What a bag of air. Kranz stop over praising staff for doing their jobs. In the real world it’s called “normal.” Stop grandstanding and campaigning. You’re such a cycling fanatic why don’t you show us how it’s done on your newly striped Cardiff cycle trap. I’d pay to see that.
They did a great job of ignoring the storm trading causing tens of billions of dollars of infrastructure damage, and washing out all the sediment into the lagoon.
* They did a great job of ignoring a storm drain rusting away over the decades. Lack of management caused tens of billions of dollars of infrastructure damage…..
Exactly. He tried to put in the fluff pieces to make the public feel a little warmer about the city leadership. Didn’t happen. What a huge waste of time, and then he loves cutting off public speakers speaking truth.
Love the speakers today. I always love to hear from Mark Mavill. That last speaker, Elaina was super intelligent, and basically explain to city Council that bus the Encinitas bike and pedestrian club and the San Diego by Colección voted against this ridiculous plan and presented their opposition to city council.
BIA and The Dunce went against the experts, and voted in favor of it and directed its construction.
The Dunce fully owns this one.
Actions have consequences.
And that is why other towns do not elect their town dunce as mayor.
People like Marco, John Gjata, Garvin, Kathleen Lees, Hinze, Joy, and 🐖👧 caused this by campaigning for The Dunce.
Tony, you read this blog along with the rest of the council. Don’t be like Catherine. Admit the new bike lanes on the 101 are not safe, save lives, dismantle this terrible mistake and win brownie points. Want to get re-elected? Actually do something for your constituents. Or else Bruce Ehlers will take your seat.
Otherwise, reap the consequences, because it’s a matter of when not if a devastating accident is going to occur between the kook and Swamis. Encinitas doesn’t need anymore blood on it’s hands or lawsuits embarrassing our city leadership.
It’s not just an embarrassment to the leader ship. it’s major pain and suffering for the family of the persons killed and totally unnecessary. They will read this blog and know that it was all upfront, and knowing that this would lead to a death.
Besides the above, it’s completely unfair to the taxpayers for these fucking idiots lack of intelligence. BIA and The Town Dunce are going to cause a major death and lawsuits.
I hadn't looked at EU for about a month. I looked tonight, thinking maybe it's gotten smarter and more interesting. Nope, it's the same few stupid, ignorant people posting the same crap. Don't you morons get tired of being morons?
Is our community a residential haven or a tourist magnet?
During the budget meeting: Tony - used the myEncinitasApp to report a homeless dude, and staff responded quickly. Doesn't like the idea of temp-to-full hires, wants more continuity of customer service.
Joy - Doubled down on myEncinitasApp. The city needs income/revenue, We need to get creative in finding solutions. The ongoing optical fibre will make our existing overhead cables obsolete, no need to underground. (She missed the power line aspect of undergrounding, sigh)
Bruce - We need to be looking long term. Presented a great chart showing how our PCI road rating index is bad and getting worse. Emphasis on "Basic Services" over "Social Engineering". He questioned the recent spike in full-time employees. Using the words of emphaisis, "Data driven".
Tony - rebutted this staffing argument by stating much of the increase is due to our city Housing Element. (If we opposed the state, this cost could maybe go away).
Pamela - "People cost money", "Staff is catching up", "I want even more staff".
Kelli - Because nobody is here tonight, means people are happy. (Sigh, she's probably right on this). But then she claimed the state of the roads is "indicative of climate change", and then babbled something about entering a new 5 year El Nino cycle. "We need staff to get more grants", so we can invest and attract more people. (Kelli loves tourism!!!). "We have the most beautiful beaches in the world". "We lead in ways we want to"
Allison - Likes the budget. Wants to think about the future, and also get creative in finding funding sources to address new needs from new developments.
Tony - "Street dining will not continue without paying"
Joy - "There is no city economy", Trusts in the Infrastructure Task Force. Pushed the Climate Action Plan, Feels that Cannabis Management will require even more staff.
Bruce - Storm Drains are a big deal!!!! (Kelli had the look of "errr" on her face at this)
Tony - summed it all up as this is "Needs vs Wants"
As to creative solutions, a speaker mentioned the possible $600K in lost revenue due to the city giving away the land for street dining. Also mentioning the $2 million we receive as our portion of gasoline taxes and the $3.2 million we receive for human poop processing.
My conclusion, some of the council still thinks money is easy to get and insist on pushing non necessary recreational spending, deferring spending on basic infrastructure.
Thank you for the summary. Pretty much as expected.
With the exception of Brust Ehlers. They’re all as stupid as rocks.
The city manager needs to get fired for suggesting more staff. The Dunce needs to be fired for suggesting a second community center/almost parking lot at PV.
The roads are complete shit. Bruce made the best point of the whole workshop.
This town needs an enema. This is why over 50% of the voters voted against The Dunce.
7:48- I would recommend they play chess at the Community Center every Friday, but I am afraid they would never be able to understand the game. Checkers may be too much. Remember Nixon's dog "Checkers"? He could probably beat them both:)
The city manager “works at the pleasure of the council.” Change the council and her behavior will change accordingly. You’re blaming her for keeping her job. Blame the council for directing her.
She is not doing anything she was not directed to do by the council. She's smart for keeping her job. You're not for failing to understand where the power lies.
10:42 - You do not sound smart. The City Manager is supposed to cost effectively manage the City not bankrupt it. She should be presenting sound fiscal recommendations to the City Council.
This turd is almost as bad as that last turd that retired. Although, she was one of the worst City Managers in the history of CA. Of course, our loser City Council brought her down from San Juan Capistrano after she destroyed that City's fiscal health and City Hall.
This morning single engine private plane registered to Tap Solutions LLC out of Montgomery Field with tail number N9488G flew back and forth and in circles 25 times over Encinitas. Their address is 5317 Jamestown Rd in San Diego. This is a jerk that couldn't care less about people living 17 miles away from that airport. Yes, you read correctly, 25 times back and forth. Leaded exhaust pouring over your kids.
Racist POS domestic terrorist Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years for trying to block the peaceful transfer of power based on a lie that courts rejected 62 times.
Next year’s election will be a referendum on whether you support democracy, or whether you want POS domestic terrorists guilty of sedition pardoned and set free.
