Encinitas Undercover: Legal fight over Blakespear censoring residents continues

Friday, July 22, 2022

Legal fight over Blakespear censoring residents continues

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:

AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 11:24 AM
Trains, planes, dementia Joe, the enemy within in 5-4-3-2..........
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AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 12:38 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 1:11 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 1:13 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 1:18 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 1:21 PM
it's pretty obvious when Bob Nichols starts drunk posting on facebook
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AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 1:25 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 2:13 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 3:50 PM
These are the most consecutive on topic posts in literally years.
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AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 7:41 PM
6:45

Boosters will fix this right?

Right?
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AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 7:51 PM
Wow the Marco n’ Mali show really outdid themselves smearing Bob Nichols’ name to protect their crooked queen. So transparent.
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AnonymousJuly 22, 2022 at 8:18 PM
Drain the Swamp!
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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 9:25 AM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 10:59 AM
Blakespear the dictator censoring her critics. Ask her about the SANDAG credit card scandal.
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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 11:31 AM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 3:37 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 3:41 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 3:44 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 3:55 PM
Turney just hates to be left out.
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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 3:56 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 3:56 PM
The whispers! It's the whispers!
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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 4:24 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 6:10 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 6:14 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 6:14 PM
Yet they need PPP loans.
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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 6:26 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 6:40 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 7:38 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 7:40 PM
Charity Navigator gave SMOP a failing score:
https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/453042628
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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 8:02 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 23, 2022 at 8:56 PM
This one seems to be blowing up.

Karen Brust- 🤮
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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 1:54 AM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 9:04 AM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 12:33 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 2:20 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 2:33 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 2:38 PM
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?
Part 2 Below...
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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 3:20 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 3:20 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 3:33 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 3:42 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 4:05 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 5:12 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 5:27 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 8:44 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 9:48 AM
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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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 10:01 AM
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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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 11:07 AM
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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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 11:42 AM
Morris is a menace.
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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 11:54 AM
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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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 1:38 PM
and what about your use of the fake account "Jason Michalski", Bob?
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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 3:37 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 6:14 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 6:49 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 7:12 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 7:56 PM
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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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 8:51 PM
Jeff must be the first candidate in history who’s running for office because he has nothing else to do.
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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 9:05 PM
Career predictions: https://yourencinitasguerrilla.blogspot.com/
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AnonymousJuly 25, 2022 at 9:10 PM
Morris4Meltdown enter stage left
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AnonymousJuly 26, 2022 at 6:07 AM
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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