya and Liberia are both in Africa and have very different governments.
DeleteJust needing to defend this guy speaks volumes. Vote for Julie Graboi and Sheila Cameron. Stop the selfish greed machine going on in Encinitas.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but Sheila can't win in the problem, then we're left with Gaspar. Sheila started this campaign way, way too late....As a former mayor, she of all people should know you can't start one day before the filing deadline...
DeleteBelieve it or not she already has a base of voters from the past. She CAN win if you just vote for her. Gaspar has Kranz completely smoked already, do you think this guy is popular? Get real. The chance of a split vote could get Cameron in, otherwise it's Gaspar for sure.
DeleteVOTE for SHEILA CAMERON!
Deleteor not.
DeleteAgain, do the math. There are not enough votes out there for Sheila to win. She and Tony are pulling from mostly the same pool, not the developer/Rotarian, New Encinitas conservative pool that Gaspar pulls from...
DeleteAny questions on vote breakdown?
Delete2010
Kristin D. Gaspar 11,056 votes 28.6%
Teresa A. Barth 10,167 votes 26.3% •
Tony Kranz 8,870 votes 23.0%
Dan Dalager 8,549 votes 22.1%
Sheila's not up to being Mayor right now guys, that's just a fact of life. If this was 2000 (when she came in 6th) maybe, but not now. A lot of you guys are being fooled on her viabitlity. She's a good person, and has done so much, but now is not the time...
Delete1) Kranz filed his mayoral papers on deadline day or a day or two before.
Delete2) In 2010, Gaspar was an unknown. Now she, her policies, her hypocrisy and her self-serving alliances are known — and widely reviled.
3) There are 90 members in the Encinitas Rotary.
4) If all the clowns who say Sheila can't win would vote for her, she just might win.
Like this is the first time a council member went to a foreign country.
ReplyDeleteThe EUSD dinosaurs Strich, Andrade, and Songen ?[sp] yesterday had their signs plastered all over town illegally posted on the railroad and public right of way.
ReplyDeleteNo big surprise from these not so fine folks but I hope many will report them to code enforcement in the morning if they are still up today.
They may have had their moments in the past but now are beyond salvaging.
Anyone who has had dealings with them and baird knows they are well past the expiration date and the stench is becoming more and more rank as time goes by.
Thanks to Jennifer Hamler, at least one of them will be dumped next month.
Please consider when voting to only vote for Jen and not use your other two votes to supportthe others in any way, the others.
There's a history of placing signs early, illegally etc etc, in this town. It's never going to change. Luckily last time that one good citizen nailed Muir and One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer Stocks putting up signs early, on film....
DeleteSaw lerchbacker sings in public right away, so much for the law and order slate with Gaspar, maybe they should be called the me first party
DeleteVoted today. Done…. no more talking about it.
ReplyDeleteThat's the other factor, a lot of older people and mail in voters are doing so right now, so all this late to the race stuff of the Sheila's and Lerchs of the world is not cutting it.
DeleteThe interesting part of the mayoral election is about second place.
ReplyDeleteWill Cameron get more votes than Kranz?
Kranz should concede now and support Cameron.
DeleteWas going to post the exact same! Kranz to make up by realizing he is out of his game and let Cameron clean house. Win win.
DeleteSmoke another one, not going to happen. Kranz has nothing to lose, he's still on the council if he loses this one. Wake up guys, this is fantasy stuff...
Deletehe could get his lost soul back from the devil, that would be something to gain.
DeleteYou'll have a chance to oust him in two years Prop A. folks. Start thinking now about who'd like to run...
DeleteCry all you like about Gaspar sliding in, Tony brought Sheila's run on himself. It didn't have to down this way. He and his supporters need to place blame where it's due: squarely on him.
ReplyDeleteIt's not crying, it's a fact. I doubt Tony will care, he will still be on council. What you're missing is the chance to eject Gaspar once and for all. This isn't a blame game or about playing favorites, it's about knocking of less than desirable pols one by one....
DeleteHis supporters (hard to believe he has any left from his original base) ARE crying and blaming Cameron up one side and down the other. Sheila, Sheila, Sheila, it's all her fault.
DeleteIf Tony had come through as advertised, he'd be sitting pretty with all the support and no Cameron running. Why do you think she threw her hat in the ring? Tony sold out, that's why.
Someone who's voting for Kranz please explain how to tell the difference between him and Gaspar? Serious question.