Joe whopped poopie pants, kept the senate, almost kept the house and flipped a couple more governors to blue. How does that feel getting completely owned by an Alzheimer guy? What kind of losers are so pathetic they get crushed by dementia Joe? The answer is you, you are the kind of loser. Joe, Newsome, Kranz are you daddies.
Let's see those flight plans that direct training flights out of Montgomery Field to fly in circles repeatedly over our town.
What could be learned by pilots in training flying in circles 25 times over our town? I am trying to grasp the lessons that would be learned by such a ridiculous statement.
Answer that. If you can. Nonsensical.
No flight plans? Nonsense until you post those flight plans.
I live here and have for fifty years. I am not a pilot either.
Kellie thinks issues of drainage and flooding are due to "hydrophobia." Look up the word, she apparently didn't. She gave this explanation to the wrong person, a PhD with the Scripps Dept of Oceanography. Would be funny if she weren't making decisions for the rest of us.
I hope her family sues NCTD. There’s no public benefit to that polluting death machine- only hazards.
At least there’s no blaring noise and pollution for a while.
Hey, Kellie Hinze- don’t be a stupid as Kranz and get with the program. You’re an NCTD board member make a minute motion and get an item on the agenda to start pursuing a Coaster rail trail project, which should be the highest priority.
Let’s get NCTD’s going in the right direction-there’s a much better path forward.
The San Diego Coaster train is at a major crossroads due to the requirement that the train be moved off a 2 mile stretch of track on the Del Mar bluffs that are unstable due to accelerating cliff erosion. The proposed rerouting of the train via a tunnel under Del Mar is a massive multibillion dollar risk that is unwarranted given the train's small ridership and the disruptive transportation technologies that are set to make the train even more obsolete in the near future.
Alternatively, a repurposing of the underutilized rail line into a greenbelt/walk/bike trail is a major sustainability opportunity that has numerous co-benefits that include clean & local commuting, healthier living, greater flexibility in dealing with future sea level rise, substantially lower costs
I hope her family sues NCTD. There’s no public benefit to that polluting death machine- only hazards.
At least there’s no blaring noise and pollution for a while.
Hey, Kellie Hinze- don’t be a stupid as Kranz and get with the program. You’re an NCTD board member make a minute motion and get an item on the agenda to start pursuing a Coaster rail trail project, which should be the highest priority.
Let’s get NCTD’s going in the right direction-there’s a much better path forward.
The San Diego Coaster train is at a major crossroads due to the requirement that the train be moved off a 2 mile stretch of track on the Del Mar bluffs that are unstable due to accelerating cliff erosion. The proposed rerouting of the train via a tunnel under Del Mar is a massive multibillion dollar risk that is unwarranted given the train's small ridership and the disruptive transportation technologies that are set to make the train even more obsolete in the near future.
Alternatively, a repurposing of the underutilized rail line into a greenbelt/walk/bike trail is a major sustainability opportunity that has numerous co-benefits that include clean & local commuting, healthier living, greater flexibility in dealing with future sea level rise, substantially lower costs
The train is doing what trains do, they go along on their intended way. Then, a Bozo walks in front the train and is killed. Now, someone writes notes on how the train shouldn't be there but somehow the Bozo that walks in front of a train isn't to blame for their own demise. It's the trains fault. That is "woke" logic. Men are women, men give birth, up is down and it's the trains fault.
The train is doing what trains do, they go along on their intended way. Right into the history books.
Rright next to 8-tracks cassettes for music and the horse and buggy as people’s most frequent mobility option. Invented back in the 1700s trains did serve a purpose for a little over 100 years.
Now they’re completely out of date and not practical. Maybe for long runs across the country outside of populated areas. But definitely not along a southern California beach and coastline.
Complete technological disruption made commuter rail service in Southern California 100% infeasible.
The Lossen rail line serves no strategic purpose? Since when?Try, like never. Freight trains are the money maker and they are not going anywhere anytime soon.
Mother nature may have the say at some point in time. In our lifetimes? Maybe our kids lifetimes.
Rerouting or lowering the tracks needs to happen. I bet we can agree on at least that. I hope our future generations don't have this community rail division to deal with.
2:00- thank you for showing us that you can’t read. Your comments make no sense after you have someone that can read read to you the referenced Coaster rail trail plan.
The freight rail is not a money maker. It’s peanuts.
Sorry grandpa but it sounds like you were able to at least get online so you’re not completely ignorant. Close but not completely.
Aren't you special? What you claim is incontrovertible and undebatable. You do have at least one person convinced of your genius. He resides in the mirror with every glance.
The trains will be operating here long after you are gone. You will not see day when trains are history.
Hopefully, our tracks will be moved or lowered and covered before either of us have passed on and we can celebrate that day for this community's better access to the beach and the Coast Highway businesses.
People voiced they are not happy with the new 101 bike striping. Tony says "wait 6 months, and you will love it", we shall see. The mayor predicts "this will be a popular destination". Key word is destination, meaning people coming to visit in, gasp, cars. Tourists over Residents.
Mr. Mavil says cannabis stores are failing. We may be late to the party, so to speak.
The park fees was pretty contentious also. From a very strong perspective we will be pitting have's vs have-nots in the financial battle for time control over scarce resources.
For parks access in general, we are adding a lot of new population, yet or park supply remains fixed. Not ideal.
OMG - You have to watch the 1 hour budget workshop. Our Council is a total shit show. Bruce Ehlers highlights with City data that our roads are indeed crumbling and the city storm drain system is failing and both need millions of dollars per year to address.
What does The Dunce and the Dunce City Manager do, she adds more full time pension positions which drains the City budget so there is no money for capital projects.
We have the worst Mayor and a clueless City Manager.
Watch the part were the City Manager says that more money for roads in the capital program will not help because she doesn't have people to manage it or do the work. Thats BS.... they have consultants manage the projects and an extra million each year would do a lot for our roads.
So we all know Ehlers was the only one who even mentioned the failing storm drains... he and Kranz know the failing metal pipes will cost the Citizens millions.
Kranz is so stupid he ignores it and pumps $20 million into a second community center and homeless parking lot that is going to cost a butt load to operate and maintain every year. That cost was not even discussed.
