Friday, July 22, 2022

Legal fight over Blakespear censoring residents continues

 Coast News:

A group of residents continues to seek legal remedies against Mayor Catherine Blakespear over her alleged censorship of critics on social media, recently filing a new notice of intent to move forward with litigation unless previous settlement terms are satisfied.

San Diego civil trial attorney Carla DiMare filed an amended notice on July 14 with the city of Encinitas on behalf of Robert Nichols, former chairman of the Surfing Madonna Oceans Project, and approximately 28 other “citizens’ rights advocates.”

DiMare, who replaces Carlsbad-based attorney Michael Curran, claims her client’s constitutional rights were violated when Blakespear restricted access to her official mayoral Facebook page and blocked certain users for expressing dissenting opinions.

244 comments:

  1. Trains, planes, dementia Joe, the enemy within in 5-4-3-2..........

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  2. Except Bobby Nickels isn't a resident of Encinitas, he moved to Oregon and took his scams with him. This is just the latest attempt at seeking revenge instead of taking ownership of his serial harassing ways. All his fake social accounts and his usual manic behavior just keep sending more votes over to BIAspear. Word on the street is multiple voter fraud complaints against he and his wife were filed with the state. Democrats sure seem to enjoy going after Republicans committing voter fraud, wonder how that will play out for him. Does Covid Curran take criminal cases?

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    1. Yep. It was laughable to read a thread on EV the other day about roundabouts in Leucadia and Streetscape. Little Bobby Nichols ranting over and over about it and then saying he's going for a run...he's in Oregon! Not even here in person to look at and judge the area they just improved. That roundabout is useful and helpful. That area has not been maintained or updated in 80 years! It is expensive, but it desperately needs the update and will make it more easy to navigate for cars, bikes, and pedestrians.

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    2. I understand was Bob would move to Oregon. Kranz ruined Leucadia. Now its a crowded, polluted, super loud, fenced off, parking lot, unsafe to walk or ride a bike, and a homeless shit show. He put a knife in the existing residents back.

      Fucking Kranz. Every train blast I hear reminds me how much damage that bastard has done to Leucadia. I'm maxing out my rentals on all my properties and getting the hell out of this noisy shit show and I know a lot of other people maxing out the ADUs and mini homes throughout this former peaceful beachtown. Leucadia is done. Now its just like LA. Fucking Kranz!

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    3. and how did he pay for his house in Oregon? He took advantage of Patterson's condition, sold Patterson's house and then conveniently bought the Oregon home. He's putting himself in the spotlight with his vendetta and I think it's time to investigate what in Bob's life can be discovered under said spotlight.

      Let's take a look at SMOP finances while Nichols was at the helm. And let's look at the ins and outs of his management of Patterson's funds.

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    4. People loved the rabbi in Poway who was injured by the evil shooter. He seemed above reproach. Same for Bob and SMOP. But then it turned out the rabbi was guilty of tax evasion. We will soon see what investigating Bob turns up.

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    5. So says Blakespear, Hinzie and Kranz who sponge off of family money to be able to live here!

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    6. At 3:51pm. This is Bob Nichols. So you're saying I manager Mark Patterson's funds. Your comment is flat out evil and full of lies. Mark brother has Managed Mark's money and he's done a really good job. Mark is my best friend, he lived with us for several years, we fed him, took care of him and my wife and I have done nothing but love that man. We were no longer qualified to take care of Mark, when he started having potty issues. He's currently in a memory care facility down the street from us and we visit him once a week and take him to the beach or out for lunch. With Mark living with us, he saved several hundred thousand dollars that he would have paid for memory care. We love Mark and I think it's sick that you'd even make that comment.

      Our tax returns and my salary is printed below this comment.




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    7. At 3:51pm...

      Now if you'd like to see how I managed SMOP then you can look at the 990 tax returns I've provided since the organizations inception. You quickly see that I raised a very large amount of money each year up to nearly $750,000 and built an organization from art on a wall to an organization that had amazing community programming and gave out over $600,000 in checks to various local ocean, beach and park related projects. You also see that my salary was:
      2011- $0, 2012 -$0, 2013 -$0, 2014 - $9,000, 2015- $29,000, 2016 - $58,000, 2017 - $85,000, 2018 - $112,000, 2019 - $123,000, 2020- $96,000.

      First let me start by clarifying my salary. It’s not uncommon for 501c3 to pay their employees. As a matter of fact all successful 501c3 pay their employees. L101, E101, C101, Leightag, YMCA, you name it and they have employees who are being paid. Surfing Madonna was no different.

      Second, our board always determined my salary, I never had the opportunity to vote on my salary as that would have been a conflict of interest. The board would often review my work, the revenue I was bringing in and determine whether or not my salary was just.

      Third, our Bylaws stated that Officer’s could be Directors and vice versa, this is common for smaller organizations. Furthermore we had several employees, I wasn’t the only one.

      Fourth, the IRS determined that our salaries were fair and just by comparing them to other 501c3 who’s President had a similar job role. As matter of fact I was entitled to a higher salary many times.

      Lastly, I poured a lot of money into this organization from 2011-2014 to get us off the ground.

      I’m going to list my salary from 2011 - 2020. I will back this up with a link to our 990’s tax returns via Guide Star, who gave us a Gold Rating. You may have to create a login with Guide Star if you want to verify these, but that will only take minute or two.

      Bob Nichols salaries: PLEASE SEE PART VII on the returns as we had other employees, her was may salary over the years.

      2011- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2011/453/042/2011-453042628-0a6057b6-Z.pdf?_gl=1*14t88sr*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NTE5NS4xNQ..&_ga=2.107285761.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2012- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2012/453/042/2012-453042628-0a605692-Z.pdf?_gl=1*4kuiwm*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5Njc0MC42MA..&_ga=2.98493724.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2013 - $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2013/453/042/2013-453042628-0a5eff13-9.pdf?_gl=1*1o3ew1q*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE2NS42MA..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2014- $9000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2014/453/042/2014-453042628-0b9872ec-9.pdf?_gl=1*echkcs*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE5MC4zNQ..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2015- $29,000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2015/453/042/2015-453042628-0cfeb079-9.pdf?_gl=1*1vfjue8*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzIyMy4y&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2016- $58,803
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201612_990_2018081415584033.pdf


      2017- $85,245
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201712_990_2018121316002076.pdf

      2018- $112,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201812_990_2019110116809326.pdf

      2019 - $123,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201912_990_2021022617765851.pdf


      2020 - $96,833
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2020/453/042/2020-453042628-202123029349300247-9.pdf?_gl=1*10ja448*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzI0OC42MA..&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2021 - resigned January from SMOP

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  3. Bob Nichols has more than one fake account. He also posts as "Encinitas Lover" on Coast News articles, sharing the exact same comments (word for word) and links that he does under his own name on facebook

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    1. 1:11 and 1:13pm, This is Bob Nichols, your comment is absolutely false. I don't even know what "Encinitas Lover" is, and our board loved being on SMOP, look at the duration of our board members via tax returns below, many stayed on SMOP for 2-8 years.

      Wanna see how I managed SMOP see tax returns provided below. You'll quickly see that I raised a very large amount of money each year up to nearly $750,000 and built an organization from art on a wall to an organization that had amazing community programming and gave out over $600,000 in checks to various local ocean, beach and park related projects. You also see that my salary was:
      2011- $0, 2012 -$0, 2013 -$0, 2014 - $9,000, 2015- $29,000, 2016 - $58,000, 2017 - $85,000, 2018 - $112,000, 2019 - $123,000, 2020- $96,000.

      First let me start by clarifying my salary. It’s not uncommon for 501c3 to pay their employees. As a matter of fact all successful 501c3 pay their employees. L101, E101, C101, Leightag, YMCA, you name it and they have employees who are being paid. Surfing Madonna was no different.

      Second, our board always determined my salary, I never had the opportunity to vote on my salary as that would have been a conflict of interest. The board would often review my work, the revenue I was bringing in and determine whether or not my salary was just.

      Third, our Bylaws stated that Officer’s could be Directors and vice versa, this is common for smaller organizations. Furthermore we had several employees, I wasn’t the only one.

      Fourth, the IRS determined that our salaries were fair and just by comparing them to other 501c3 who’s President had a similar job role. As matter of fact I was entitled to a higher salary many times.

      Lastly, I poured a lot of money into this organization from 2011-2014 to get us off the ground.

      I’m going to list my salary from 2011 - 2020. I will back this up with a link to our 990’s tax returns via Guide Star, who gave us a Gold Rating. You may have to create a login but that will only take minute or two.

      Bob Nichols salaries: PLEASE SEE PART VII on the returns as we had other employees, here is my salary over the years.
      2011- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2011/453/042/2011-453042628-0a6057b6-Z.pdf?_gl=1*14t88sr*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NTE5NS4xNQ..&_ga=2.107285761.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2012- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2012/453/042/2012-453042628-0a605692-Z.pdf?_gl=1*4kuiwm*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5Njc0MC42MA..&_ga=2.98493724.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2013 - $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2013/453/042/2013-453042628-0a5eff13-9.pdf?_gl=1*1o3ew1q*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE2NS42MA..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2014- $9000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2014/453/042/2014-453042628-0b9872ec-9.pdf?_gl=1*echkcs*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE5MC4zNQ..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2015- $29,000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2015/453/042/2015-453042628-0cfeb079-9.pdf?_gl=1*1vfjue8*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzIyMy4y&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2016- $58,803
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201612_990_2018081415584033.pdf

      2017- $85,245
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201712_990_2018121316002076.pdf

      2018- $112,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201812_990_2019110116809326.pdf

      2019 - $123,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201912_990_2021022617765851.pdf

      2020 - $96,833
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2020/453/042/2020-453042628-202123029349300247-9.pdf?_gl=1*10ja448*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzI0OC42MA..&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2021 - resigned January from SMOP

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  4. more than one person left the SMOP board over the years because of his actions. Not just his rudeness, but some questionable tactics with $$$.

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    1. I see that he actually donated $70,000 from the Surfing Madonna to the Pacific View School fund. All the rest have used it for election purposes (Tony) or in hopes of making money developing it.

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    2. 1:13pm,1:11 and 1:13pm, This is Bob Nichols, your comment is absolutely false. Our board loved being on SMOP, look at the duration of our board members via tax returns below, many stayed on SMOP for 2-8 years.

      Wanna see how I managed SMOP see tax returns provided below. You'll quickly see that I raised a very large amount of money each year up to nearly $750,000 and built an organization from art on a wall to an organization that had amazing community programming and gave out over $600,000 in checks to various local ocean, beach and park related projects. You also see that my salary was:
      2011- $0, 2012 -$0, 2013 -$0, 2014 - $9,000, 2015- $29,000, 2016 - $58,000, 2017 - $85,000, 2018 - $112,000, 2019 - $123,000, 2020- $96,000.

      First let me start by clarifying my salary. It’s not uncommon for 501c3 to pay their employees. As a matter of fact all successful 501c3 pay their employees. L101, E101, C101, Leightag, YMCA, you name it and they have employees who are being paid. Surfing Madonna was no different.

      Second, our board always determined my salary, I never had the opportunity to vote on my salary as that would have been a conflict of interest. The board would often review my work, the revenue I was bringing in and determine whether or not my salary was just.

      Third, our Bylaws stated that Officer’s could be Directors and vice versa, this is common for smaller organizations. Furthermore we had several employees, I wasn’t the only one.

      Fourth, the IRS determined that our salaries were fair and just by comparing them to other 501c3 who’s President had a similar job role. As matter of fact I was entitled to a higher salary many times.

      Lastly, I poured a lot of money into this organization from 2011-2014 to get us off the ground.

      I’m going to list my salary from 2011 - 2020. I will back this up with a link to our 990’s tax returns via Guide Star, who gave us a Gold Rating. You may have to create a login but that will only take minute or two.

