"An Encinitas property owner filed suit against the city in connection with a hotel project that’s making its way through the planning process.
But what began as a dispute over public records is evolving into something much bigger. As Jesse Marx writes in the North County Report, the property owner and his attorney are now targeting a policy in Encinitas that allows officials to delete emails within 30 days.
If successful, the case could force changes at cities and counties across the state. California requires municipalities to keep copies of their records for at least two years, but many municipalities argue that the law is murky regarding email retention specifically, and that not all emails count as records."
Please email all Encinitas City Council members to demand that they abide by allowing more transparency at city hall!!
This same project, The Portofino is before the Planning Commission tonight.
The sparks will be flying, along with some good entertainment value as the city squirms under the weight of their incompetence, and that is putting it gently for how they behave, or rather misbehave.
A powerful group of Encinitas residents has offered to name a local park or school after Catherine Blakespear if she will resign as mayor and withdraw from public life.
Gilda Lilly, president of Encinitas Residents Opposing Over-Development (EROOD), made the offer in a press release followed by a scheduled press conference.
“There are precedents in Encinitas for naming local parks and schools after politicians and other dignitaries,” said Lilly. “We have the Leo Mullen Sports Park, Paul Ecke Sports Park, Mildred MacPherson Park, Wilhelm Wiro Park, George Berkich Park, Maggie Houlihan Memorial Dog Park and Teresa Barth Fruit Grove. We almost had the Patricia Mizel Library. We have Paul Ecke Central School and Ada W. Harris Elementary School.
“Since Mayor Blakespear lives in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, since that community is her special interest, and since Cardiff Elementary School bears only that community’s name,” continued Lilly, “our members think re-naming the school after the mayor would be most appropriate. If Ms. Blakespear resigns as mayor and withdraws from public life, our group will work diligently until the school is re-named for her.
“Our fall-back position is a park,” concluded Lilly, “making our first preference re-naming the school. The cost would be minimal — signage, stationery and so forth — and our group pledges to bear it. The benefits of having the mayor step down would greatly outweigh the costs. The transition would be cheered throughout the city.”
"An Encinitas property owner filed suit against the city in connection with a hotel project that’s making its way through the planning process.
ReplyDeleteBut what began as a dispute over public records is evolving into something much bigger. As Jesse Marx writes in the North County Report, the property owner and his attorney are now targeting a policy in Encinitas that allows officials to delete emails within 30 days.
If successful, the case could force changes at cities and counties across the state. California requires municipalities to keep copies of their records for at least two years, but many municipalities argue that the law is murky regarding email retention specifically, and that not all emails count as records."
Please email all Encinitas City Council members to demand that they abide by allowing more transparency at city hall!!
This same project, The Portofino is before the Planning Commission tonight.
ReplyDeleteThe sparks will be flying, along with some good entertainment value as the city squirms under the weight of their incompetence, and that is putting it gently for how they behave, or rather misbehave.
If only, from EG:
ReplyDeleteResidents Offer Encinitas Mayor Deal to Resign
A powerful group of Encinitas residents has offered to name a local park or school after Catherine Blakespear if she will resign as mayor and withdraw from public life.
Gilda Lilly, president of Encinitas Residents Opposing Over-Development (EROOD), made the offer in a press release followed by a scheduled press conference.
“There are precedents in Encinitas for naming local parks and schools after politicians and other dignitaries,” said Lilly. “We have the Leo Mullen Sports Park, Paul Ecke Sports Park, Mildred MacPherson Park, Wilhelm Wiro Park, George Berkich Park, Maggie Houlihan Memorial Dog Park and Teresa Barth Fruit Grove. We almost had the Patricia Mizel Library. We have Paul Ecke Central School and Ada W. Harris Elementary School.
“Since Mayor Blakespear lives in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, since that community is her special interest, and since Cardiff Elementary School bears only that community’s name,” continued Lilly, “our members think re-naming the school after the mayor would be most appropriate. If Ms. Blakespear resigns as mayor and withdraws from public life, our group will work diligently until the school is re-named for her.
“Our fall-back position is a park,” concluded Lilly, “making our first preference re-naming the school. The cost would be minimal — signage, stationery and so forth — and our group pledges to bear it. The benefits of having the mayor step down would greatly outweigh the costs. The transition would be cheered throughout the city.”