DeleteProp A, Desert Rose, pass on ERGA funny accounting, Leichtag zoning use change, bars downtown...nope, no difference there. Anyone, anyone?
Pacific View, plastic bags, lights on Cardiff Sports Park. What some call sell out, is simply working within the confines of government.
DeleteGo check Tony's contributions against Sheila's/those are all the old Cameron people supporting Tony. Sheila's ego is getting the best of her here, thinking she can win and that she's still that relvant after 15 years away.
DeleteThat and some behind the scenes people are clearly telling her to run. Bad advice and wasted energy.
Tony gets stuff done and doesn't wimp out on tough votes like Gaspar. he doesn't have handlers that write his speeches, he doesn't meet with David Meyer, he doesn't get money from bar owners.
Follow the money, go look at Gaspar's donations this time, go do a little homework.
7:12 AM
DeleteTony "give me a $6000 free trip" Kranz doesn't wimp out? Downtown bars are out of control and he votes with Gaspar and Muir to continue the wild and disgusting behavior of the bar patrons. No, he doesn't wimp out when it comes to his bar buddies.
He should care and wake up if he comes in a distant third.
ReplyDeleteHe should give some consideration that he is out of touch with the people of Encinitas.
Vote out the current mayor, otherwise, she will have time to ruin our city in the next two years. We need to rid ourselves of one more of $tock$ puppets, and the developer's friend. Stack and pack is the way she is going to go. That is not what we want for our city.
ReplyDeleteNO to Gaspar as mayor
Kranz will still be in for another two years whether or not he wins or loses as mayor. So, don't waste your vote.
ReplyDeleteVote in Julie Graboi on council.
Vote Sheila Cameron as mayor.
Say bye bye to GASpar.
The downtown bar establishments are supporting Gaspar by giving money to her campaign. That is all I need to know. She does not have my vote.
ReplyDeleteGaspar = bar friend, developer friend, but NOT our friend.
She will make downtown Encinitas into the bar capitol of North County.
As long as I have been reading this blog, it appears that most of you are unhappy with the performance of our city manager, Gus Vina. Unfortunately, Mr. Vina will continue on in his position if Gaspar is elected mayor. She will not go against him in any way, shape or form.
ReplyDeleteSo, what do we have here? In this election, we can make a big, big difference by electing the person who we know we challenge the city attorney. I think you all know that that person is Sheila Cameron. She has been extremely bold in her statements that change needs to happen at the city manager level.
We need to elect Sheila Cameron as mayor because she is the only one that will make the changes you all have been asking for and that is to get rid of the city manager.
As well as show Sabine the door.
DeleteKranz needs to drop out and support her. His campaign is already finished.
DeleteYou guys have lost it, there's no way Tony is going to drop out right when the signs are going out with three weeks to go.
DeleteThe problem with Sheila is the statements are bold, but she's promising certain things that are not possible. And, this is not the Sheila of 15 years ago, which is too bad.
She would not be able to get rid of the city manager, that's a pipe dream. No city council is going to dump the city manager without cause for some truly heinous act, it just doesn't happen.
Vina will continue to be City Manager even if Sheila were elected. There are 5 council people. Sheila's vote alone is not going to depose Vina.
Delete8:46,
Delete"No city council is going to dump the city manager without cause for some truly heinous act, it just doesn't happen."
Every city council would keep underperforming city managers?
That's quite an indictment of the municipal government system.
WC, just going off of past history. Both Kerry Miller and Phil Cotton left of there own volition, and neither one of these guys, especially Cotton, were anywhere near up to par in my opinion.
DeleteThe same can be said of Sabine, he's been there a long time, why will it be any different in the future, especially since Sheila will not be elected.
That's amazingly cynical and defeatist. Because we've always had mediocre city managers, we should resign ourselves to always having mediocre city managers in the future?
Delete9:01,
DeleteGraboi would likely be open to a change of city manager. And it's possible that one of the other council members no longer believes Vina is "excellent!"
Gaspar has the union backing and is blitz-krieging the mailboxes and has super sized signs everywhere. I see tiny "Tony" signs sporatically placed - he is several laps behind before getting out of the gate. His campaign song should be "Roll out the barrel" as he can drown his sorrows of impending crushing defeat!
DeleteI don't think Julie's going to win, she's got my vote, but by the amount of Blakespeare signs I see, there's a lot of support there. The problem is as bad as Vina might be, there's probably somebody worse, so you have to watch out for that..
DeleteDid anyone notice that the bar scene in downtown encinitas was horrific last night? Beyond disgusting. Council's vision thing has blurry red eyes downtown.