      Bob Nichols salaries: PLEASE SEE PART VII on the returns as we had other employees, here is my salary over the years.
      2011- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2011/453/042/2011-453042628-0a6057b6-Z.pdf?_gl=1*14t88sr*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NTE5NS4xNQ..&_ga=2.107285761.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2012- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2012/453/042/2012-453042628-0a605692-Z.pdf?_gl=1*4kuiwm*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5Njc0MC42MA..&_ga=2.98493724.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2013 - $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2013/453/042/2013-453042628-0a5eff13-9.pdf?_gl=1*1o3ew1q*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE2NS42MA..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2014- $9000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2014/453/042/2014-453042628-0b9872ec-9.pdf?_gl=1*echkcs*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE5MC4zNQ..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2015- $29,000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2015/453/042/2015-453042628-0cfeb079-9.pdf?_gl=1*1vfjue8*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzIyMy4y&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2016- $58,803
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201612_990_2018081415584033.pdf

      2017- $85,245
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201712_990_2018121316002076.pdf

      2018- $112,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201812_990_2019110116809326.pdf

      2019 - $123,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201912_990_2021022617765851.pdf

      2020 - $96,833
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2020/453/042/2020-453042628-202123029349300247-9.pdf?_gl=1*10ja448*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzI0OC42MA..&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2021 - resigned January from SMOP

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  5. Mark Patterson is one of the kindest people on earth and everyone knows it. Unfortunately, Bob is nowhere close to that in character. Yet because people love Mark and have a soft spot for the Surfing Madonna, those good feelings get associated with Bob. Eventually, for many people, that patina of kindness wore off when they had to deal with him at events, which they detailed in their staff report recommending the city no longer work with him.

    He's a bully. His actions on facebook leave no doubt of that. The only people who support him are bonded with him in the I Hate Catherine Club.

    He is a textbook narcissist and will flatter to get his way, but if you cross him, he's an ass. Catherine crossed him and he's been out for blood ever since.

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  6. it's pretty obvious when Bob Nichols starts drunk posting on facebook

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  7. he's as bad as jeff morris with the red circles and drawing on screenshots he posts. Bob does the same, but not as frequently, but he does it with an insufferable amount of condescension and arrogance.

    He's living off "virtual runs" now, which is so pathetic. The SMOP runs were great because they involved community, incorporated an artistic landmark, and were fun. He ruined it with his attitude towards others, simple as that. So now he's stuck with fake virtual runs with gawdy medals people buy.

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    1. Why do you wish Bob ill, 1:25? aka Tony Kranz, "local boy?"

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    2. Hi 1:25pm, this is Bob Nichols. If you don't like when I post a screenshot or a link and circle it in red, then don't pay attention to my comments. It's as simple as that.

      I don't think it very nice of you to call my wife's company pathetic, what she's created is actually pretty amazing. Many overweight people, persons with disabilities, people with dogs, companies, people that want to set a goal and meet a challenge sign up for her events. As a matter of fact I think her company had around 15,000 participants from across the country over the last two year, and this years she tracking to do the same numbers. Not bad and with about 10% of the workload compared to operating the Encinitas Half Marathon and Surfing Madonna Beach Run (which we loved and created by the way).

      So, I don't think it's pathetic at all. My wife stepped up to the plate, told me the city wasn't going to beat us, and built a beautiful virtual running and biking challenge company. We track people's results, there's a leader board, people from around the world communicate with each other about how their 100-2022 miles challenge is coming along. People send us photos from around the world of their weight loss, goals accomplished, cancer survival stories during their challenge. It's beautiful.

      I'm very proud of my wife and what she accomplished, and it's a pretty damn good living.

      Here's a recent article that the San Diego Union Tribune wrote about one of challenge events. Link: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/columnists/story/2021-12-11/column-several-san-diegans-run-walk-2-021-miles-in-2021

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    3. Ignore this jealous hate baiter Bob. Catherine deserves everything she gets. It’s a long time coming. Many, many former supporters are done with her and the spineless Kranz who wants to fill her seat (well maybe 2 seats).

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  8. I don't think Bob is a bad guy, but I do shake my head a lot when reading his interactions with people online because he does word things to make it sound like he's still here when he's been living in Oregon over 2 years. Makes it even worse when he makes snide comments to people calling them out for living in Carlsbad or Oceanside and places other than Encinitas.

    Bob, if you are in Oregon and still care enough to discuss Encinitas, then why rudely insult people who live in other communities and still care to discuss Encinitas? You don't know their story. Maybe they were born here and still have family here, maybe they are in the process of moving back.Maybe they still vote here like you apparently do.... Either way, as someone who spends the majority of their time in another state, you don't get to boss others around.

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  9. These are the most consecutive on topic posts in literally years.

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    1. And you had to go and ruin it for us.

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    2. More ruin:

      "Will Steffen, a climate researcher with the Australian National University and co-author of the cautionary paper in ​​Nature,​​ told reporters: ​"​What we're talking about is a point of no return, when we might actually lose control of this system, and there is a significant risk that we're going to do this. It's not going to be the same conditions with just a bit more heat or a bit more rainfall. It's a cascading process that gets out of control​"​ (39).

      "The scientists warned of nine potential tipping points​ ​that are now active: Arctic sea ice; the Greenland i​ce sheet; the boreal​ ​forests; permafrost; the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; the​ ​Amazon rainforest; warm-water corals; the West Antarctic Ice Sheet; and​ ​parts of East Antarctica" (49).

      "To illustrate how serious these​ ​potential tipping points are, if the major ice sheets on Greenland, ​West​ ​Antarctica, and part of East Antarctica collapsed, it would result in around ten meters (about 33 feet) of sea-level rise worldwide​ ​(41). If​ ​tipping points were reached in rainforests, permafrost, and boreal​ ​forests, additional massive amounts of greenhouse gases would be​ ​​released, amplifying warming, making other tipping points not only more​ ​likely, but closer in time" (42).

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  10. 6:45

    Boosters will fix this right?

    Right?

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  11. Wow the Marco n’ Mali show really outdid themselves smearing Bob Nichols’ name to protect their crooked queen. So transparent.

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    1. Please. The man did it to himself.

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    2. Marco? Agree. His name is mud.

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    3. Not my posts above, but I agree with them.

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  12. Drain the Swamp!

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  13. Enc Guerilla story idea:

    Sources confirm Blakespear has received $350K donation from Soros connected PAC to implement cheat by mail strategy.

    Her campaign manager confirmed this was specifically done after the Blakespear camp realized she has no chance in hell of winning the November election.

    News at 3am on Election nighty to follow...

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    1. Margo-connected PAC.

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    2. Love the way Soros got worked in...

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  14. Blakespear the dictator censoring her critics. Ask her about the SANDAG credit card scandal.

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    1. Her "critics" are closer to disturbed stalkers.

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  15. Kranz lied about being homeless. Ever the brightest bulb, he got his start date wrong for the national guard in Alaska and showed up a few days early. He didn't have a place to stay. NOT "homeless" as he likes to use in his claims that he can relate.

    He is a proven liar on issues large and small.

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  16. she's unblocked the haters. how can someone prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they were blocked. Susan Turney claimed to be blocked, but said she was blocked without ever having interacted with the page. That's not even possible. A business page can not block people unless they have already "liked" or "followed" the page. It's not like a personal page or even a group. So theres a change Turney was not seeing certain comments and felt she was blocked. Lorri Greene posted more than once on EV that she felt Blakespear and Krantz were blocking people because under each post was the choice to "view all comments" or see "most recent". This confused Lorri and some of the others may have been confused as well.

    Not saying she did not block people, but Susan Turney's description of how she knows she was blocked does not add up.

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    1. They were blocked because Blakespear admitted guilt by signing a settlement agreement that stated she blocked residents. She also attempted to make payment out of her "Blakespear for Mayor 2022" Campaign Fun, that's how you know she blocked people. It's in the papers.

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  17. True.

    From Facebook Help Pages.

    How do I ban or block someone from my Facebook Page?
    Below your Page photo, click Followers. Go to the person that you want to block, then click next to their name. Click Block. Next to the search bar in your Followers section, you can also click , then click Manage Blocking to block people from your Page.

    THEY HAVE TO BE A FOLLOWER TO BAN THEM.

    https://www.facebook.com/help/185897171460026

    "With a personal Facebook account, you can block another user using the privacy settings. These settings are not available on Facebook Business pages, but you can ban users in other ways. You can ban someone from your page's admin panel, from a post the person created on the page Timeline or from a comment the person made on a status you posted on your page." (YOU CAN NOT BLOCK OR BAN THEM FROM A PAGE UNLESS THEY HAVE INTERACTED ON THE PAGE, WHICH TURNEY SAYS SHE DID NOT. THEREFORE SHE WAS NOT BLOCKED)

    https://smallbusiness.chron.com/can-block-someone-business-facebook-58121.html


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    1. 3:41They were blocked because Blakespear admitted guilt by signing a settlement agreement that stated she blocked residents. She also attempted to make payment out of her "Blakespear for Mayor 2022" Campaign Fun, that's how you know she blocked people. It's in the papers.

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  18. NOTE that facebook PAGE, the type of page Blakespear is using, is not the same as a facebook PROFILE, a personal facebook page, or a group. Per the PAGE admin settings, Blakespear could not block anyone who did not already interact with the page. It's impossible, you can't hack that or create a work around.

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    1. 3:44 We know they were blocked because Blakespear admitted guilt by signing a settlement agreement that stated she blocked residents. She also attempted to make payment out of her "Blakespear for Mayor 2022" Campaign Fund to settle the complaint, that's how you know she blocked people. 28 people can't be lying.

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  19. Turney just hates to be left out.

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    1. I agree, Turney doesn’t like to be left out. That’s why she’s acting as Cindy’s right hand man in hopes of getting Cindy elected, then have Cindy repay the favor by appointing Susan to council since Susan has tried more than once to get elected on her own. But she’s never even come close. Adding to the problematic duo is their joint lackluster, deceitful viciousness with ill motives + one other person of the same= 2 problematic people. We don’t need double trouble added to the CC cess pool we already have.

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  20. lol didn't you hear? anything that doesn't work out for Turney she blames on a "whisper campaign". It certainly can't be the fault of her incompetence or her 13 FPPC violations.

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  21. The whispers! It's the whispers!

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  22. Oh y'all are talking about shady "resident" Bob Nichols? How about this for a timeline of Bob and his ongoing self destruction.

    1. SMOP was already suffering under Bob prior to COVID and losing their city contract. The Tribune called him out with an article detailing how he and his wife, the only 2 employees of the SMOP non-profit were collecting bloated, ever increasing salaries in spite of decreasing revenue.

    2. The city was forced to cut ties with SMOP due to a lengthy and well documented history of harassment by Bob. They even tried swapping people around to make it work but Bob still managed to sabotage the whole thing. His perpetual lack of self-awareness is a marvel to behold.

    3. Bob and his wife no showed the city council meeting where he was invited to tell "his side of the story". Like a lot of scammers, he threatened to sue the city but after making a lot of noise, he did nothing. A smart decision as he would have lost and knows a lawsuit would only bring out the more damaging details that the city was kind enough not to publicize.

    4. Bob focused on Blakespear as the reason his life was spiraling out of control and focused on revenge. In addition to making literally thousands of Facebook posts attacking Blakespear, he filed a bunch of complaints against her with the FPPC. Hint: They were all dismissed as meritless.

    5. Bob broke rule #1 of 501(c)(3) and used SMOP accounts to attack Blakespear on Facebook. Yes, he illegally used his non-profit in an attempt to influence an election, a federal offense. How much Blakespear was helped by his behavior is unclear but word is that his behavior and those like him have inadvertently convinced a lot of people to vote in the opposite direction they intended. Hint: Blakespear won the election anyway.

    6. Bob and his wife received multiple hefty PPP payments for a company that wasn't actually impacted by COVID. It was Bobs harassment that cost them their only contract prior to COVID. With only 2 employees they received the highest per person payments I've ever seen. While many businesses were getting a few hundred dollars per employee, Bob and his wife took nearly $70,000 in tax dollars for the 2 of them. Hint: This is commonly referred to as fraud.

    7. Bob entered a written quid pro quo agreement with candidates Alex Riley, Susan Turney and Julie Thunder to restore his SMOP contract with the city. This would have revived the fat salaries that he and his wife were draining from their non-profit. Word on the street is that the state was informed and was poised to go after them had they won and delivered on their agreement. Hint: They all lost so couldn't deliver.

    8. Bob continued shopping around the SMOP to other cities but all turn him down. His reputation preceded him and the only way the non-profit could survive was with him no longer involved with it. He and his wife cut and ran.

    9. Nichols and his wife fled to Oregon where he continued his assaults on Blakespear. The latest effort was this gray area first amendment argument. He rallied a number of online mental defectives trying to sink Blakespear in the primary by promoting Joe Kerr. Using a bunch of fake accounts he continues to harass Blakespear and her supporters. Hint: Kerr lost badly in the primary.

    10. Bob made a buncha claims about he and his wife voting in our election in an attempt to sway voters. Apparently this prompted some actual residents to file voter fraud claims against them as they are actually residents of Oregon. Hint: Allegedly being a "part" owner of a home doesn't make you a resident.