So what does awesome City staff due? They approve a monster high density development on Leucadia Blvd and Garden View which is installing huge metal storm drain pipes that will fail in 30 years and cause a whole other problem like the Lake Drive debacle.
What the budget shit show. please watch it for yourself. Ehlers shows excellent and charts and data. He will be the next Mayor.
The Dunce says his data is looking at the increase in full time employees when he is handed the budget and he pinches out a huge fart or something like that. You have to watch it for yourself
This City is in serious trouble. Thanks asswipes including Marco, John Gjata, Garvin, Kathleen Lees, Hinze, Joy, and 🐖👧 for giving us The Dunce.
- the City Manager needs to go. Watch the video. She doesn't know 💩. Her last comment was I'm not done hiring pensioned employees. I've only just begun.
Also the public speakers are true local heroes. I wish they were on Council instead of our flunkies (except Bruce). Kindergarten Kellie shows she has zero real world experience with ridiculous comments.
"So what does awesome City staff due? They approve a monster high density development on Leucadia Blvd and Garden View which is installing huge metal storm drain pipes that will fail in 30 years and cause a whole other problem like the Lake Drive debacle."
that is completely accurate just drive by on Leucadia Blvd and look at all that huge metal storm drain pipe stacked there and waiting to be put in the ground to start rusting and costing future tax payer millions.
The proposed budget includes the following additions directed at the Budget Workshop held April 19, 2023: o $485K Pacific View Startup: Furniture & Fixtures, part-time Arts Coordinator (0.75) to FTE, part-time Facilities Specialist (0.75) to FTE o $150K Increase Habitat Stewardship Funding & Maintenance/Monitoring Plan o $75K E-Bike/Bicycle Safety Training with School Districts o $0 Zero Waste Administrator (New FTE) o $0 Sustainability Management Analyst (New FTE) o $0 Lifeguards (2 New FTE) o $132K Marine Safety Lieutenant (New FTE) o $137K Housing Management Analyst (New FTE) o $155K Fire Administrative Training Captain (New FTE) o $150K Mobility Manager (New FTE)
So we are spending $485K Pacific View Startup: for our second community center for a small 60k city with 2 full time pensioned positions FOREVER which is sure to grow.
And then the other FTEs shown are only the salary estimates and are not fully loaded and do not even including the pension and health benefits. I'm not sure if this reporting is even legal under GASB - https://www.gasb.org/aboutgasb
Regardless, as all the public speakers said these positions are definitely not needed the most wasteful in order are:
1. 2 FTEs for the Second Community Center 2. o $0 Lifeguards (2 New FTE) o $132K Marine Safety Lieutenant (New FTE). For what? They do not serve any value. Zero data showing lifeguards make a difference in fatalities or even serious injuries at the beach. In fact all the serious life saving is done by bystanders good citizens. 3. $155K Fire Administrative Training Captain (New FTE). Fire budget way to big for our small city. 4. $0 Zero Waste Administrator (New FTE) o $0 Sustainability Management Analyst (New FTE). two positions for fluff work and more wasted paper? This is not sustainable.
5. $137K Housing Management Analyst (New FTE) - again unneeded and more waste, pollution and unsustainable.
So how does zero budget work for pensioned full time employees FTEs ? Do they just work for free. Or are we not showing the true expenses so that we have a "balanced" budget.
This City Hall is a mess. I think the Feds should be called in.
We need either Solana Beach or Carlsbad to come and save us for this destruction. Please LAFCO save us citizens from this craziness.
This is what a City in trouble's budget looks like:
The FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget for the General Fund includes: Estimated revenues of $100.4 million, an increase of $4.3 million, or 4.5 percent, over the current FY 2022-23 Revised Budget Proposed operating expenditures of $90.4 million, an increase of $4.5 million, or 5.3 percent over the current budget Proposed capital funding of $3.6 million in the Capital Improvement Program Debt service payments of $5.2 million, and Policy-directed budget stabilization reserves (two percent of revenue, $2.0 million) and contingency reserves (20 percent of expenditures, $18.1 million).
Get ready citizens. The crumbling roads will be getting alot worse. More storm drain failures due to unresponsible management of maintenance or otherwise known as massive differed maintenance in which the can has be kicked so far down the road the rusted can/storm drains are literally turning to dust, police services will have to be cut because of the cost of the new second community center, and the best one they will use the massive failing roads as a cry for a 1% local sales tax.
The City will be selling a local tax increase saying they are responsible with our tax dollars and they are asking for more and more out of your pocket to help grow the City Manager staff building party.
For those not familiar with finance or accounting. Like those that are cared for:
1. Tony 2. Kellie 3. Trophy wives. 4. Loser drug addicts 5. Mentally ill
A budget like this:
Proposed operating expenditures of $90.4 million, an increase of $4.5 million, or 5.3 percent over the current budget Proposed capital funding of $3.6 million in the Capital Improvement Program Debt service payments of $5.2 million,
Where you spend over 90% of staff and overhead and only $3.6 million on needed capital projects for a rich beach city of 60k, this is a major concern.
Bruce did a great job as a City Council Member day lighting to the public that the roads are in fact crumbling and storm drains are failing all over the place.
Fire Tony immediately. We can not afford this turd ball for another year. Where can I sign the recall petition?
Where the fiber optic cable has been installed is by far the best paved parts of Vulcan.
What was not mentioned in the budget talks was the very real possibility of grant funds drying up due to California's deep budget deficit. I guess we can save a ton of money if projects never get funded.
RE the giant corrugated pipes at Fox Point. I don't think they are for drainage, they'd already be in the ground. I suspect they are decorations for the "vegetable park" that's going in.
6:18- thx for the info on the CMP. I can’t wait to hear the agenda report Ehlers requested on the status of needed CMP repair from around the City and the plan and budget needed to address it.
Hinze is a F$&kin idiot and thinks the storm drains, pavement and buildings are failing from climate change.
It called lack of maintenance. The City needs to learn to maintain its existing infrastructure prior to taking on new facilities.
We could never afford a second community center/second homeless parking lot at PV.
Rezone it to surrounding R-8 zoning and sell it.
Another long term cost to track is percentage of budget paid for pensions , and lawsuit settlements and JPA city Insurance premiums.
With Encinitas averaging tens of millions each year to bike deaths and severe injury, premiums will be spiking if they don’t cancel the contract.