ReplyDeleteElaborate - many don't venture downtown on the weekend nights. Be specific in your descriptions of what is unappealing.
DeleteWell go downtown next sat night and be shocked yourself. And I assure you if you plant yourself at 711 or south end of Lumberyard you are in for a show.
DeleteDid you see Kranz on the lightpole?
DeleteI thought that was Kranz on the stripper pole?
DeleteLike PB on steroids last night!
ReplyDeleteOh come on, folks: that "disgusting" scene is called "vibrancy!!!" You're just using wrong word. Say "vibrancy" and you'll feel much better.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's good for business...there, now you happy?
That whole scene would have happened no matter who was on council. Good luck telling bar and restaurant owners who've been that kind of cash into a joint to tone it down.
ReplyDeleteYou're just going to have to wait until the party moves elsewhere, either that or get the Sherrif's down there 24-7....
Gawd forbid we crack down on on the "hospitality" folks.
DeleteMy question for Gaspar would be:
ReplyDelete1. How much time will you devote to doing the city's business if you were elected Mayor?
2. Will you not do your job as CFO at your husband's business if you were elected Mayor?
3. If you remain doing your job as CFO at your husband's business, how much time will spend on that vs. the time it requires to to city business?
4. As Mayor, you would probably be required to travel out of town. How will that work for you with three children at home?
5. If you were elected Mayor, how much time would you spend with your children and family.
6. As far as I know, the previous mayors did not have a job, or if they did, they put them on hold. What would you do?
7. Trying to be "super woman" will eventually take a toll on your health. Will you blame the city if that occurs?
I don't think she has, needs or wants your vote!
DeleteWe know she's not CFO of the PT company, and what she does with her family is her business. It's what she does between the lines while at CC that counts, and so far she's done very little.
DeleteCome on. She will be a ceremonial mayor - she will not be making decisions or dealing with complexities. Vina and the background power players will be calling the shots - Gaspar is a shill - all she has to do is stand there and smile. The CFO stuff is pure fluff and puffery - probably hasn't a clue about real accounting methodologies. She will have no "accountability" for performance either, as only a handful of activists in the city really know what is happening behind the curtain.
Delete7:08 That's the point of the questions. How much time will she be spending at City Hall since she has three small children to take care of? That does make a big difference. We want someone who is there doing the job. Period.
DeleteTeresa had all the time in the world.
DeleteOnly part of her term gave her any chance, especially after Maggie passed.....
DeleteGaspar does nothing now, don't expect anything different in the future....
In 2012, 56% of Encinitas voters voted absentee.
ReplyDeleteIf black Americans are all African-Americans, then I'm a European-American and my wife is an Asian-American.
ReplyDeleteYou know what? Most continents are made up of a bunch of countries.
So most people are voting right now or have already voted.
DeleteJulie and Sheila are the only ones that will do anything about vina and sabine. If the others ever had any intention to do so we would have seen it by now.
ReplyDeleteWe have a chance to clean this mess up now. None of the others have ever shown the cajones to bring our cm and ca under control and represent the citizens instead of their own greedy vested pursuits.
Tony could do a good thing for himself, his political future here and throw his support for the betterment of the future of this community to Sheila and Julie and in so doing would create a majority with the power to set this town on positive course going forward.
Come on Tony, you know this is the best way to show Kristen the door once and for all. The favor you would gain from this community would be miles ahead of where you are presently and would serve you well in the coming years.
Your prospects in 2016 would be greatly enhanced if you want to continue to represent this community and being our mayor in two years would also be a much stronger possibility. As it stands now, you will very likely be on the chopping block in 2016.
That can change dramatically if you consider this strategic move now and would be an almost heroic unselfish direction that would cement your status for years to come.
But here's the rhetorical question of the century, how do you know they'll do something about Sabine? Answer, you don't. You hope they do something. You hope they can do something.
DeleteAll you guys who want Tony to drop out really aren't thinking this through. I mean, I understand you want Sheila to win, but come on. Politically speaking, it would be way worse for Tony to drop out now. How would you like to do all that work, do campaign meet and greets, get signs, go door to door and then drop out three weeks from the election?
I mean, that's flat out silly. Everyone who wants to run has a right to run, that's why you get to vote. These off year elections are tough, less people vote because there's no presidential election. People are less engaged. More conservative folks from the Gaspar camp will vote, we know that from past elections. Most of them have probably already voted and mailed it in.