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    1. What is the hell are you smoking man? Half the stuff you are saying is untrue. You must be Kevin Sabillo, Marco or Mali. Before you say anymore you might want to make sure your facts are straight. The city owed Bob #14,000 which they refused to pay back until Bob sued the city. Then and only then did they pay it back. I could go on, but why bother, if you are truly this ignorant of the facts.

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    2. 4:38, we have all heard about that clerical error ad nauseum and Bob has exaggerated it multiple times. It was fixed, not as fast as he would like, but that is the bureaucracy we all have to deal with and His Highness wouldn't stand for it. "Gimme! Gimme NOW! Or I will take my toys and go home!"..."Hey lifeguards, YOU WORK FOR ME"

      By the way, the PPP loans are easy to verify and Bob and his wife profited off covid in a disgusting, freeloading way.

      Oh yea, and Bob has done public records requests using his fake online name of Jason Michalski. Several city employees were able to ascertain this easily. He's probably still blissfully unaware of the big mistake he made that made outing him possible. But he will know soon enough...

      big slice of humble pie being served soon

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    3. Coast Law got $719,690 in PPP loans for 22 employees. That's about ~$33K per person.

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    4. Figures! Marco is the worst.

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    5. I didn’t know Bob’s name until the staff report about his abusive behavior.

      He came out and said it was all lies. In the years since, his online abusive behavior has erased any doubt that the staff report was spot on.

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    6. This is Bob Nichols and I'd like to set the fact straight with evidence linked to our 990 tax returns from 2011-2020. I will have to break this up into several sections as my post is too long. PART #1

      I’m going to go through the author, I suspect Marco Gonzalez’s “timeline”, because it’s 100% false.

      First let me start by clarifying my salary. It’s not uncommon for 501c3 to pay their employees. As a matter of fact all successful 501c3 pay their employees. L101, E101, C101, Leightag, YMCA, you name it and they have employees who are being paid. Surfing Madonna was no different.

      Second, our board always determined my salary, I never had the opportunity to vote on my salary as that would have been a conflict of interest. The board would often review my work, the revenue I was bringing in and determine whether or not my salary was just.

      Third, our Bylaws stated that Officer’s could be Directors and vice versa, this is common for smaller organizations. Furthermore we had several employees, I wasn’t the only one.

      Fourth, the IRS determined that our salaries were fair and just by comparing them to other 501c3 who’s President had a similar job role. As matter of fact I was entitled to a higher salary many times.

      Lastly, I poured a lot of money into this organization from 2011-2014 to get us off the ground.

      I’m going to list my salary from 2011 - 2020. I will back this up with a link to our 990’s tax returns via Guide Star, who gave us a Gold Rating. You may have to create a login with Guide Star if you want to verify these, but that will only take minute or two.

      Bob Nichols salaries:

      2011- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2011/453/042/2011-453042628-0a6057b6-Z.pdf?_gl=1*14t88sr*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NTE5NS4xNQ..&_ga=2.107285761.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2012- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2012/453/042/2012-453042628-0a605692-Z.pdf?_gl=1*4kuiwm*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5Njc0MC42MA..&_ga=2.98493724.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2013 - $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2013/453/042/2013-453042628-0a5eff13-9.pdf?_gl=1*1o3ew1q*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE2NS42MA..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2014- $9000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2014/453/042/2014-453042628-0b9872ec-9.pdf?_gl=1*echkcs*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE5MC4zNQ..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2015- $29,000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2015/453/042/2015-453042628-0cfeb079-9.pdf?_gl=1*1vfjue8*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzIyMy4y&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2016- $58,803
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201612_990_2018081415584033.pdf


      2017- $85,245
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201712_990_2018121316002076.pdf

      2018- $112,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201812_990_2019110116809326.pdf

      2019 - $123,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201912_990_2021022617765851.pdf


      2020 - $96,833
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2020/453/042/2020-453042628-202123029349300247-9.pdf?_gl=1*10ja448*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzI0OC42MA..&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2021 - resigned January from SMOP



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    7. I’m going to go through the author, I suspect Marco Gonzalez’s “timeline”, because it’s 100% false.

      First let me start by clarifying my salary. It’s not uncommon for 501c3 to pay their employees. As a matter of fact all successful 501c3 pay their employees. L101, E101, C101, Leightag, YMCA, you name it and they have employees who are being paid. Surfing Madonna was no different.

      Second, our board always determined my salary, I never had the opportunity to vote on my salary as that would have been a conflict of interest. The board would often review my work, the revenue I was bringing in and determine whether or not my salary was just.

      Third, our Bylaws stated that Officer’s could be Directors and vice versa, this is common for smaller organizations. Furthermore we had several employees, I wasn’t the only one.

      Fourth, the IRS determined that our salaries were fair and just by comparing them to other 501c3 who’s President had a similar job role. As matter of fact I was entitled to a higher salary many times.

      Lastly, I poured a lot of money into this organization from 2011-2014 to get us off the ground.

      I’m going to list my salary from 2011 - 2020. I will back this up with a link to our 990’s tax returns via Guide Star, who gave us a Gold Rating. You may have to create a login with Guide Star if you want to verify these, but that will only take minute or two.

      Bob Nichols salaries PLEASE SEE PART VII

      2011- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2011/453/042/2011-453042628-0a6057b6-Z.pdf?_gl=1*14t88sr*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NTE5NS4xNQ..&_ga=2.107285761.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2012- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2012/453/042/2012-453042628-0a605692-Z.pdf?_gl=1*4kuiwm*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5Njc0MC42MA..&_ga=2.98493724.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2013 - $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2013/453/042/2013-453042628-0a5eff13-9.pdf?_gl=1*1o3ew1q*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE2NS42MA..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2014- $9000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2014/453/042/2014-453042628-0b9872ec-9.pdf?_gl=1*echkcs*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE5MC4zNQ..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2015- $29,000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2015/453/042/2015-453042628-0cfeb079-9.pdf?_gl=1*1vfjue8*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzIyMy4y&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2016- $58,803
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201612_990_2018081415584033.pdf


      2017- $85,245
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201712_990_2018121316002076.pdf

      2018- $112,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201812_990_2019110116809326.pdf

      2019 - $123,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201912_990_2021022617765851.pdf


      2020 - $96,833
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2020/453/042/2020-453042628-202123029349300247-9.pdf?_gl=1*10ja448*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzI0OC42MA..&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2021 - resigned January from SMOP

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    8. Response to July 23 4:24pm from Bob Nichols PART 2 of 3.

      4. My life was never “spiraling out of control”, what a ridiculous statement to make, completely false. My life’s been great and I wouldn’t change it for anything. I have a wonderful wife who I love dearly, a dog “Ocean” who we take swimming everyday, friends, live is good and I’m thankful for it.

      I’ve always been proud of the work SMOP did in the community. We gave thousands in scholarships over the years to high school kids, who have kids, donated to local charities, purchased floating beach wheel chairs for local beaches, mobility mats for persons with disabilities, started an award winning national recognized special needs surf camp that was free for families working with over 1,400 families to date, donated about $15,000 a year to the Ecke YMCA special needs aquatic programming, donated $70,000 to Pacific View, donated $40,000 to the kids skate park in Solana Beach, donated tens of thousand in scholarship, purchased marine mammal rescue equipment for the Life Guards, etc etc. In all, we donated over $600,000 to ocean, beach and park related projects in Encinitas since 2013, not bad, and all from art on a wall. I’ll always be proud of the work we did and I have no regrets. My life is certainly not “spiraling out of control”.



      5. This statement is blatantly false as well, I never broke any 501c3 rules, or used SMOP to influence an election, absolutely ridiculous. If that was the case, SMOP would have had its 501c3 status removed a long time ago. Two years later and SMOP is doing just fine. 501c3’s are allowed to post true statements regarding themselves even when it becomes political, simply because it involves the said 501c3. Statements of fact are and will always be perfectly legal. I like how the author, probably Marco, uses the phrase “word is that”.



      6. Again this is a false statement is completely false. My wife and I never received any PPP payments of $70,000 in tax dollars, this is 100% false. Look at our organizations 990 tax returns, we resigned in January 2021. If the moderator will allow me to post a photo of our 990’s I’ll show you this statement is not true.

      Mike Redman and Cathy Carey took over our positions for SMOP in 2021 and began applying for PPP grants. Not my wife and I.

      Mike and Cathy received PPP payments of roughly $70,000 and were entitled to them, most organizations across the country did this, simply because organization had a hard time generating revenue during COVID, just like most businesses did. SMOP would have been fiscally irresponsible to not take advantage of what the government was offering.



      7. Again, another very false statement. This one had me laughing out loud. I like how the author uses the phrase “word on the street” again, like they have some privy knowledge that no one else has.

      If I had made an illegal deal with the candidates, such as this, do you think the candidates would have told everyone about it, thereby jeopardizing themselves. Ridiculous! Those events were exhausting to operate and run, the amount of work throughout the year was excruciating. Something I will never do again. Permitting, insurance, dealing with sponsors, residents, participants, timing company, medal and shirt manufactures, marketing, traffic planning, Sheriff and Fire Dept contracts, life guards, numerous city and planning meetings, medical, aid stations, etc etc. So to say that I colluded with the candidates to bring our events back is 100% ridiculous and false. I resigned from Surfing Madonna in January of 2021, so how would bringing the events back do anything for me? My wife and I now have a very successful business, where we make significantly more than what we did at Surfing Madonna with 10% of the word load.

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    9. Response to July 23 4:24pm from Bob Nichols PART 3 of 3.

      8. Another false statement. Both the City of Solana Beach, City of Oceanside asked if we wanted to bring our events to them, including our free surf camps. They reached out to us. I told them we would consider it. After determining that Solana Beach couldn’t handle a Half Marathon with their short 101 distance, and their beach being too short for a 10K, we turned them down. With regard to Oceanside, the traffic planning would have cost us nearly $50,000 on top of our already $370,000 race budget, there were too many what ifs and the risk was not worth the reward. Also the Surfing Madonna Beach Run in Oceanside wouldn’t have worked on the sand as the beach begins to get very narrow towards the south end a logistic nightmare and large gamble with participants. Logistically this would have been a nightmare and a potential liability. So, we turned Oceanside down as well. However I am very grateful for both cities support and their understanding of the way we were bring treated by Encinitas City Council, unfortunately it just wouldn’t have worked.

      9. Another false statement… My wife and I bought a house in Oregon in August of 2018, well before our problems with Blakespear and Kranz began. Every years since 2012 we would drive up to Oregon and camp along the coastline. We’ve always loved Oregon’s rugged beauty.
      We never fled to Oregon, why would we have to flee anywhere. Again the author of this post loses all credibility here. He makes it sound like we are Bonny and Clyde, fleeing from the authorities. In 2018 we were lucky enough to find our dream home. Yes we currently live in Oregon and we love it. But we also have a property in Encinitas, a city which I moved to in 1999. So, we still have an interest in Encinitas and we do care about who gets elected and who is representing us. I will always love Encinitas more than any place in the world. We periodically visit our families property, one of which I have a 50% ownership in, every couple of months. So yes, I have a qualified interest in Encinitas and want to see that it’s well taken care of and not in the hands of Marco Gonzalez, attorney for the developers, Catherine Blakespear and Tony Kranz. These people are destroying this beautiful town with their concrete jungle, streetscape, deals with developers, etc.

      10. Again Blatantly false. Really “voter fraud”? Give me a break. Notice the author uses words like “apparently”, obviously not sure of their statements. Residents filed voter fraud claims against me? Really? Give me a break, this is comical, what voter fraud have we committed that you are speaking of? Are we harvesting ballots, dumping ballots into trash bins, creating fake ballots? Hilarious.

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    10. July 23rd 4:24pm. Response from Bob Nichols. Part 1 of 3.

      1. This is an untrue statement….SMOP was doing just fine financially, my wife and I created the largest beach in the world starting in 2013 and the 2nd largest half marathon in San Diego in 2016. In 2017 the Surfing Madonna Beach Run was recognized as the largest beach run in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Both events brought in an approximate combined $680,000-$750,000 a year and roughly 15,000 people from across the country to Encinitas each year. Those participants spent well over 1 million dollars on hotel rooms, restaurants, novelty stores, etc according to an economic impact report by an independent party.