That’s a great question and I think staff should’ve addressed that with the council members. I’d like to hear the answer. Compare the headcount with the City of San Clemente that’s pretty close size.
Netly, the fiber optics company tearing up Encinitas streets to put in the optics for Ting doesn't have a contract with the city of Encinitas. Yet, city manager and staff gave them permits to destroy our streets. Ting who will manage the 5G system doesn't have a contract with the city. Council - get your heads out of the sand and start being responsible for the city and not give it over to the city manager and staff.
Vision Zero on so many fronts indicates zero vision on so many issues. And yet, our council bought into and continues to buy into every thing the compromised planning dept. puts forward. The whoring won't stop until have a new council majority who will sweep out the planners who only loyalty is to approve every project that comes before them. Residents be damned, and they are and have been.
It will take more than Bruce becoming our mayor next year to effect the needed change. Replacing Joy, Hinze, Allison, and Tony needs to happen.
Coulda happened last election, but meddling and the stupidity of the local activist community guaranteed a new GOAT. And he ain't giving it up easily or the majority. I don't expect anything different from city leadership or the voting public.
Try to imagine Bruce as our mayor. Try to imagine Scott as our Leucadia city council representative. Try to imagine Joy is replaced by someone like Bruce.
Then try to imagine Hinze being solidly in the minority. How long do you think she would last before stepping down? I predict, no time at all.
Try to imagine this new council majority cleaning out the planning dept. lackeys. Try to imagine every planner being required to become a member of the AICP and having to recertify their membership every year by attending online classes that focus on planners being sensitive to residents concerns. Just imagine.
Keep imagining. When you’ve got spoilers like the moron and fixers like 🐖👧 and Garvin, you might as well keep dreaming. As long as there isn’t a run off, we’ll be dealing with crowded races that benefit incumbents.
I will keep hoping for a brighter day in our fair city when we have true representation from the compromised sell out to developers we now have. Other cities are choosing to stand up against the unfunded mandates we are bending over for. We should be joining them at every opportunity.
I blame our compromised planning dept. first and then our council majority for falling in line.
I am ever thankful for our caring residents who donate their time and energy to preserve some of what we all love about our specialness and hope that specialness will last long enough for a new majority to truly represent us.
Second week in a row of special presentations and proclamations. And Hinze wants to cut speaker time permanently..
ReplyDelete💯. So pathetic. They’re getting even worse than Stocks.
DeleteWhat a bag of air. Kranz stop over praising staff for doing their jobs. In the real world it’s called “normal.” Stop grandstanding and campaigning. You’re such a cycling fanatic why don’t you show us how it’s done on your newly striped Cardiff cycle trap. I’d pay to see that.
ReplyDeleteThey did a great job of ignoring the storm trading causing tens of billions of dollars of infrastructure damage, and washing out all the sediment into the lagoon.
DeleteWho is going to pay for that huge mistake?
When is that going to be on the agenda?
* They did a great job of ignoring a storm drain rusting away over the decades. Lack of management caused tens of billions of dollars of infrastructure damage…..
DeleteWhen is this going to be on the agenda?
Tens of billions of dollars of damage? LOL
Deletegood catch. tens of millions. thanks for catching that. We know you could care less about the taxpayers.
Deleteremember when you used to give a shit about the watersheds before you sold out to developers.
It seems like you are just doing the attorney thing....following the money and defending predators.
Sad. We have folks like you around Encinitas.
Feel free to stop by my office and I'll fill you in on the dozens of Clean Water Act, Climate Change, and anti-sprawl lawsuits we have going on.
Delete30 minutes if fluff all to delay Kranz having to hear from the public.
ReplyDeleteExactly. He tried to put in the fluff pieces to make the public feel a little warmer about the city leadership. Didn’t happen. What a huge waste of time, and then he loves cutting off public speakers speaking truth.
DeleteHe is so pathetic
Kranz channels Blakespear and doubles down on the cardiff stripe-a-thon! “Wait till it’s done before you decide.” He learned his lines well….
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of a leader is ok with his constituents chronically mad and unhappy?
ReplyDeleteBlakespear he is blakespear2.
DeleteHe’s actually worse than BIA.
DeleteTony is the Town Dunce - The Dunce
What kind of leader is OK with consistently being reelected?
Delete9:24- Figures the Fletcher predator fan club would say such a stupid thing knowing that over 50% voters voted against The Dunce.
DeleteAnd over 50% voted against Ehlers. You know how elections work, right?
DeleteLove the speakers today. I always love to hear from Mark Mavill. That last speaker, Elaina was super intelligent, and basically explain to city Council that bus the Encinitas bike and pedestrian club and the San Diego by Colección voted against this ridiculous plan and presented their opposition to city council.
ReplyDeleteBIA and The Dunce went against the experts, and voted in favor of it and directed its construction.
The Dunce fully owns this one.
Actions have consequences.
And that is why other towns do not elect their town dunce as mayor.
People like Marco, John Gjata, Garvin, Kathleen Lees, Hinze, Joy, and 🐖👧 caused this by campaigning for The Dunce.
Baloney bikeway.
ReplyDeleteBloody bikeway.
DeleteBloody bikeway - bankrupt BIA
DeleteBloody bikeway caused by terrible Tony.
DeleteTony, you read this blog along with the rest of the council. Don’t be like Catherine. Admit the new bike lanes on the 101 are not safe, save lives, dismantle this terrible mistake and win brownie points. Want to get re-elected? Actually do something for your constituents. Or else Bruce Ehlers will take your seat.
DeleteOtherwise, reap the consequences, because it’s a matter of when not if a devastating accident is going to occur between the kook and Swamis. Encinitas doesn’t need anymore blood on it’s hands or lawsuits embarrassing our city leadership.
9:27-💯.
DeleteStaff confirmed the city manager, and city, attorney, the City Council, department all read this blog. they know it’s the most current community info.
Even before the news many times.
Tony do the right thing and save some lives.
ReplyDeleteDo not let another Roberta and do not let another Dr. Worley happen.
If you do nothing, it’s going to happen on your watch.
It’s not just an embarrassment to the leader ship. it’s major pain and suffering for the family of the persons killed and totally unnecessary. They will read this blog and know that it was all upfront, and knowing that this would lead to a death.