Truth be told, I like Tony and Sheila, in different aspects. The problem is, they're both working from the same block of voters. Even if Sheila didn't run, I'm not sure Tony could have won. There's a lot of people who want to develop their big properties in town. Look at the big Gaspar signs on La Costa. one is a greenhouse, the other a big vacant lot overlooking the freeway. We all know why they back her.
A better idea is for all of us who don't back Gaspar to get together after the election and get it together for next time. We have to mend the fences and bury the hatchet if we don't want to end up with Muir getting back on and possibly some other Jerome-esque figure....
Think about it....
-MGJ
MGJ is right. Get together, pool your resources and buy those properties; otherwise, its a kind of theft.
DeleteIf Gaspar is elected mayor, which is open to doubt, she'll still be in a minority of two with Muir. She'll still be one of five votes, with little more power than she has now. If she's elected, in the next two years she and Muir will be further exposed as the developers' shills they are, thus ensuring their defeat if they run in '16.
DeleteWhat more do they have to do to be exposed? All you have to do is look at the campaign donations, look at who Gaspar has lunch with. It's as clear as day.
DeleteThat's why I'm so adamant about dumping Gaspar now, we don't need two more years for this empty shell to dance and sing and do magic tricks.. So frustrating that we have to have the Tony/Sheila thing, it should have been about dumping Gaspar. Wasted opportunity.
Don't be so sure Gaspar will win. She was elected once, in 2010 when she was an unknown. Her Prop A opposition, her We Love Encinitas and her Andreen meeting with homeowners blew up in her face.
DeleteGive Encinitans more credit than assuming we'll go for a slick, empty shill. Encinitas Rotary has 90 members. There are far more real people than plastic people in Encinitas.
We should not waste this opportunity to get rid of Gaspar.
DeleteGaspar is empty headed, echoes and recites what others have said before she speaks. She has no idea of what a fiscal conservative is, yet she wants you to believe she is. That is one of her biggest lies.
Remember, Gaspar lied about Prop. A along with her cronies.
Gaspar has nothing to offer us except a more crowded Encinitas with stack and pack development.
Don't let the big signs fool you. They are as empty as she is.
Dump Gaspar before it's too late. Her bar friends are contributing to her campaign. She has no plans to help the destruction taking place downtown. You are on your own folks.
What I'll think about is the fact that Tony has done zero - zero - to get rid of Sabine and Vina.
ReplyDeleteWhen Lisa made a motion that the Council request bids for other attorneys, the other four sat silent. That would include your guy Tony, sitting silent. He could have seconded Lisa's motion, but he said nothing.
So while none of us has a crystal ball and can guarantee you that Sheila will try to get rid of Sabine, it is pretty much impossible to believe that she won't give it her very best shot. On the other hand, you have Tony, who has blown it and blown it repeatedly, including leaving Lisa flapping in the wind when he could have done something. He has already proven he's not with us.
If Sheila really wanted to be in there, wouldn't she run a real campaign, with real money, real backing etc? Something just doesn't ring true about this lack of effort.
DeleteIf Tony's not with us, we need to dig deep for new candidates, because I'm not sure Sheila is with us either, based on the lack of dedication to this campaign....
There is no "lack of effort." She is out beating the streets and meeting people, presenting at meetings to various groups and still managing to speak at Council.
DeleteYour ring true thing may have to do with her lack of regularly-delivered, slick mailers, or the fact that she does not have a website. Admittedly she could have benefited from both, but she is putting her energies elsewhere.
If her work alongside residents for years now doesn't recommend her to you, nothing will. I'll take action over slick sales any day of the week. Your definition of "dedication" and mine are most certainly different.
Ok, where's the money, where are the donations? why didn't she start in April, which would have given her a chance?
DeleteI worked on Sheila's campaign in 2000, I know Sheila. I'm telling you she's not up for it this time, 15 years later. She's a great person, who's done great things in the past. She is very dedicated to our city, no question.
However, she's the wrong person at this time....
Cameron is a better choice than Kranz or Gaspar. That's the point.
DeleteCameron will get a greater voter % than you think.
DeleteI would dissagree, based on Sheila vanishing for most of the last 10 years. The idea of Sheila is good, the actual Sheila in office would not be.. The ideas of Sheila are often good, but how she works with people to implement them is not.
DeleteIn short, her attitude and behavior would short circuit her ability to implement her ideas....