      Revenue was not decreasing as you say, in 2019 we had our best year yet. Unfortunately COVID hit in 2020 and we could not hold our events, the Boston Marathon, the New York Marathon, every event across California and the country was cancelled. My salary at its peak in 2019 was roughly $120,000, my wife salary was roughly $100,000, it took a long time and a lot of years with no salary to get there. We did nothing illegal and our salaries were looked at by an independent 501c3 auditing group and determined to be “Very Reasonable”. Our salaries went for review in front of our Board of Directors periodically, nothing illegal and our Bylaws stated that we could receive salaries, like most 501c3 do. This was a full time job, and it wasn’t just the races that we put on. We did aquatics programming at the YMCA, free special needs surf camps every summer, and a whole list of programs, it was a full time job.





      2. This statement is completely false. The City and SMOP always had a great relationship. SMOP received awards and accoladed from the City of Encinitas every year up through 2019. Mayor Catherine Blakespear and her family attended our events each year and spoke at them. In 2019 I was presented with award by Mayor Blakespear for all the good work we had done in the community. If I was having so many problems with city then why were they giving me awards up through 2019 and attending all of our events? So the statement you are making is completely false. If the moderator on this site allows, I will gladly provide a picture of the award Blakespear gave me in 2019 and appreciation from the Parks Dept.


      3. SMOP had nearly 40 people lined up to speak at the council meeting. Including local businesses, hotels owners, restaurant owners, local schools board members, Ecke YMCA board members, local charities and residents all ready to present.

      We didn’t show up for the meeting, because Blakespear and Kranz decided it would be wise to put us last up on a very busy agenda. We would have been speaking after midnight. I wasn’t about to ask local community members and representatives to wait until midnight to speak. The fix was in. We knew that council was going to vote against us no matter what when we saw where we were on the agenda. This is how this council operates. Just look at what they did to Bruce Ehlers. They gave him 2 minutes to defend himself. All of the speakers defended Bruce Ehlers and council didn’t care, they fired him.

      We figured if you don’t want us then what’s the point of fighting?

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    11. I guess I'm flattered having the "timeline" attributed to me, as it clearly reflects the spiral and ejection of the Nichols grifters from our town, but alas, it's not my doing. Good to know others are keeping track though.

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  23. Board salaries climb at Surfing Madonna Oceans Project as revenue, grants dip

    Chairman and his wife were paid more than 30 percent of Encinitas charity’s income one year

    Annual revenue at the Surfing Madonna Oceans Project slumped by more than 10 percent last year, slicing tens of thousands of dollars from the Encinitas charity’s bottom line. The amount of grants it awarded dipped by a similar amount.

    But the down year in contributions and ticket sales to the nonprofit’s two signature events did not stop charity officials from boosting the chairman’s annual salary — or the money paid to his wife.

    According to the Surfing Madonna Oceans Project most recent federal tax filing, nearly one-third of the charity’s proceeds in 2018 were paid to board Chairman Robert Nichols and his wife, Megan McCarthy, who serves as the board secretary.

    The tax-exempt organization reported income of $676,986 in 2018 , a decline of more than $77,000 from what it collected in 2017.

    Meanwhile, Nichols’ salary climbed by more than $27,000, to a total of $112,249, a 31 percent raise. McCarthy, a friend and coworker who married Nichols in 2017, in 2018 received a 34 percent pay raise for a salary of $97,700.

    Combined, the husband-and-wife nonprofit leaders took home 31 percent of the charity’s revenue for the year.

    Nichols said the pay increases were deserved because of the work it takes to run the organization and to host the two main fundraisers: the Surfing Madonna Beach Run each fall and a half marathon every spring. He also said he had no role in setting his or his wife’s salary.

    He said 2018 was the only year in which executive compensation exceeded 30 percent of annual revenue.

    Nichols also cited several other local charities run by husband-and-wife teams who receive salaries from the organizations they manage and said his and his wife’s salaries are on the “bottom end” of what those event directors are paid.

    “The IRS says salaries should be fair and reasonable,” Nichols said in a telephone interview. “For anybody that brings in the amount of money that we have, that is absolutely reasonable. We let our board decide whether our salary should go up or down.”

    He followed up with an email saying, “Our entire board voted, with the exception of Megan and myself, voted unanimously to provide a fair and reasonable salary for the job we do. There’s no question that we earn every penny of our organization. We have built an organization from $0 to over $400,000 in the bank and have donated over $500,000 and all of this since 2013. That’s a lot of work and we’ve done a 5 star job for this organization.”

    While the executive pay was increasing by nearly one-third last year, the amount of money the Surfing Madonna Oceans Project distributed to charities and agencies declined significantly. In 2017, the charity awarded $128,819 to community groups; its grants last year totaled $94,892, a 26 percent dip.

    According to its 2018 tax filing, the Surfing Madonna Oceans Project donated $39,325 to the alliance, where Nichols was also a board member.
    “From the tax forms provided, it is evident that this organization has self-disclosed that they do not require conflict of interest statements, and they do not have an IRS-supported process for determining executive compensation,” said Laura Deitrick, director of the Nonprofit Institute at the University of San Diego.

    According to its bylaws, the Surfing Madonna Oceans Project board shall include between one and 10 members, each serving one-year terms that can be renewed indefinitely. Six years of tax filings show significant board turnover.

    Nichols and McCarthy were the sole board members reported in 2015. They reported salaries then of $29,000 and $27,500, respectively.


    https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2020-01-12/board-salaries-climb-at-surfing-madonna-oceans-project-as-revenue-grants-dip

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    1. This is Bob Nichols and I'd like to set the fact straight with evidence linked to our 990 tax returns from 2011-2020. I will have to break this up into several sections as my post is too long. PART #1

      I’m going to go through the author, I suspect Marco Gonzalez’s “timeline”, because it’s 100% false.

      First let me start by clarifying my salary. It’s not uncommon for 501c3 to pay their employees. As a matter of fact all successful 501c3 pay their employees. L101, E101, C101, Leightag, YMCA, you name it and they have employees who are being paid. Surfing Madonna was no different.

      Second, our board always determined my salary, I never had the opportunity to vote on my salary as that would have been a conflict of interest. The board would often review my work, the revenue I was bringing in and determine whether or not my salary was just.

      Third, our Bylaws stated that Officer’s could be Directors and vice versa, this is common for smaller organizations. Furthermore we had several employees, I wasn’t the only one.

      Fourth, the IRS determined that our salaries were fair and just by comparing them to other 501c3 who’s President had a similar job role. As matter of fact I was entitled to a higher salary many times.

      Lastly, I poured a lot of money into this organization from 2011-2014 to get us off the ground.

      I’m going to list my salary from 2011 - 2020. I will back this up with a link to our 990’s tax returns via Guide Star, who gave us a Gold Rating. You may have to create a login with Guide Star if you want to verify these, but that will only take minute or two.

      Bob Nichols salaries:

      2011- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2011/453/042/2011-453042628-0a6057b6-Z.pdf?_gl=1*14t88sr*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NTE5NS4xNQ..&_ga=2.107285761.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2012- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2012/453/042/2012-453042628-0a605692-Z.pdf?_gl=1*4kuiwm*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5Njc0MC42MA..&_ga=2.98493724.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2013 - $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2013/453/042/2013-453042628-0a5eff13-9.pdf?_gl=1*1o3ew1q*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE2NS42MA..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2014- $9000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2014/453/042/2014-453042628-0b9872ec-9.pdf?_gl=1*echkcs*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE5MC4zNQ..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2015- $29,000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2015/453/042/2015-453042628-0cfeb079-9.pdf?_gl=1*1vfjue8*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzIyMy4y&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2016- $58,803
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201612_990_2018081415584033.pdf


      2017- $85,245
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201712_990_2018121316002076.pdf

      2018- $112,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201812_990_2019110116809326.pdf

      2019 - $123,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201912_990_2021022617765851.pdf


      2020 - $96,833
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2020/453/042/2020-453042628-202123029349300247-9.pdf?_gl=1*10ja448*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzI0OC42MA..&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2021 - resigned January from SMOP

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    2. When looking at the salaries please see Part VII of the links above. This will give Bob Nichols (my) salaries. Unfortunately some people think that all the employees combined salaries equal my salary. I've provided links to our 990 tax returns from 2011-2020. The board votes for my salary each year, not me. As you can see, they are very reasonable and the IRS determined the same. ^^^

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    3. Response to July 23 4:24pm from Bob Nichols PART 1of 3.

      1. This is an untrue statement….SMOP was doing just fine financially, my wife and I created the largest beach in the world starting in 2013 and the 2nd largest half marathon in San Diego in 2016. In 2017 the Surfing Madonna Beach Run was recognized as the largest beach run in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Both events brought in an approximate combined $680,000-$750,000 a year and roughly 15,000 people from across the country to Encinitas each year. Those participants spent well over 1 million dollars on hotel rooms, restaurants, novelty stores, etc according to an economic impact report by an independent party.

      Revenue was not decreasing as you say, in 2019 we had our best year yet. Unfortunately COVID hit in 2020 and we could not hold our events, the Boston Marathon, the New York Marathon, every event across California and the country was cancelled. My salary at its peak in 2019 was roughly $120,000, my wife salary was roughly $100,000, it took a long time and a lot of years with no salary to get there. We did nothing illegal and our salaries were looked at by an independent 501c3 auditing group and determined to be “Very Reasonable”. Our salaries went for review in front of our Board of Directors periodically, nothing illegal and our Bylaws stated that we could receive salaries, like most 501c3 do. This was a full time job, and it wasn’t just the races that we put on. We did aquatics programming at the YMCA, free special needs surf camps every summer, and a whole list of programs, it was a full time job.





      2. This statement is completely false. The City and SMOP always had a great relationship. SMOP received awards and accoladed from the City of Encinitas every year up through 2019. Mayor Catherine Blakespear and her family attended our events each year and spoke at them. In 2019 I was presented with award by Mayor Blakespear for all the good work we had done in the community. If I was having so many problems with city then why were they giving me awards up through 2019 and attending all of our events? So the statement you are making is completely false. If the moderator on this site allows, I will gladly provide a picture of the award Blakespear gave me in 2019 and appreciation from the Parks Dept.


      3. SMOP had nearly 40 people lined up to speak at the council meeting. Including local businesses, hotels owners, restaurant owners, local schools board members, Ecke YMCA board members, local charities and residents all ready to present.

      We didn’t show up for the meeting, because Blakespear and Kranz decided it would be wise to put us last up on a very busy agenda. We would have been speaking after midnight. I wasn’t about to ask local community members and representatives to wait until midnight to speak. The fix was in. We knew that council was going to vote against us no matter what when we saw where we were on the agenda. This is how this council operates. Just look at what they did to Bruce Ehlers. They gave him 2 minutes to defend himself. All of the speakers defended Bruce Ehlers and council didn’t care, they fired him.

      We figured if you don’t want us then what’s the point of fighting?

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  24. The San Diego Union-Tribune last month reported that the combined salaries paid by the Surfing Madonna Oceans Project to Nichols and his wife have climbed year after year to just under $220,000 in 2018, the most recent year for which information was available.

    The money paid to the husband-and-wife board members accounted for more than 30 percent of the charity’s 2018 revenue. The rising salaries also came as the value of grants paid out by the nonprofit dropped by tens of thousands of dollars in the same year.
    - San Diego Union Tribune, February 11, 2020

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    1. If that's true, how disgusting.

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    2. Why is that disgusting?

      I think it’s a kick ass piece of art and I appreciate the message to protect our mother ocean.

      What’s your fucking problem? This apart BIA spirit and Kranz paving over Encinitas and where it’s not paving they’re freaking putting up stack and pack all the way up till the sky?

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    3. Disgusting like when Bob edited the Wikipedia page for the Surfing Madonna mosaic. He added his name and changed the credit from Mark to Mark & Bob. What a bottom feeder.

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    4. You can't stand that your mayor got caught with her finger on the scale can you, 10:25.

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    5. This is Bob Nichols and I'd like to set the fact straight with evidence linked to our 990 tax returns from 2011-2020. I will have to break this up into several sections as my post is too long. PART #1

      I’m going to go through the author, I suspect Marco Gonzalez’s “timeline”, because it’s 100% false.

      First let me start by clarifying my salary. It’s not uncommon for 501c3 to pay their employees. As a matter of fact all successful 501c3 pay their employees. L101, E101, C101, Leightag, YMCA, you name it and they have employees who are being paid. Surfing Madonna was no different.

      Second, our board always determined my salary, I never had the opportunity to vote on my salary as that would have been a conflict of interest. The board would often review my work, the revenue I was bringing in and determine whether or not my salary was just.

      Third, our Bylaws stated that Officer’s could be Directors and vice versa, this is common for smaller organizations. Furthermore we had several employees, I wasn’t the only one.