ReplyDeleteBesides the above, it’s completely unfair to the taxpayers for these fucking idiots lack of intelligence. BIA and The Town Dunce are going to cause a major death and lawsuits.
And the taxpayers will pay and pay again.
Mayor Tony Kranz unless he resigns now will be around for anther 18
ReplyDeleteMonths or days?
DeleteTime to fire the city manager and top heavy at three directors in each department.
ReplyDelete💯
DeleteHow about that huge failure to maintain a storm drain on Lake Drive. That results in tens of millions of dollars of unnecessary wasted tax dolllars
Not to mention the TONY fence, and not to mention the few forthcoming, homeless shelters, and not to mention the unnecessary second community
* second community center/ homeless parking lot.
Delete10:54 Spot On
DeleteI hadn't looked at EU for about a month. I looked tonight, thinking maybe it's gotten smarter and more interesting. Nope, it's the same few stupid, ignorant people posting the same crap. Don't you morons get tired of being morons?
ReplyDelete11:48- Tony you are 💯liar.
ReplyDeleteYou and the rest of the crap Council (minus Ehlers ) read this blog every day along with the crappy city manager.
We all know it.
Is our community a residential haven or a tourist magnet?
ReplyDeleteDuring the budget meeting:
Tony - used the myEncinitasApp to report a homeless dude, and staff responded quickly. Doesn't like the idea of temp-to-full hires, wants more continuity of customer service.
Joy - Doubled down on myEncinitasApp. The city needs income/revenue, We need to get creative in finding solutions. The ongoing optical fibre will make our existing overhead cables obsolete, no need to underground. (She missed the power line aspect of undergrounding, sigh)
Bruce - We need to be looking long term. Presented a great chart showing how our PCI road rating index is bad and getting worse. Emphasis on "Basic Services" over "Social Engineering". He questioned the recent spike in full-time employees. Using the words of emphaisis, "Data driven".
Tony - rebutted this staffing argument by stating much of the increase is due to our city Housing Element. (If we opposed the state, this cost could maybe go away).
Pamela - "People cost money", "Staff is catching up", "I want even more staff".
Kelli - Because nobody is here tonight, means people are happy. (Sigh, she's probably right on this). But then she claimed the state of the roads is "indicative of climate change", and then babbled something about entering a new 5 year El Nino cycle. "We need staff to get more grants", so we can invest and attract more people. (Kelli loves tourism!!!). "We have the most beautiful beaches in the world". "We lead in ways we want to"
Allison - Likes the budget. Wants to think about the future, and also get creative in finding funding sources to address new needs from new developments.
Tony - "Street dining will not continue without paying"
Joy - "There is no city economy", Trusts in the Infrastructure Task Force. Pushed the Climate Action Plan, Feels that Cannabis Management will require even more staff.
Bruce - Storm Drains are a big deal!!!! (Kelli had the look of "errr" on her face at this)
Tony - summed it all up as this is "Needs vs Wants"
As to creative solutions, a speaker mentioned the possible $600K in lost revenue due to the city giving away the land for street dining. Also mentioning the $2 million we receive as our portion of gasoline taxes and the $3.2 million we receive for human poop processing.
My conclusion, some of the council still thinks money is easy to get and insist on pushing non necessary recreational spending, deferring spending on basic infrastructure.
Thank you for the summary. Pretty much as expected.
DeleteWith the exception of Brust Ehlers. They’re all as stupid as rocks.
The city manager needs to get fired for suggesting more staff. The Dunce needs to be fired for suggesting a second community center/almost parking lot at PV.
The roads are complete shit. Bruce made the best point of the whole workshop.
This town needs an enema. This is why over 50% of the voters voted against The Dunce.
But we still got him and Bruce is neutralized. Thanks 🐷👧
DeleteThanks a lot 🐖👧 and your Lehman brothers Faggot Garvin as well. 👎🏾
DeleteBruce for mayor big time!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWe need to sweep the dunce into the dust pan.
Dalakranz and Dalager need to go away and play checkers. That would be fun to watch though, because it’s way above their head. 🤣
7:48- I would recommend they play chess at the Community Center every Friday, but I am afraid they would never be able to understand the game. Checkers may be too much. Remember Nixon's dog "Checkers"? He could probably beat them both:)
DeleteThe city manager “works at the pleasure of the council.” Change the council and her behavior will change accordingly. You’re blaming her for keeping her job. Blame the council for directing her.
ReplyDeleteShe seems completely irresponsible for suggesting to hire more staff. That’s insanity.
DeleteWe already have an insane Dunce.
We don’t deserve an insane city manager.
She is not doing anything she was not directed to do by the council. She's smart for keeping her job. You're not for failing to understand where the power lies.
DeleteSo you are saying The Dunce is telling her to hire more people?
Delete10:42 - You do not sound smart. The City Manager is supposed to cost effectively manage the City not bankrupt it. She should be presenting sound fiscal recommendations to the City Council.
DeleteThis turd is almost as bad as that last turd that retired. Although, she was one of the worst City Managers in the history of CA. Of course, our loser City Council brought her down from San Juan Capistrano after she destroyed that City's fiscal health and City Hall.
The council met behind closed doors to discuss hiring. So yes, they did tell the city manager to make it so.
DeleteIf they did not agree they would tell her to pound sand. Instead they approved her scheme.
This morning single engine private plane registered to Tap Solutions LLC out of Montgomery Field with tail number N9488G flew back and forth and in circles 25 times over Encinitas.
ReplyDeleteTheir address is 5317 Jamestown Rd in San Diego.
This is a jerk that couldn't care less about people living 17 miles away from that airport. Yes, you read correctly, 25 times back and forth. Leaded exhaust pouring over your kids.
🤣 please go have your kids give you your meds
DeleteRacist POS domestic terrorist Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years for trying to block the peaceful transfer of power based on a lie that courts rejected 62 times.
ReplyDeleteNext year’s election will be a referendum on whether you support democracy, or whether you want POS domestic terrorists guilty of sedition pardoned and set free.
10:23- you’re talking about Alzheimer’s, Joe, right?
Delete10:33 perhaps reading isn’t your thing, but I encourage you to keep trying.
