Monday, October 19, 2026

Coast News op-ed: Why Bending Rules backfires

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Department improvements under Mayor Bruce Ehlers and the new director of Development Services, Scott Drapkin, tightened up processes to address violations faster, collect back taxes (some dating to 2022) and track progress through regular oversight reviews. Incredibly, this was not the case in past years.

In contrast, mayoral candidate Rimga Viskanta appears to advocate for a subjective approach to code enforcement. She recently told some Cardiff residents that while at the City of Solana Beach, she helped a business owner treat a late filing as on time to avoid penalties. Viskanta justified it by describing the applicant as “a feeble, elderly woman.” She deflected blame by saying her manager approved her request to bend the code, even though she initially pled the case.

Going by her description of the feeble, elderly woman, Viskanta presumably would not extend the same discretion to an able, young man. In fact, not granting the same exception to all applicants in the same situation would violate their due process. She should know this.

7 comments:

  1. Hey, its " Denise Martin" again.

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  2. Wonder if she would grant MagattGonxoClown exceptions?

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  3. Rimga Vis-Can't-be-objective

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  4. I'm curious about MAGA Marco's political ad featuring Bruce. In it, Ehlers states that he and the 3 stooges have established a majority that they just can't lose. A majority of what exactly?

    Majority male?
    Majority 3 puppets + a father figure to explain basically everything?
    Majority liars about development to get elected?
    Majority controlled by a group of creepy ladies?

    Or is it majority MAGA/Republican? That sounds like the most reasonable answer, because they have completely failed at doing anything about development and will continue to fail (although that doesn't stop them from attempting to scare voters into supporting them) and they'd probably prefer not to discuss what else possibly makes Bruce & the stooges a majority.

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    1. That's a whole lotta bobbing and weaving in sad attempt to deflect from Rimga's scary approach to code enforcement. Isn't she connected to the Riggs people? She going to personally review every code violation for a sympathy/friend pass?

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  5. Has the violent F-bomber been arrested yet? From SEN: “If I see you around, I’m going to f**k you up bro, for real.” Puto

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