      Fourth, the IRS determined that our salaries were fair and just by comparing them to other 501c3 who’s President had a similar job role. As matter of fact I was entitled to a higher salary many times.

      Lastly, I poured a lot of money into this organization from 2011-2014 to get us off the ground.

      I’m going to list my salary from 2011 - 2020. I will back this up with a link to our 990’s tax returns via Guide Star, who gave us a Gold Rating. You may have to create a login with Guide Star if you want to verify these, but that will only take minute or two.

      Bob Nichols salaries:

      2011- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2011/453/042/2011-453042628-0a6057b6-Z.pdf?_gl=1*14t88sr*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NTE5NS4xNQ..&_ga=2.107285761.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2012- $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2012/453/042/2012-453042628-0a605692-Z.pdf?_gl=1*4kuiwm*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5Njc0MC42MA..&_ga=2.98493724.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2013 - $0
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2013/453/042/2013-453042628-0a5eff13-9.pdf?_gl=1*1o3ew1q*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE2NS42MA..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2014- $9000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2014/453/042/2014-453042628-0b9872ec-9.pdf?_gl=1*echkcs*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE5MC4zNQ..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2015- $29,000
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2015/453/042/2015-453042628-0cfeb079-9.pdf?_gl=1*1vfjue8*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzIyMy4y&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2016- $58,803
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201612_990_2018081415584033.pdf


      2017- $85,245
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201712_990_2018121316002076.pdf

      2018- $112,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201812_990_2019110116809326.pdf

      2019 - $123,000
      https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201912_990_2021022617765851.pdf


      2020 - $96,833
      https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2020/453/042/2020-453042628-202123029349300247-9.pdf?_gl=1*10ja448*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzI0OC42MA..&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

      2021 - resigned January from SMOP

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  25. Yet they need PPP loans.

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    1. 6:14pm, I (Bob Nichols) resigned from SMOP in January 2021, so how did I take advantage of PPP loans that were paid to SMOP's new directors in mid 2021? Take a look at our 990 tax returns, do you see any PPP loans while I was the President?
      Link to 990 returns: https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2020/453/042/2020-453042628-202123029349300247-9.pdf?_gl=1*10ja448*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzI0OC42MA..&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

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  26. Left out of your story are significant expenses incurred when “the couple” started to financially support the surfing Madonna artist out of pocket. As he became increasingly ill they moved him in with them to care for him as long as they could manage. After that they moved him in and footed the bill for assisted care.

    Tell the whole story if you’re going to play reporter.

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    1. and they took advantage of the artists's name. He suffers from dementia so badly, he needed to be in assisted living, yet while he has dementia, they put his name on Julie Thunder's mayor campaign site and claimed he endorsed her. He can't even live on his own and take care of his own needs, yet he can endorse someone?

      Did they vote for him too?

      During all the bad press, Bob claimed that Mark wanted to take the mural down. We only have Bob's word for that. Mark probably did not even fully understand what was going on, but Bob wanted to look better in the press and claimed Mark wanted to take the mural down because Bob is not above using people to score a point.

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    2. And you contributed what to Mark’s care?

      That’s what I thought.

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    3. 724- Poor Mark lived within the blast zone of Tony Kranz‘s endless empty train blast brigade.

      Fucking Tony. Ruining the public health of Leucadia every minute he’s in office.

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  27. Meanwhile last night back at ranch Morris the Jeff n' Kim show went after JFS and Cindy/her supporters in one wild ride:

    "I spent 3 years preparing to take down this corruption. Get the other candidates out of your mind, like Slimy Cindy and her dirtbag Team - Worse than Mali by a million times. You idiots are going to make us lose the election! Only ONE of the candidates did the work to SAVE ENCINITAS."

    Mayoral material? NOT.

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    1. No, he's not mayoral material. That's more than clear. The scary part is people acting like Morris is a real alternative. He isn't.

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  28. City Manager Karen Brust and several department heads accused Nichols of engaging in a years-long pattern of abusing city employees.

    https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2020-02-12/encinitas-council-withdraws-surfing-madonna-permit-issue-from-agenda

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    1. Brust left because she could no longer take direction from Blakespear. Ask around and you’ll get the real story and reason why she bowed to pressure to demonize SMOP

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    2. Actually Brust left because of a personal illness. Nothing to do with Blakespear at all

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    3. Have you spoken with her? Illness = “spend more time with the family.” Come on now.

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    4. Illness. Her brain never worked. Her illness definitely was mental decline.

      Speak with her now and you’ll see. She’s a whack job.

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    5. 8:56 Sounds like a bitter city employee who was let go. Good for Brunst. I only wish she had cleaned house more while she was there.

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    6. 6:35- Way off. Brust was the worst city manager in all of southern California decimated San Juan Capistrano and then decimated City Of Encinitas. The worst.

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  29. Charity Navigator gave SMOP a failing score:
    https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/453042628

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    1. False.... If you look at Charity Navigator here's what is says under Results. Surfing Madonna Oceans Project cannot currently be evaluated by our Encompass Rating Impact & Results methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.
      Note: The absence of a score does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, it only indicates that we have not yet evaluated the organization."

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  30. 7:15 those who pretend to be close to Morris say they fear his response should they not appear to support him.

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    1. I've not met Morris but I'm curious why people say they are afraid of him so they support him? Can you help me out 8:02?

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    2. Read the post they fear his response.

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    3. 1:53 they are afraid of him because for the last three years, he blasts anyone who disagrees with him online. If you dare to voice a different opinion, he posts your picture or screenshots of your conversation, calls you a liar or a shill, he might even mention you in a video or future posts. This is not what civil democracy is about.
      And all that is just for having a differing opinion. He does not actually LISTEN. He REACTS and ASSUMES.

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    4. 9:38, lotta words just to say he’s a narcissistic a-hole.

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    5. some people need to hear the details lol

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    6. I am reading the stuff he is posting. He’s not posting up innocent people, he is posting up the people who apparently caused the homeless crisis and the charity they are with? He posted something today from Sheila Cameron where she suggests he’s right?

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    7. What makes someone "innocent" to you? Morris could and does attach a random conspiracy theory to anyone that looks at him the wrong way.

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  31. This one seems to be blowing up.

    Karen Brust- 🤮

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  32. If you want actors as Mayor, just keep Tony. If you want shit done elect Morris. He is the only person in this town who has the balls to call out the corruption. You better hope he wins otherwise Encinitas is screwed. I haven’t seen anybody else standing up for Encinitas.

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    1. How can I vote for somebody who doesn't say what he is actually going to do? "Only I can fix this" does not cut it.

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    2. Morris is a blowhard idiot. He's not qualified to be mayor.

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    3. Tony Kranz is would be a disaster for Mayor. He doesn't care about the community, he only cares about being Mayor, his ego. Just like Blakespear, Tony Kranz is a complete narcissist.

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    4. 1:54. Tell us ONE thing Morris has done for the homeless (other than exploit them). We’ll wait.

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    5. @8:02 actually, you don't vote for him :) The mood lighting and the headphones will come out in some form of a ransom video for all who dissent with his maniacal rantings. You can't make this shit up.

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  33. I don’t want Town idiots to be mayor, and I don’t want people raging all the time with no clear logic.

    We can do much better. Isn’t Cindy still running?

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    1. YES Cindy is running and busy meeting, greeting, and running clean.

      No midnight madness rants, no bar hopping, just private and public events and getting out there, contrary to what the Jeff and Tony camps would have us believe.

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    2. Can she prove the corruption that Morris is claiming? He posted an article clearly showing Sheila Cameron, past mayor, agreed with him in 2020. He seems like he’s on to something?

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    3. Morris should prove the corruption he's claiming. He can't because he doesn't have the proof.

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  34. Jeff can prove nothing. If he could, we would all know what he says he knows.

    Now he claims Sheila was on his side two years ago?

    Prove that you imposter! Somehow I missed that two years ago and I have been paying close attention the whole time and longer.

    Anything coming from him and his wife are suspect. Nothing new there.

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  35. What are you even talking about? You obviously weren’t paying attention the last couple years. Otherwise you’d know that Morris has said a million times over what he’ll do. Meanwhile Sleepy Cindy never says anything about what she’ll do. She comes out of hiding once and awhile to complain about the Clark project going in adjacent to her house asking for donations to stop it (her only real motive to run for Mayor). The rest of the time she mostly stays Silent and Slithers back into her whole in the ground. Meanwhile, the 3 other candidates were participating in things around town including a Public Debate that all candidates were invited to. But she was too scared to face the Citizens of Encinitas who would’ve asked her questions about what she’d do. Where are these supposed Meet & Greets Cindy is doing? She’s only posted one that had a total of 8 people including her.

    If the above poster was being truthful they’d say that Jeff is the only one that’s made a real effort of making himself known and available to talk to. He certainly isn’t bar hopping as they stated above. I’d hardly call a publicly advertised debate in the middle of the afternoon coordinating w/ July 4th time frame at patriotic American Legion, Bar hopping? It’s apparent this individual is trying to make excuses for Cindy being a ‘No Show,’ by needlessly attacking Jeff. Not a good look for them or Cindy.

    Heck, even barefoot guy would be a better option than Cindy at this point, b/c at least he shows up, and is willing to talk to people. As much as most of us don’t care for Tony, even he is proving to be a better option than Cindy, b/c although he’s weak, he’s not as weak as Cindy. And at least he also shows up! No wonder the Small Cindy posse is so threatened by Jeff. He’s by far the strongest candidate and Encinitas’s best option thus far, and they know it!

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    1. Thank you Garvin Walsh. Your insecurity about the poor job you’re doing for Thunder and Kranz is showing again. Go get ‘em Cremona!

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    2. You forgot to add that Cindy's campaign website photos are as stiff as she is. Who needs a robot that takes direction from Susan Turney at City Hall?

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  36. This is Bob Nichols, for anyone who thinks my salary was too high. Here's how much I really made while acting as President of Surfing Madonna Oceans Project.

    I'm providing linked 990 tax returns for anyone to see. Please look at Part VII where my actual salary is published. My salary is not the combined total of 3-4 employees made.
    This is Bob Nichols and I'd like to set the fact straight with evidence linked to our 990 tax returns from 2011-2020.

    First let me start by clarifying my salary. It’s not uncommon for 501c3 to pay their employees. As a matter of fact all successful 501c3 pay their employees. L101, E101, C101, Leightag, YMCA, you name it and they have employees who are being paid. Surfing Madonna was no different.

    Second, our board always determined my salary, I never had the opportunity to vote on my salary as that would have been a conflict of interest. The board would often review my work, the revenue I was bringing in and determine whether or not my salary was just.

    Third, our Bylaws stated that Officer’s could be Directors and vice versa, this is common for smaller organizations. Furthermore we had several employees, I wasn’t the only one.

    Fourth, the IRS determined that our salaries were fair and just by comparing them to other 501c3 who’s President had a similar job role. As matter of fact I was entitled to a higher salary many times.

    Lastly, I poured a lot of money into this organization from 2011-2014 to get us off the ground.

    I’m going to list my salary from 2011 - 2020. I will back this up with a link to our 990’s tax returns via Guide Star, who gave us a Gold Rating. You may have to create a login with Guide Star if you want to verify these, but that will only take minute or two.

    Bob Nichols salaries:

    2011- $0
    https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2011/453/042/2011-453042628-0a6057b6-Z.pdf?_gl=1*14t88sr*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NTE5NS4xNQ..&_ga=2.107285761.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

    2012- $0
    https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2012/453/042/2012-453042628-0a605692-Z.pdf?_gl=1*4kuiwm*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5Njc0MC42MA..&_ga=2.98493724.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

    2013 - $0
    https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2013/453/042/2013-453042628-0a5eff13-9.pdf?_gl=1*1o3ew1q*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE2NS42MA..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

    2014- $9000
    https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2014/453/042/2014-453042628-0b9872ec-9.pdf?_gl=1*echkcs*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzE5MC4zNQ..&_ga=2.68027026.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

    2015- $29,000
    https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2015/453/042/2015-453042628-0cfeb079-9.pdf?_gl=1*1vfjue8*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzIyMy4y&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

    2016- $58,803
    https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201612_990_2018081415584033.pdf


    2017- $85,245
    https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201712_990_2018121316002076.pdf

    2018- $112,000
    https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201812_990_2019110116809326.pdf

    2019 - $123,000
    https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/453042628_201912_990_2021022617765851.pdf

    2020 - $96,833
    https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2020/453/042/2020-453042628-202123029349300247-9.pdf?_gl=1*10ja448*_ga*MTcwMDM4MTgwNS4xNjU4Njk0ODI3*_ga_5W8PXYYGBX*MTY1ODY5NDgyNy4xLjEuMTY1ODY5NzI0OC42MA..&_ga=2.1426994.266826655.1658694828-1700381805.1658694827

    2021 - resigned January from SMOP

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  37. I'd also like to comment on a statement made by whom I think is Marco Gonzalez, because the statement he made 1-10, is 100% False. This will come in 2-3 parts as it's pretty long.
    1. This is an untrue statement….SMOP was doing just fine financially, my wife and I created the largest beach in the world starting in 2013 and the 2nd largest half marathon in San Diego in 2016. In 2017 the Surfing Madonna Beach Run was recognized as the largest beach run in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Both events brought in an approximate combined $680,000-$750,000 a year and roughly 15,000 people from across the country to Encinitas each year. Those participants spent well over 1 million dollars on hotel rooms, restaurants, novelty stores, etc according to an economic impact report by an independent party.