DeleteJoe whopped poopie pants, kept the senate, almost kept the house and flipped a couple more governors to blue. How does that feel getting completely owned by an Alzheimer guy? What kind of losers are so pathetic they get crushed by dementia Joe? The answer is you, you are the kind of loser. Joe, Newsome, Kranz are you daddies.
DeleteYou sound stupid. Its not me. They country is getting owned by Alzheimer Joe.... its rather embarrassing.
DeleteIdiocracy in full swing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lai9QhBibk
Let's see those flight plans that direct training flights out of Montgomery Field to fly in circles repeatedly over our town.
ReplyDeleteWhat could be learned by pilots in training flying in circles 25 times over our town? I am trying to grasp the lessons that would be learned by such a ridiculous statement.
Answer that. If you can. Nonsensical.
No flight plans? Nonsense until you post those flight plans.
I live here and have for fifty years. I am not a pilot either.
Proof?
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Delete10:49...I'm not sure what you are writing about.
DeleteYou are not a pilot but you to know something called flight plans? Huh? This makes no sense.
Perhaps 10:49 is not aware of the new invention called radar. Around since the late 1800's
DeleteKellie thinks issues of drainage and flooding are due to "hydrophobia." Look up the word, she apparently didn't.
ReplyDeleteShe gave this explanation to the wrong person, a PhD with the Scripps Dept of Oceanography. Would be funny if she weren't making decisions for the rest of us.
thats what happens when you never worked and have been a dependent your entire life.
ReplyDeleteYeah you think no one at a meeting at 4 in the afternoon indicates resident satisfaction, not the fact that most are still at this thing called work.
DeleteWell, of course, Kranz and Hinze don’t understand that concept. They’ve never done it before in their life.
DeleteDeath train strikes again. RIP lady.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2023-05-24/woman-dies-after-being-struck-killed-by-train-in-bay-park
I hope her family sues NCTD. There’s no public benefit to that polluting death machine- only hazards.
At least there’s no blaring noise and pollution for a while.
Hey, Kellie Hinze- don’t be a stupid as Kranz and get with the program. You’re an NCTD board member make a minute motion and get an item on the agenda to start pursuing a Coaster rail trail project, which should be the highest priority.
Let’s get NCTD’s going in the right direction-there’s a much better path forward.
The San Diego Coaster train is at a major crossroads due to the requirement that the train be moved off a 2 mile stretch of track on the Del Mar bluffs that are unstable due to accelerating cliff erosion. The proposed rerouting of the train via a tunnel under Del Mar is a massive multibillion dollar risk that is unwarranted given the train's small ridership and the disruptive transportation technologies that are set to make the train even more obsolete in the near future.
Alternatively, a repurposing of the underutilized rail line into a greenbelt/walk/bike trail is a major sustainability opportunity that has numerous co-benefits that include clean & local commuting, healthier living, greater flexibility in dealing with future sea level rise, substantially lower costs
https://coaster-rail-to-trail.org/
Death train strikes again. RIP lady.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2023-05-24/woman-dies-after-being-struck-killed-by-train-in-bay-park
I hope her family sues NCTD. There’s no public benefit to that polluting death machine- only hazards.
At least there’s no blaring noise and pollution for a while.
Hey, Kellie Hinze- don’t be a stupid as Kranz and get with the program. You’re an NCTD board member make a minute motion and get an item on the agenda to start pursuing a Coaster rail trail project, which should be the highest priority.
Let’s get NCTD’s going in the right direction-there’s a much better path forward.
The San Diego Coaster train is at a major crossroads due to the requirement that the train be moved off a 2 mile stretch of track on the Del Mar bluffs that are unstable due to accelerating cliff erosion. The proposed rerouting of the train via a tunnel under Del Mar is a massive multibillion dollar risk that is unwarranted given the train's small ridership and the disruptive transportation technologies that are set to make the train even more obsolete in the near future.
Alternatively, a repurposing of the underutilized rail line into a greenbelt/walk/bike trail is a major sustainability opportunity that has numerous co-benefits that include clean & local commuting, healthier living, greater flexibility in dealing with future sea level rise, substantially lower costs
https://coaster-rail-to-trail.org/
Someone walks in front of a train and it's the trains fault.
Deleteapparently you can not read or can not understand logic.
DeleteThe trains serve no positive purpose. They only damage or communities and our neighbors.
Forget it. Your stupid and a lost cause.
Don't worry. We will take care of you like all the other losers.
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DeleteThe train is doing what trains do, they go along on their intended way. Then, a Bozo walks in front the train and is killed. Now, someone writes notes on how the train shouldn't be there but somehow the Bozo that walks in front of a train isn't to blame for their own demise. It's the trains fault. That is "woke" logic. Men are women, men give birth, up is down and it's the trains fault.
DeleteYou said it.
DeleteThe train is doing what trains do, they go along on their intended way. Right into the history books.
Rright next to 8-tracks cassettes for music and the horse and buggy as people’s most frequent mobility option. Invented back in the 1700s trains did serve a purpose for a little over 100 years.
Now they’re completely out of date and not practical. Maybe for long runs across the country outside of populated areas. But definitely not along a southern California beach and coastline.
Complete technological disruption made commuter rail service in Southern California 100% infeasible.
The Lossen rail line serves no strategic purpose? Since when?Try, like never. Freight trains are the money maker and they are not going anywhere anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteMother nature may have the say at some point in time. In our lifetimes? Maybe our kids lifetimes.
Rerouting or lowering the tracks needs to happen. I bet we can agree on at least that. I hope our future generations don't have this community rail division to deal with.
Down with the tracks, literally.
2:00- thank you for showing us that you can’t read. Your comments make no sense after you have someone that can read read to you the referenced Coaster rail trail plan.
DeleteThe freight rail is not a money maker. It’s peanuts.
Sorry grandpa but it sounds like you were able to at least get online so you’re not completely ignorant. Close but not completely.
Have a good rest of your day.
Aren't you special? What you claim is incontrovertible and undebatable. You do have at least one person convinced of your genius. He resides in the mirror with every glance.
ReplyDeleteThe trains will be operating here long after you are gone. You will not see day when trains are history.
Hopefully, our tracks will be moved or lowered and covered before either of us have passed on and we can celebrate that day for this community's better access to the beach and the Coast Highway businesses.