Cameron has an invisible campaign. I have seen nothing from her camp. Meanwhile, Gaspar has had at least 3 or more glossly mailers, signs are everywhere and they stuck Lerch in to siphon off rogue votes. By tradtional analysis in an off year election, Gaspar has it in the bag. Remember the majority of the 30% of the voters that will actually vote are clueless and make their decisions at the last minute - Gaspar's tactics are focused on them.
Delete"Signs are everywhere?" I've not seen a single one yet! Assume they're in New Encinitas where people are a lot less engaged in local politics?
DeleteAgree on her tactics and strategy.
Lerch is running for the council seat, not mayor. The Mayor's race is Cameron, Kranz, Gaspar, Fidel, Bawany.
DeleteI would raise your number on clueless voters to 60-70%, and most of them have just voted via ballot.
Mail in Ballot.
Delete9:06 AM 30% is the figure of eligible voters that will cast a ballot in this election; of that number, the "clueless" factor of 60 - 70% is accurate, if not conservative.
DeleteLerch siphons off votes from Graboli...
Lisa's high note so far on council was calling for a new city attorney. Not only did Tony Kranz not second it, his expression was that he wouldn't back it, seemed like he and Sabine were practically buddies or something. You have to admire Shaffer for at least doing the right thing there.
ReplyDeleteAdmire Shaffer and condemn Kranz.
DeleteWhen did Shaffer call for a new attorny? She didn't , try again.
DeleteShaffer called for their to be a competitive bid for city attorney.
Shaffer also looked the other way at Vina withholding financial information.
Shaffer also refused to file an injunction on PV taking Sabine's advice
Shaffer is horrible
Shaffer was the only council member who made a motion toward replacing Sabine. Everybody else cowered.
Delete3:23, as much as I cannot stand Shaffer, she did make that motion. Write her and ask her the date - I'm not looking that up for you - but hear for yourself so you can drop your "try again" line.
DeleteWe're talking about Tony here, remember? He failed to step up, so (back to the topic), I'll take my chances with Cameron.
Kranz told my friend that a vote for Cameron was a wasted vote and that she's in his words "a little crazy".
ReplyDeleteI'm sure he did, Mikey. Given that he made himself and poster boy for betrayal of the Prop A and environmental crowd, what's your point? Do the opposite of what he says and vote for Sheila?
DeleteStart practicing saying Mayor Gaspar.
ReplyDeleteYou can thank Sheila and her prime supporter Pam Slater Price for making that happen.
If, and it's a big if, Kristin and Catherine win, will that demonstrate that the will of the voters is to follow state law regarding the housing issue? Will you accept that as a will of the voters like you ask us the voters to accept Prop A, Or is just situational to your desires only?
Hey, ya know, why not wait for the election results and the vote on the housing element before asking your bitter, accusatory questions?
DeleteThank Tony, for the millionth time. Sorry if that truth interferes with your blame Sheila story.
Delete4:20 you might wanna lay-off the crack pipe
Deleteif Blakespear and Gaspar wins all it wil prove is the big money social engineers and developers rule Encinitas-
Blakespear's comments in the paper should insult all of us concerned with existing community character
fortunately Prop A passed- more information is coming to light about the the city end around Prop A and the 95 upzoning sites-
that city plan is going to fail in a huge way-
Ecke et all will have extra caviar at the Christmas party this year to celebrate the election of their Stepford Wife Mayor. "I can see Newport Beach from my doorstep!" Go Barbie - cut those ribbons on the new housing tracts!
ReplyDeleteIf Gaspar gets in as mayor, she will be scrutinized to the max. I doubt the woman will be able to take it because she looks like she can break easily. She will have to call in her mommy to bring band aids, her son to give her a hug, and her husband to say "suck it up".
ReplyDeleteShe will get the wrath of shit from the people of this city and she will wish she never was elected.
Hang on for the Gaspar saga and the upcoming demise of our city.
All she will do is cut ribbons and smile - and push the agenda of her developer handlers. I wonder what the personal pay off is - the cops and firemen use their health benefits at the husband's business?
DeleteGaspar will win the election of Mayor and continue to build her political acumen and most likely go on to bigger political fields than Encinitas.
DeleteShe's thicker skinned than you think and a hell of alot smarter than you give her credit for.
4:12 How can you be thick skinned where there is little meat on the bones?
Delete4:12 The only person who would hired Gaspar is her husband. Beyond that, she doesn't have a chance in hell in going any further than Mayberry by the Sea.
DeleteGaspar is an example of the Peter Principle out of control!
Delete4:12 PM You are living in an alternate universe!
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