    Revenue was not decreasing as you say, in 2019 we had our best year yet. Unfortunately COVID hit in 2020 and we could not hold our events, the Boston Marathon, the New York Marathon, every event across California and the country was cancelled. My salary at its peak in 2019 was roughly $120,000, my wife salary was roughly $100,000, it took a long time and a lot of years with no salary to get there. We did nothing illegal and our salaries were looked at by an independent 501c3 auditing group and determined to be “Very Reasonable”. Our salaries went for review in front of our Board of Directors periodically, nothing illegal and our Bylaws stated that we could receive salaries, like most 501c3 do. This was a full time job, and it wasn’t just the races that we put on. We did aquatics programming at the YMCA, free special needs surf camps every summer, and a whole list of programs, it was a full time job.

    2. This statement is completely false. The City and SMOP always had a great relationship. SMOP received awards and accoladed from the City of Encinitas every year up through 2019. Mayor Catherine Blakespear and her family attended our events each year and spoke at them. In 2019 I was presented with award by Mayor Blakespear for all the good work we had done in the community. If I was having so many problems with city then why were they giving me awards up through 2019 and attending all of our events? So the statement you are making is completely false. If the moderator on this site allows, I will gladly provide a picture of the award Blakespear gave me in 2019 and appreciation from the Parks Dept.

    3. SMOP had nearly 40 people lined up to speak at the council meeting. Including local businesses, hotels owners, restaurant owners, local schools board members, Ecke YMCA board members, local charities and residents all ready to present.

    We didn’t show up for the meeting, because Blakespear and Kranz decided it would be wise to put us last up on a very busy agenda. We would have been speaking after midnight. I wasn’t about to ask local community members and representatives to wait until midnight to speak. The fix was in. We knew that council was going to vote against us no matter what when we saw where we were on the agenda. This is how this council operates. Just look at what they did to Bruce Ehlers. They gave him 2 minutes to defend himself. All of the speakers defended Bruce Ehlers and council didn’t care, they fired him.

    We figured if you don’t want us then what’s the point of fighting?
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    1. Part 24. My life was never “spiraling out of control”, what a ridiculous statement to make, completely false. My life’s been great and I wouldn’t change it for anything. I have a wonderful wife who I love dearly, a dog “Ocean” who we take swimming everyday, friends, live is good and I’m thankful for it.

      I’ve always been proud of the work SMOP did in the community. We gave thousands in scholarships over the years to high school kids, who have kids, donated to local charities, purchased floating beach wheel chairs for local beaches, mobility mats for persons with disabilities, started an award winning national recognized special needs surf camp that was free for families working with over 1,400 families to date, donated about $15,000 a year to the Ecke YMCA special needs aquatic programming, donated $70,000 to Pacific View, donated $40,000 to the kids skate park in Solana Beach, donated tens of thousand in scholarship, purchased marine mammal rescue equipment for the Life Guards, etc etc. In all, we donated over $600,000 to ocean, beach and park related projects in Encinitas since 2013, not bad, and all from art on a wall. I’ll always be proud of the work we did and I have no regrets. My life is certainly not “spiraling out of control”.



      5. This statement is blatantly false as well, I never broke any 501c3 rules, or used SMOP to influence an election, absolutely ridiculous. If that was the case, SMOP would have had its 501c3 status removed a long time ago. Two years later and SMOP is doing just fine. 501c3’s are allowed to post true statements regarding themselves even when it becomes political, simply because it involves the said 501c3. Statements of fact are and will always be perfectly legal. I like how the author, probably Marco, uses the phrase “word is that”.



      6. Again this is a false statement is completely false. My wife and I never received any PPP payments of $70,000 in tax dollars, this is 100% false. Look at our organizations 990 tax returns, we resigned in January 2021. If the moderator will allow me to post a photo of our 990’s I’ll show you this statement is not true.

      Mike Redman and Cathy Carey took over our positions for SMOP in 2021 and began applying for PPP grants. Not my wife and I.

      Mike and Cathy received PPP payments of roughly $70,000 and were entitled to them, most organizations across the country did this, simply because organization had a hard time generating revenue during COVID, just like most businesses did. SMOP would have been fiscally irresponsible to not take advantage of what the government was offering.



      7. Again, another very false statement. This one had me laughing out loud. I like how the author uses the phrase “word on the street” again, like they have some privy knowledge that no one else has.

      If I had made an illegal deal with the candidates, such as this, do you think the candidates would have told everyone about it, thereby jeopardizing themselves. Ridiculous! Those events were exhausting to operate and run, the amount of work throughout the year was excruciating. Something I will never do again. Permitting, insurance, dealing with sponsors, residents, participants, timing company, medal and shirt manufactures, marketing, traffic planning, Sheriff and Fire Dept contracts, life guards, numerous city and planning meetings, medical, aid stations, etc etc. So to say that I colluded with the candidates to bring our events back is 100% ridiculous and false. I resigned from Surfing Madonna in January of 2021, so how would bringing the events back do anything for me? My wife and I now have a very successful business, where we make significantly more than what we did at Surfing Madonna with 10% of the word load.

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      8. Another false statement. Both the City of Solana Beach, City of Oceanside asked if we wanted to bring our events to them, including our free surf camps. They reached out to us. I told them we would consider it. After determining that Solana Beach couldn’t handle a Half Marathon with their short 101 distance, and their beach being too short for a 10K, we turned them down. With regard to Oceanside, the traffic planning would have cost us nearly $50,000 on top of our already $370,000 race budget, there were too many what ifs and the risk was not worth the reward. Also the Surfing Madonna Beach Run in Oceanside wouldn’t have worked on the sand as the beach begins to get very narrow towards the south end a logistic nightmare and large gamble with participants. Logistically this would have been a nightmare and a potential liability. So, we turned Oceanside down as well. However I am very grateful for both cities support and their understanding of the way we were bring treated by Encinitas City Council, unfortunately it just wouldn’t have worked.
      9. Another false statement… My wife and I bought a house in Oregon in August of 2018, well before our problems with Blakespear and Kranz began. Every years since 2012 we would drive up to Oregon and camp along the coastline. We’ve always loved Oregon’s rugged beauty.

      We never fled to Oregon, why would we have to flee anywhere. Again the author of this post loses all credibility here. He makes it sound like we are Bonny and Clyde, fleeing from the authorities. In 2018 we were lucky enough to find our dream home. Yes we currently live in Oregon and we love it. But we also have a property in Encinitas, a city which I moved to in 1999. So, we still have an interest in Encinitas and we do care about who gets elected and who is representing us.

      I will always love Encinitas more than any place in the world. We periodically visit our families property, one of which I have a 50% ownership in, every couple of months. So yes, I have a qualified interest in Encinitas and want to see that it’s well taken care of and not in the hands of Marco Gonzalez, attorney for the developers, Catherine Blakespear and Tony Kranz. These people are destroying this beautiful town with their concrete jungle, streetscape, deals with developers, etc.
      10. Again Blatantly false. Really “voter fraud”? Give me a break. Notice the author uses words like “apparently”, obviously not sure of their statements. Residents filed voter fraud claims against me? Really? Give me a break, this is comical, what voter fraud have we committed that you are speaking of? Are we harvesting ballots, dumping ballots into trash bins, creating fake ballots? Hilarious.

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    3. Bob how many times are you going to post the same shit no one wants to read? And didn't Marco already post on here that it wasn't him keeping such good track of you stepping in poo all the time?

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    4. Yes, I did post above. We should all agree to start using our real names.

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  38. Thanks Bob. Appreciate it. again I like the surfing Madonna and appreciated it’s benefits to Encinitas. BIA spear and clown council cheated the whole project like shit from the get-go in my humble opinion.

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    1. 3:20, this is Bob Nichols, thank you! There are some really bad people in charge of Encinitas right now. Council Members who only care about climbing the political ladder and are happy to cozy up to their large PAC developer donors needs.

      When the City of Encinitas started misappropriation our donations, putting tens of thousands of our donor dollars into their general fund instead of projects where I directed our donations to go, such as parks trailhead signage, daycare for parents who couldn't afford it, floating beach wheelchairs, etc, I stopped donating to the Encinitas Parks Dept. Jennifer Campbell, now assistant City Manager to Pam Antil is responsible for the misappropriation of our donations. When I brought this to the attention of Council, it was all downhill for us from there. We also caught the City of Encinitas over billing us by tens of thousands of dollars on our events. The over billing was happening from 2014 up until 2019. Tony Kranz and Catherine Blakespear looked the other way when we brought this to our attention. Karen Brust was nice enough to call and apologize to me for this. I have several voicemails from Karen Brust apologizing for Jennifer Campbell's mistakes. I also have a voicemail message from Jennifer Campbell in 2016, telling us she was going to put our money towards Parks Trail heads like we agreed on, she never did, instead it went into the city's "General Fund". So when people say I was harassing, abusive, threatening to city staff, of course I was. Our money was being misappropriated, nothing was getting done about it and I was upset. I think anyone would be after 6 years of that happening to our organization.

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    2. Bob, there are many conversations online where you come across as bullying. I am giving you the benefit of the doubt and assuming that you are so passionate about your beliefs, that maybe you are unaware about how you are coming across. So, I'm coming from a place of helpfulness when I say that the repeated posts on Nextdoor in the last mayoral election, the way you have conducted yourself in conversations with Blakespear supporters, and the way I have seen you make comments towards people you disagree with in an arrogant and condescending way.

      You have every right to post your opinions and discuss your point of view. But you have crossed the line a great deal and it makes me, and several other people, extremely uncomfortable.

      You have been downright rude. I hope when reading this, you can practice some self awareness.

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    3. And you know what else Bob? In your mission to bring down Blakespear, there are people you have hurt. Maybe that's no big deal to you, maybe it is collateral damage to you and you think they deserve it. But I have seen you post things in the past two years about people I care about, I have seen you belittle and argue, I have seen people walk away from the conversation only to have you come back hours later, posting multiple comments they are tagged in where you are trying to pull them back in, demanding they answer something. You have conducted yourself like a bully and I'm sure your gut reaction is to justify that, make excuses, blame Blakespear. but you - just like all of us - are responsible for our actions.

      I have never met you in person and I really don't want to get in to this, but I am feeling really riled up right now. During the mayoral campaign, I posted a comment that was not directed at you, didn't involve you, and was not negative towards anyone at all. It was a positive comment. And you then posted a snarky insult about me that hurt. Really hurt.

      We are real people online you are disagreeing with and I did not deserve that. I am sorry if the city has treated you badly, I don't know anything about that and I hope that whatever has happened, you will move on and do well. But I hope that you and every anti-Blakespear person realizes that not everyone who supports her is an enemy and please stop being such a jerk to people you disagree with.

      We have a first amendment right too.

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    4. At 4:02 and 4:12. This is Bob Nichols - I apologize if I hurt your feelings and was unjustly rude to you. I must have thought that you were personally attacking me, and if you weren't I am truly sorry for whatever I said that hurt you. I must have completely misunderstood whatever conversation we were having on social media.

      After what Blakespear and Kranz unjustly did to myself, my wife, our Board of Directors and Surfing Madonna, I made it my mission to expose Blakespear and Kranz for their actions, all of them. I've never been the type of person to sit idly by while being unjustly attacked, I don't turn the other cheek, nor will I ever. There's good and bad that comes out of that trait and I recognize that.

      I wish I could see the conversation we had, so I could read what was going on, but I can't, so I will just have to trust your statement. I do appreciate the way you respectfully approached me and made your statement without a bunch of insults. So again I apologize for my "snarky insult".