6:19 - pipe down grandpa and go enjoy your 8-track of the oldies.
DeletePeople voiced they are not happy with the new 101 bike striping. Tony says "wait 6 months, and you will love it", we shall see. The mayor predicts "this will be a popular destination". Key word is destination, meaning people coming to visit in, gasp, cars. Tourists over Residents.
ReplyDeleteMr. Mavil says cannabis stores are failing. We may be late to the party, so to speak.
The park fees was pretty contentious also. From a very strong perspective we will be pitting have's vs have-nots in the financial battle for time control over scarce resources.
For parks access in general, we are adding a lot of new population, yet or park supply remains fixed. Not ideal.
Tony Kranz’s laziness has no limits. Too lazy to campaign, too lazy to lead, too lazy do his own research, too lazy to do what’s right.
DeleteOMG - You have to watch the 1 hour budget workshop. Our Council is a total shit show. Bruce Ehlers highlights with City data that our roads are indeed crumbling and the city storm drain system is failing and both need millions of dollars per year to address.
ReplyDeletehttps://encinitas.granicus.com/player/clip/2966?meta_id=153997
What does The Dunce and the Dunce City Manager do, she adds more full time pension positions which drains the City budget so there is no money for capital projects.
We have the worst Mayor and a clueless City Manager.
Watch the part were the City Manager says that more money for roads in the capital program will not help because she doesn't have people to manage it or do the work. Thats BS.... they have consultants manage the projects and an extra million each year would do a lot for our roads.
So we all know Ehlers was the only one who even mentioned the failing storm drains... he and Kranz know the failing metal pipes will cost the Citizens millions.
Kranz is so stupid he ignores it and pumps $20 million into a second community center and homeless parking lot that is going to cost a butt load to operate and maintain every year. That cost was not even discussed.
So what does awesome City staff due? They approve a monster high density development on Leucadia Blvd and Garden View which is installing huge metal storm drain pipes that will fail in 30 years and cause a whole other problem like the Lake Drive debacle.
What the budget shit show. please watch it for yourself. Ehlers shows excellent and charts and data. He will be the next Mayor.
The Dunce says his data is looking at the increase in full time employees when he is handed the budget and he pinches out a huge fart or something like that. You have to watch it for yourself
This City is in serious trouble. Thanks asswipes including Marco, John Gjata, Garvin, Kathleen Lees, Hinze, Joy, and 🐖👧 for giving us The Dunce.
- the City Manager needs to go. Watch the video. She doesn't know 💩. Her last comment was I'm not done hiring pensioned employees. I've only just begun.
Also the public speakers are true local heroes. I wish they were on Council instead of our flunkies (except Bruce). Kindergarten Kellie shows she has zero real world experience with ridiculous comments.
Delete"So what does awesome City staff due? They approve a monster high density development on Leucadia Blvd and Garden View which is installing huge metal storm drain pipes that will fail in 30 years and cause a whole other problem like the Lake Drive debacle."
Deletethat is completely accurate just drive by on Leucadia Blvd and look at all that huge metal storm drain pipe stacked there and waiting to be put in the ground to start rusting and costing future tax payer millions.
- huge mistakes at City Hall
8:54, can you please provide the time stamp on the video of the Kranz Fart? Sounds like it may be another one of his finest moments.
ReplyDeleteIt is right after his comment about adding FTEs towards the end on his rambling comments.
DeleteHearing rumors Tony just got his Ancestry.com results back and it turns out he's 23% Skeksi
ReplyDeleteHe was created as result of anal sex gone wrong. Has massive amounts of 💩 mixed in his DNA.
DeleteLook at this jacked up budget staff report. Someone needs to go back to Accounting 1 at Costa Mesa.
ReplyDeletehttps://encinitas.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2966&meta_id=153998
The proposed budget includes the
following additions directed at the Budget Workshop held April 19, 2023:
o $485K Pacific View Startup: Furniture & Fixtures, part-time Arts Coordinator (0.75)
to FTE, part-time Facilities Specialist (0.75) to FTE
o $150K Increase Habitat Stewardship Funding & Maintenance/Monitoring Plan
o $75K E-Bike/Bicycle Safety Training with School Districts
o $0 Zero Waste Administrator (New FTE)
o $0 Sustainability Management Analyst (New FTE)
o $0 Lifeguards (2 New FTE)
o $132K Marine Safety Lieutenant (New FTE)
o $137K Housing Management Analyst (New FTE)
o $155K Fire Administrative Training Captain (New FTE)
o $150K Mobility Manager (New FTE)
So we are spending $485K Pacific View Startup: for our second community center for a small 60k city with 2 full time pensioned positions FOREVER which is sure to grow.
And then the other FTEs shown are only the salary estimates and are not fully loaded and do not even including the pension and health benefits. I'm not sure if this reporting is even legal under GASB - https://www.gasb.org/aboutgasb
Regardless, as all the public speakers said these positions are definitely not needed the most wasteful in order are:
1. 2 FTEs for the Second Community Center
2. o $0 Lifeguards (2 New FTE)
o $132K Marine Safety Lieutenant (New FTE). For what? They do not serve any value. Zero data showing lifeguards make a difference in fatalities or even serious injuries at the beach. In fact all the serious life saving is done by bystanders good citizens.
3. $155K Fire Administrative Training Captain (New FTE). Fire budget way to big for our small city.
4. $0 Zero Waste Administrator (New FTE)
o $0 Sustainability Management Analyst (New FTE). two positions for fluff work and more wasted paper? This is not sustainable.
5. $137K Housing Management Analyst (New FTE) - again unneeded and more waste, pollution and unsustainable.
So how does zero budget work for pensioned full time employees FTEs ? Do they just work for free. Or are we not showing the true expenses so that we have a "balanced" budget.
This City Hall is a mess. I think the Feds should be called in.
We need either Solana Beach or Carlsbad to come and save us for this destruction. Please LAFCO save us citizens from this craziness.
This is what a City in trouble's budget looks like:
The FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget for the General Fund includes:
Estimated revenues of $100.4 million, an increase of $4.3 million, or 4.5 percent, over the
current FY 2022-23 Revised Budget
Proposed operating expenditures of $90.4 million, an increase of $4.5 million, or 5.3
percent over the current budget
Proposed capital funding of $3.6 million in the Capital Improvement Program
Debt service payments of $5.2 million, and
Policy-directed budget stabilization reserves (two percent of revenue, $2.0 million) and
contingency reserves (20 percent of expenditures, $18.1 million).
Get ready citizens. The crumbling roads will be getting alot worse. More storm drain failures due to unresponsible management of maintenance or otherwise known as massive differed maintenance in which the can has be kicked so far down the road the rusted can/storm drains are literally turning to dust, police services will have to be cut because of the cost of the new second community center, and the best one they will use the massive failing roads as a cry for a 1% local sales tax.
The City will be selling a local tax increase saying they are responsible with our tax dollars and they are asking for more and more out of your pocket to help grow the City Manager staff building party.
Please Feds or LAFCO. Save us!
One of our fine CPAs should consider reporting the City to:
DeleteGASB - https://www.gasb.org/aboutgasb
Please do whats right for our former cool beach town.
For those not familiar with finance or accounting. Like those that are cared for:
ReplyDelete1. Tony
2. Kellie
3. Trophy wives.
4. Loser drug addicts
5. Mentally ill
A budget like this:
Proposed operating expenditures of $90.4 million, an increase of $4.5 million, or 5.3
percent over the current budget
Proposed capital funding of $3.6 million in the Capital Improvement Program
Debt service payments of $5.2 million,
Where you spend over 90% of staff and overhead and only $3.6 million on needed capital projects for a rich beach city of 60k, this is a major concern.
Bruce did a great job as a City Council Member day lighting to the public that the roads are in fact crumbling and storm drains are failing all over the place.
Fire Tony immediately. We can not afford this turd ball for another year. Where can I sign the recall petition?
Is it true Tony refuses to fix Vulcan because he likes the bumps when he rides his bike seatless?
ReplyDeleteWhere the fiber optic cable has been installed is by far the best paved parts of Vulcan.
DeleteWhat was not mentioned in the budget talks was the very real possibility of grant funds drying up due to California's deep budget deficit. I guess we can save a ton of money if projects never get funded.
RE the giant corrugated pipes at Fox Point. I don't think they are for drainage, they'd already be in the ground. I suspect they are decorations for the "vegetable park" that's going in.
6:18- thx for the info on the CMP. I can’t wait to hear the agenda report Ehlers requested on the status of needed CMP repair from around the City and the plan and budget needed to address it.
DeleteHinze is a F$&kin idiot and thinks the storm drains, pavement and buildings are failing from climate change.
It called lack of maintenance. The City needs to learn to maintain its existing infrastructure prior to taking on new facilities.
We could never afford a second community center/second homeless parking lot at PV.
Rezone it to surrounding R-8 zoning and sell it.
Another long term cost to track is percentage of budget paid for pensions , and lawsuit settlements and JPA city Insurance premiums.
With Encinitas averaging tens of millions each year to bike deaths and severe injury, premiums will be spiking if they don’t cancel the contract.
How does Encinitas FTE count compare to other similar coastal cities on a per capita and per revenue basis?
ReplyDeleteThat’s a great question and I think staff should’ve addressed that with the council members. I’d like to hear the answer. Compare the headcount with the City of San Clemente that’s pretty close size.
DeleteSan Clemente is 64,000 as of 2020. Encinitas is 62,000 as of 2020. Very similar size. very similar city.
DeleteNetly, the fiber optics company tearing up Encinitas streets to put in the optics for Ting doesn't have a contract with the city of Encinitas. Yet, city manager and staff gave them permits to destroy our streets. Ting who will manage the 5G system doesn't have a contract with the city. Council - get your heads out of the sand and start being responsible for the city and not give it over to the city manager and staff.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of permits. I live on Union and the developer is clearing the Clark property without permits!
ReplyDeleteWhat permits do you think are necessary to clear the property?
DeleteCalm down!
ReplyDeleteBefore you know it there will be an 8 story building with 1800 units to house the unhoused.
It's your duty bro
Vision Zero on so many fronts indicates zero vision on so many issues. And yet, our council bought into and continues to buy into every thing the compromised planning dept. puts forward. The whoring won't stop until have a new council majority who will sweep out the planners who only loyalty is to approve every project that comes before them. Residents be damned, and they are and have been.
ReplyDeleteIt will take more than Bruce becoming our mayor next year to effect the needed change. Replacing Joy, Hinze, Allison, and Tony needs to happen.
Unfortunately for you the goat created a permanent majority.
DeleteCoulda happened last election, but meddling and the stupidity of the local activist community guaranteed a new GOAT. And he ain't giving it up easily or the majority. I don't expect anything different from city leadership or the voting public.
Delete4:49- personally if you’re afraid to Jim bond is the goat I don’t see him making lasting impact, but whatever.
DeleteNo goats here and Encinitas.
Last one was complete goat 💩and this one is complete 💩🤮
Hinze for Mayor! Blakespear 3.0
ReplyDelete🤣
Delete
DeleteI love it. Let her feel the heat.
I think it’s a great idea. It takes a village to raise a child. We know that you’re
Hinze is not up to the task so it’s up to us.
Try to imagine Bruce as our mayor. Try to imagine Scott as our Leucadia city council representative. Try to imagine Joy is replaced by someone like Bruce.
ReplyDeleteThen try to imagine Hinze being solidly in the minority. How long do you think she would last before stepping down? I predict, no time at all.
Try to imagine this new council majority cleaning out the planning dept. lackeys. Try to imagine every planner being required to become a member of the AICP and having to recertify their membership every year by attending online classes that focus on planners being sensitive to residents concerns. Just imagine.
Keep imagining. When you’ve got spoilers like the moron and fixers like 🐖👧 and Garvin, you might as well keep dreaming. As long as there isn’t a run off, we’ll be dealing with crowded races that benefit incumbents.
ReplyDeleteI will keep hoping for a brighter day in our fair city when we have true representation from the compromised sell out to developers we now have. Other cities are choosing to stand up against the unfunded mandates we are bending over for. We should be joining them at every opportunity.
ReplyDeleteI blame our compromised planning dept. first and then our council majority for falling in line.
I am ever thankful for our caring residents who donate their time and energy to preserve some of what we all love about our specialness and hope that specialness will last long enough for a new majority to truly represent us.