      After this election, I am done with trying to expose all the wrongdoings of Blakespear and Kranz. I do feel that we need a change of council and I am really worried about Blakespear representing the 38th District. I think anyone who gets caught lying, hides, and disregards their constituents voice is dangerous and should not be representing the people. I think those are dangerous qualities to have in a representative.

      After our lawsuit with Blakespear and the election I'm done with the Blakespear and Kranz arguing.

      All the best, hope you accept my apology and peace :-)

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  39. Also in my opinion the city should’ve left it where it was first presented to the city under the railroad underpass

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    1. This is Bob Nichols. I agree. It would have been nice. Leucadia Pizzeria was generous enough to allow us to put it across the street. Tony Kranz tried to stop that from happening, say "it's going to create traffic" and "Lipstick on a pig". These are the kind of people we were dealing with. I'm just thankful that Mark's beautiful art is in a good place and that our free special needs surf camps can continue for many years to come, even if they are in Oceanside now.

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    2. They don’t come dumber than Dalakranz!

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  40. Morris created the biggest political movement by residents in our history. Cindy and Susan both rode the Morris train, last election and the beginning of this election. Please tell us, why did you work with him and use his page if he’s a misogynists?

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  41. Susan Turney talks about how rad she is but she got destroyed by the dumbest council person of all, Kellie Hinze. Susan is a paper pusher, not a person capable of gathering interests.

    Sit your 2 cent ass down and quit pretending you’re bold. You’re not, you’re a coward.

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    1. Susan Turney would have done a lot more for this City than Kellie Hinze, who was appointed by Blakespear and votes exactly how Blakespear votes every time.

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    2. Susan is a paper pusher with a massive ego and no people skills. She and Cindy went Encinitas Viewpoint and maxed out at 188 people, stealing most of them from Morris. She’s plain wrap, boring, and is a poster child of what not to do during an election. She was a train wreck when she was running and she’s even worse now.

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    3. Jeff and his wannabe mrs. mayor wife are not coattails to be ridden. They are loudmouths who stay safely inside their gated community and where they live for the next police scanner report so they can act like they're doing something. No one has ridden their coattails, there's nothing to ride. They are empty suits, frauds.

      Kim: put away your business cards and stop trying to monetize your manic hubby's "campaign."

      Jeff: stop lying about a record of accomplishments that exists only in your head.

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    4. One important contrast between Susan and Kellie Hinzie is that the Turney's have a registered Air B and B, and Kellie has one that is not registered. I find this corrupt--even more so since Kellie is a trust fund baby millionaire like our mayor who wants others to be taxed and charged with fees that they themselves avoid. They support Prop 19 that changes the tax basis for others yet were able to change ownership prior to the short deadline so that their own financial interests were protected. They are corrupt!

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    5. Is it true that Susan Turney has an Air BnB in town? The woman who claims she cares about housing and the sale of affordable units to investors is robbing a family the right to a long term rental? Sounds a bit greedy and hypocritical to me. Why would Cindy Cremona tie her fates to someone like this?

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  42. Deflection much jeffy boy? It is so your style and so false.

    As for Bob Nichols, great to see you respond with the truth after Margo, god what a girl he is, spouted his lies about everything. He is good at doing that.

    Semper Fi Bob. Our faith has never wavered in who you are and what you brought our city before certain people in power screwed you over royally.

    That we had to lose you because of 'them' is shameful.

    It is apparent we need a new majority more than ever with this bunch of sellouts. Their mouthpiece is a quite a piece of work, to put it more mildly than Margo deserves.

    Thank you Bob and Megan for your paying it forward to the benefit of those less fortunate. You will not be soon forgotten. It has been an honor to have you representing our community while it lasted.

    Margo, it has been a dishonor to know you and all the 'stuff' you have pulled over the years.

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    1. 4:05pm, this is Bob Nichols. Thank you for that comment, that was really nice to read. Megan, Mark the board and I poured are hearts and soul into the community and those less fortunate. We worked really hard to raise money through the Encinitas Half Marathon and Surfing Madonna Beach Run for programming and projects and made sure we built up SMOP's account for a rainy day like we are seeing now from Blakespear/Kranz. SMOP is fortunate it can continue to perpetuate programming and projects for years to come.

      Those special needs surf camps will continue for a long time. I salute Mike Redman and Cathey Carey and the board of directors for taking the helm and guiding the SMOP ship through these stormy Encinitas political waters. The SMOP board and its volunteers are doing a fantastic job of navigating and focusing on the task at hand.

      I am 100% confident that good will prevail and someday soon we will get a council who values what SMOP has done for the community since 2011, and will allow our special needs surf camps to continue at Moonlight Beach whereby families will have much easier egress and ingress for their children with special needs.

      Marco, Blakespear, Kranz and the rest of them can attack me all they want, just words. But they will not physically take those special needs surf camps away from the families. That will never happen. Those surf camps will continue to make a difference in children, their family members and volunteers lives. There's too much good protecting those surf camps.

      Thanks again for your remarks and Semper Fi.

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  43. Morris and Bob Nichols have independently done more for Encinitas than any of you losers on here. People talk shit on this page in private because they are weak like you guys. *️⃣⏸

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    1. Nichols, yes. Morris?? Pray tell us what he has actually done. Stick to the results.

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    2. 5:17 is right. Bob has done a lot for our city, no matter what you think of him personally. Plus he is not running for anything. However, the only thing Morris harps on in homelessness, especially Leichtag. And what has he done for any homeless person? Nothing except take a reporter to the homeless camp behind Oggi's. I have met both of these men and I cannot imagine voting for Morris. Can you imagine the Council meetings if he was the Mayor. it would be his way or the hwy.

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    3. Homelessness has worsened since Jeff and his wife decided in their words to "SAVE ENCINITAS." Already a failure.

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    4. Vivienne Vail, Susan Turney, and Team Cindy are starting war games with Morris and Bob? LOL. That will be good. I'm not sure who is better of these two to make you look like a fool?

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    5. At 6:48, this is Bob, I hope that's not the case, I can't imagine anyone doing that for entertainment. Just doesn't make sense.

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  44. Posting again regarding the Morris circus here where it won't get buried:

    Jeff and his wannabe mrs. mayor wife are not coattails to be ridden. They are loudmouths who stay safely inside their gated community and where they live for the next police scanner report so they can act like they're doing something. No one has ridden their coattails, there's nothing to ride. They are empty suits, frauds.

    Kim: put away your business cards and stop trying to monetize your manic hubby's "campaign."

    Jeff: stop lying about a record of accomplishments that exists only in your head.

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    1. Vivienne Vail. The CIA Encinitas Spy who took down the Fillabelly? I bet you felt good, huh? The only thing you've ever done in Encinitas was to target the nonprofits?

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    2. 6:51 aka Kim Morris realtor wife of Jeff Morris you keep posting this all over Facebook.

      Take off your police scanner headphones and take a break. Why don’t you tell us all about the great work you and your husband supposedly did that you’re boasting about but can’t name? We will wait and wait and wait. Because you’ve got nothing.

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    3. Did I hear Team Cremona, Susan Turney, and Vivienne Vail are going to continue their lying attacks on the Morrises? How do you think that's going to fare? Morris, hmmm, that guy is battle tested. You guys are stupid, but stupid is what stupid does.

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    4. Someone name one thing Jeff’s has done besides attack women, sleep late, dig up 3 year old homeless stories and insult more women? Has he not realized yet that less than 1% (ONE PERCENT) of his 2700 Watchdog members even participate anymore. They’re there to watch the train wreck. He should take a poll and ask how many are voting for him. He won’t though. He’d have to delete and block 2,690 of them!

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    5. Here we go again…This post was about Bob Nichols and was a full on attack on him and his Surfing Madonna organization. But the Susan, Vivienne, Cindy mean girl gang are so obsessed with Jeff, that they never miss an opportunity to flip every post into being about him. They remind me of the crazy woman in the lethal attraction movie, except now there’s three of them instead of one! (That’s because Cindy can’t do anything on her own w/out her stage Mommies). She was too scared to get on stage and debate the other contenders since she’d have to do it without her stage Mommies. Sadly their three musketeer stalking trio can’t handle the likes of Marco who most likely started the above attack on Bob Nichols. They fail to realize they are no match for Marco, or the rest of the corruption that has taken over Encinitas. It’s going to take someone strong like Jeff Morris to go up against an alpha mail like Marco. Cindy and her snippy catty teenage stalker girls need to move aside and let the real contender Jeff Morris conquer corruption. There’s no room for silly mean girl stuff. This is serious business. This is a war between Good and Evil.

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    6. 8:42 JFC, what bullshit! But "alpha mail" is really good. Is that U.S. mail or someplace else?

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    7. Actually Jeff did recently post a poll on his Encinitas Watchdog Facebook group asking who should be Mayor. You probably missed it because he posted it as "Chad Elliott", one of his many fake accounts. In his own group of 2700 members less than 50 "voted" for him.

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    8. Sorry 8:42, I started none of this.

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    9. 2:36 Jeff (I mean Kim) better come up with another strategy stat! Has anyone told him it’s Tony he has to beat? Or maybe that’s not in their agreement.

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  45. what, what? gawd what a piece of ....

    Nobody has to lie about Jeff and his wife. The truth is more than enough to doom their campaign.

    One would think they could see how their actions and words come off. They are not helping their case and never have.

    Nothing new with Jeff and Kim. Same old, same old. Their actions deserves some professional help, if not for themselves, for our community.

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    1. After they help Julie and Garvin get Kranz elected, they’ll get thrown under the bus and scuttle out of town because they’ll be known as the most hated couple in Leucadia. Good riddance too.

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    2. If you weren’t so busy attacking the Morris’s and would focus on your own campaign, maybe you’d have a small chance of winning. Oh, but wait, you don’t have a chance of winning. It’s why you feel a need to continually attack the Morris’s, because Silent Sneaky Cindy has nothing to offer. Besides, Marco would Mow Cindy down like the Vulcan freight trains. In contrast, the Morris’s are the epitome of the American Dream and are trying to keep that Dream alive by protecting and saving all of Encinitas and what hasn’t yet been destroyed. Cindy has no interest in protecting Encinitas, other than occasionally surfacing to ask for $ to stop the apts going in, in her own little neighborhood (her self-serving motive for running). But the Clark project is going in regardless. So step aside Cindy. We don’t need another self- interested politician.

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    3. Attack the Morris's what? House, car, dog, thinking, self-serving ambition?

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    4. "Nothing new with Jeff and Kim. Same old, same old. Their actions deserves some professional help, if not for themselves, for our community?" Examples please? With evidence?

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    5. @8:44 correct. The misogeny campaign will be all over when some very particular emails come to light. Morris' days are numbered.

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  46. Hey Bob, thanks for participating in the discussion.

    You seem to assume Marco is behind certain comments, but when he comments on EU, he's one of the only people to actually post under his name. I don't think he would hide behind anonymous comments.

    If you believe people are wrong about you and your dealings with SMOP, can you at least consider that maybe you have been wrong about some things you have said about people online? Blakespear is a public figure. But You've made some harsh allegations about some people who work for her and/or support her that could be wrong and you do it with so much vitriol that it seems you just have a hate filled agenda.

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  47. I always find it amusing when people here are so convinced they know who someone is. Any person that disagrees with them and you throw out the name of whoever you despise the most.

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  48. I am confused is this thread about Blakespear censoring people in the community or Morris4Mayor censoring people in the community which is it.

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    1. Morris is for Free Speech. Blakespear is not, which is why Bob Nichols filed a lawsuit against Blakespear. Morris has exposed Blakespear’s corruption and hopes to clean up City Council by becoming Mayor. Nichols and Morris are champions for justice. Morris has a large following on the Facebook group ‘Encinitas Watchdog.’ Morris4Mayor

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    2. @5:46 sure about Jeff and freedom of speech? or sure about him spouting off to the watchdog page when he falsely accuses Cindy of removing posts? what ever happened with the FBI stepping in? anyone get a knock from men in suits?

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  49. Morris is a menace.

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  50. Blakespear should not have blocked anyone of facebook, but she is right that it is an evolving area of law and social media/constituents/electeds will probably continue to evolve. That being said, some of these people are acting like assholes. Steve Golden, Rachel Grave, Ruben Flores, Bob Nichols, all of them would repeatedly post in ways that may seem like activism to them, but come off as spam and trolling to a lot of people reading them. Blakespear had clearly posted rules of engagement in the about section of her page and at one time these rules were pinned. People that violated those rules were blocked.

    Does the first amendment or ACLU say that an elected official can't have rules of decorum in the space they offer for communication? No.

    There's rules at a city council meeting right? If a citizen starts cursing or yelling at a meeting that's a problem and no one would say that their first amendment right was violated if you had them removed from the podium.

    There's a sense of entitlement with a lot of the Blakespear haters. Nothing but negativity and attacks.

    You have a first amendment right to express your views without government interference, but that should not mean you have the right to troll without repercussions.

    But I guess the repercussion is this: people see you. People see how you are acting and what you stand for and it is not on the side of right

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    1. "Haters." Are Blakespear apologists given a pick list of words to repeat mindlessly or is it just a coincidence that you all sound the same?

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    2. This is Bob Nichols, responding to July 25, 11:54AM. My response will come in 3 Parts.

      Part 1
      Blakespear didn’t just block a couple of people, she blocked 28 people from her official “Public Figure” “Mayor Catherine Blakespear” social media page.

      Her page according to the ACLU and the 3rd and 4th District courts is “Official” not only because of the title associated with it, and the label “Public Figure” but importantly she has conducted city business many times on the page over the years. She’s discussed upcoming city council meetings asking residents to speak in favor of certain topics, she’s discussed certain agenda topics before they hit city council meetings, SANDAG, proclamations given, EDCO, local energy issues, she even posted a Mayor Catherine Blakespear official letter addressing the residents when she fired Bruce Ehlers, all of this and so much more on her page makes it an official page according to the ACLU and District Courts across the nation.

      Even Marco Gonzalez stated that regrettably she was using her page to conduct city business. Coast News- “Gonzalez did say that he felt as though the mayor had erred by utilizing her public Facebook page to engage in city-related business.”

      Blakespear even signed a settlement agreement acknowledging that she blocked all of these people. She blocked
      people from public comment such as a local firefighter asking safety related questions on Streetscape issue, a person with disabilities asking ADA accessibility questions, a former Encinitas Planning Commissioner, two former local school teachers, a couple of candidates running for elected positions, concerned parents about the moving the location of the “safe parking lot” next to a middle school full of children, a care taker and a former city employee, the list continues. These aren’t “right wing attackers” as Kevin Sabellico, Blakespear’s campaign manager states. These are people that have legitimate questions and concerns, but because Blakespear didn’t like the topic, she blocked the person from ever communicating with her on her Official “Mayor Catherine Blakespear” “Public Official” ever again.

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    3. This is Bob Nichols, responding to July 25th, 11:54Am

      Blakespear signed a settlement agreement and tried to settle, but she broke the terms of the Settlement Agreement.

      1.Catherine Blakespear was asked to pay from her personal account, Catherine Blakespear’s account. Instead she paid from an entity account, a campaign account titled “Blakespear for Mayor 2020”, this isn’t Blakespear’s account. How do you think her donors would feel about this?

      2.She agreed to make public apology, instead she deeply offended all of the resident she blocked with her non-apology disparaging rant.

      We’ve since given Blakespear several opportunities to do the right thing. Step up to the plate and say, “I’m sorry to all the Encinitas Resident and community members and anyone that I blocked on my “Mayor Catherine Blakespear” public page. I realize I violated my sworn oath of office as an elected representative to uphold and protect the First Amendment, Free Speech, and the right for citizens criticize government. I blocked you and I apologize, it will never happen again.” That would have been a sincere and honest apology.

      Instead Blakespear starts her non-apology rant with – “As a woman serving in elected office, I have been the target of threatening and harassing comments on my social media and in my daily life — personal attacks, not simply ones disagreeing with my policy perspectives. My social media experience is part of my larger life experience as a female public official, including a direct rape threat texted to my personal cell phone number that addressed me by name, a large number of protesters outside my home where I live with my husband and children taunting me to come out, and being shouted at while going about my daily life, among other aggressions.” – Catherine Blakespear.

      Does that sound like an apology?

      Then she lies about blocking people in her apology.

      “I always welcome expressions of political and policy differences, including criticisms for my job performance as your mayor, and I would never try to infringe on anyone’s right to freedom of speech. As a former journalist and attorney, I understand and deeply believe that the core of our democracy is every citizen’s right to express their opinion.” – Catherine Blakespear.

      If she always welcomes expressions of political and policy differences, including criticisms for her job performance as mayor, then why did she block 28 people and delete all criticizing comments?

      Then Blakespear says, “I would never infringe on anyone’s right to Freedom of Speech.” Another lie…Isn’t that exactly what she did when she blocked 28 people and deleted their comments. Her non-apology rant was fully of lies and deeply offensive.

      Any representative such as Blakespear who continues to lie and pass the blame to other, all while paying for her mistakes with campaign donor funds, should not be in office.
      The bottom line is Blakespear broke the law and she needs to held accountable. She’s been doing this for several years now, some of these people who were blocked have been blocked for years from being able to express themselves on her “Mayor Catherine Blakespear” page.

      If you drive 100 mph in a 55 mph zone all the time, eventually you’re gonna get a ticket.

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    4. This is Bob Nichols the above response starting with "Blakespear signed a settlement agreement" is Part 2.

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    5. Beautiful post, 11:54. I don't understand why assholes are surprised when it comes back to them.

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    6. Did you "ask" her to pay out of a personal account, or was it in the settlement agreement? This case is going to come down to whether you can convince a judge that being butt hurt about the sincerity of the apology is enough to nullify it. Sounds like an uphill battle.

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    7. It's not a question of "sincerity," it's the complete absence of one. An endless screed about all the sad ways she's been misunderstood by a once-adoring public does not an apology make!

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  51. and what about your use of the fake account "Jason Michalski", Bob?

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    1. and what about your fake account "Omed Demo/Demiri," Jeremy?

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    2. at least Omed stays in his own lane. Bob as Jason Michalski actually reached out to several Blakespear supporters on their facebook pages to post harassing comments.

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    3. Omed stays in no lane. He is outrageous and abusive and attacks anything that doesn't worship the mayor.

      He works hard behind the scenes, no "lane" for him.

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    4. yep. went out of his way to post lies about Steve Bartram and other people who had done nothing to provoke him. Dirty pool.

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    5. The Bartram who goes all aggro with anyone who doesn't support the mayor? The one who shows up with his chest all puffed out, getting in peoples faces? That one?

      The one who was all about high density stack n'pack until it came to his neighborhood then with tail between his legs took off for Carlsbad with his equally hypocritical wife? That Bartram??

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    6. Yes, the one married to Lisa Shaffer. Poor bastard!

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  52. Not just Bartram. "Michalski" went out of his way to troll and harass people he sees as CB supporters and some of them were not people who are very involved in online discussions. He just doesn't like them and thinks it is ok to be a jerk

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    1. Who else you got?

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    2. I don't want to expose anyone to further harassment. The responses here show that there are people who think its ok to harass people you disagree with or don't like. This is how conversations about local issues become childish and "us" versus "them". Catherine Blakespear is a public figure. Her staff, their families, and her supporters are not public figures.

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    3. "Further harassment?" How about how they harass others? Mali Woods-Drake, Jeremy Kron, Marco Gonzalez? When they act out they make themselves public figures.

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    4. I support Blakespear. That does not mean I agree with everything she does. But when I tried to politely participate in EV in 2020, I was called a Blakespear Bot. Name calling is not ok. I do not agree with the way I see Marco Gonzalez often talk, or Bob Nichols, Pam Slater Price, or extreme rudeness on any side. And it exists on all sides. Can't we just try to stick to issues without attacking people or posting personal remarks about them?

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  53. By now much of Encinitas has figured out that Jeremy Blakespear came up with the fake name ‘Omed’ to use to promote his wife Mayor Catherine Blakespear, in her role as Encinitas Mayor, and now for her Senate run. But where do the Blakespear’s come up with these strange names? Perhaps the most shocking one was when Catherine bragged on her City website page about buying her kids a chickens for Easter and naming it ‘Covid.’ How sick and creepy is that, to name a Pet after a disease? Makes you wonder if ‘Omed’ represents something weird or creepy as well? Catherine and Jeremy (Omed) Blakespear are clueless on soooo many levels.

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  54. Morris stated that 100% of accusations are false or taken out of context. He said nobody can prove any of their accusations. Is this true? There’s a million accusations but why hasn’t anybody
    provided proof?

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  55. The Morris's block and censor content on their FB page formally known as "Encinitas Watchdogs", now known as "You should all vote for Jeff because he spent 3 years working on projects that yielded ZERO results and you are on his page, so do him a solid”. Interesting that the Admins of the page have also drastically changed, I wonder what happened, LOL?

    If you did not attend, have you seen the video from the unofficial mayoral debate?
    https://sdpost416.org/encinitas-mayoral-debate-video/

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    1. So were are still at 0. Morris stands correct so far.

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    2. On? Not following any of this.

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  56. Obviously because they have no proof of the lies they make up about Morris. The 3 Cindy Stooges love bashing men. ‘Misogynist’ is one of their favorite words they like to throw around b/c these are mean women that are ‘man haters’ and get a charge out of brow beating and emasculating Men. Cindy, you can’t just come busting into Encinitas w/your abrasive NYC bully behavior and expect us to accept it. We’ve already had our fill w/the Blakespear Bullies, outsider developers, etc. As a woman it’s very embarrassing watching you and your juvenile friends malicious behavior. Cindy, we don’t want another Blakespear Bully. Sad that the only tool in your tool box is unfounded insults. Tony may be a bumbling follower, but he’s better than a NYC outsider who doesn’t care about our Town. Jeff Morris is the only viable option here that has the strength to defeat the current bullies and corruption.

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    1. Thank you for the projection Jeff. Well done😆

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    2. Oh my...someone has a little closet with a big lock.

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    3. Jeff your rants do not feel right without your LED lights and headphones.

      Que the "blame game" theme song, that is all you are capable of doing. This latest rant is almost comedy, maybe the legion hall can book you for a stand up spot, because you are never going to be Mayor. Please do what you promised from the get go, you are losing, bow out.

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  57. Jeff must be the first candidate in history who’s running for office because he has nothing else to do.

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    1. He's running because Encinitas is corrupt, the City Council no longer represents the residents, and nonprofits have taken over our town. I'm pretty sure he'd rather surf than run for office but he's the only one talking about the corruption and producing evidence. He believe it's impossible for fair elections because the nonprofits are growing too powerful and control Encinitas politics. Our City Council stopped representing the residents back in 2019.

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    2. Ok, I’ll bite. What evidence? Specifics please.

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    3. May I respectfully ask what Morris has actually done? What non-profits have taken over our town? I know of Leichtag, which has hardly taken over when it comes to the homeless population Morris always says he knows so much about. And the Community Resource Center is the other I know about. Unless he's talking about the Rancho Coastal Humane Society, which I hardly think is corrupting anyone, or perhaps it's the YWCA he doesn't like. I don't know him, but I know I could never vote for a man that says a lot and does next to nothing. And is, in fact, incredibly anti-Semitic. Yes, I said it.

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    4. 2019. Long before that. Kranz took is BIA/Israel trip long before that. It's been gone for quit a while.

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  58. Career predictions: https://yourencinitasguerrilla.blogspot.com/

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  59. Morris4Meltdown enter stage left

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    1. Can you envision the meltdowns every Thursday would bring with Jeff at the helm? Catherine with the staredown contest will be comparatively mild to that freakshow.

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    2. I keep hearing about how Morris has all of this evidence of corruption, can't get fair elections, non-profits are bringing us down. But I also hear that there is another deal being offered to certain candidates who cooperate with Kranz. This comes from another newbie in town, Garvin Walsh, who is also both Kranz's non appointed campaign manager. He has befriended Julie Thunder who is in the Cardiff district. Julie is friends with Kim Morris and they think if Tony gets the Mayorship then they can put Mali Woods-Drake (founder of E4E) in Kranz's place without an election. She does live in his district so unless a lot of residents want her on the Council, you had better pay attention. Morris thinks he can win, but that just shows his narcissism. So we could have yet another elected city council member when this is over, and most likely it will be Mali. Seems as if Julie doesn't have many worries over this, as Garvin is her new Mark Muir. And that's all I learned tonight while working a double.

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  60. All I can say is BIAspear is cunning and will sell out anyone to reach a higher office. Even every resident in Encinitas including family. She has proven that to be fact.

    Kranz on the other hand can not care for himself even, so if Encinitas voter vote in this dipshit that destroyed Leucadia in 10 years, ,then they deserve what they get. 4 to 5 story ghetto government subsidized drug infested human trafficking dumps.

    He is pathetic and hasn't done one good thing for Encinitas since he has been in office. Only bad.

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