by The Editors on November 20, 2007
Barbara Logan, the mother of Logan Earth Ski founders Brian and Bruce Logan died of breast cancer Saturday November 17, 2007 in Oceanside. She was 79 years old according to a story in the North County Times.
Anyone who grew up dreaming of traveling to Carlsbad to ride the world’s first concrete skateboard park knows all about the Logan Earth Ski brand and that is thanks in a large part to Barbara.
Logan steered her three sons and daughter toward skateboarding and served as the bookkeeper and administrator of the family business. . . . The Logan Earth Ski brand of solid oak skateboards was a top-seller in the 1970s, when the advent of urethane wheels catapulted skateboarding’s popularity as a competitive sport . . . Logan’s survivors include three sons, Brian, of Vista; Bruce, of Carlsbad; and Brad, of Oceanside; a daughter, Robin Logan, of Palm Desert and four grandchildren. The family is planning private memorial services Dec. 1 in Oceanside.”
Our thoughts are with the entire Logan family.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on November 19, 2007
Yesterday, at Magnolia School, The Silver Surfers soccer team won the “Boys Under 10” divisional championships. We’re guessing there were a couple other winning teams in other divisions as well (for instance, the girls under 10 The Pink Panthers), however, those player’s parents didn’t send us a photo.
[Link: CarlsbadSoccer.org]
by The Editors on November 17, 2007
Carlsbad city officials were surprised when they saw the Alga Norte Park project bid from Consolidated Contracting Services of San Clemente because at $29.3 million it was $10 million lower than the next closest bid, according to a story in the North County Times.
The park, which will include a “multi-pool swim complex,” ballfields, playgrounds for kids, and most importantly a skatepark, sits on 33 acres at the corner of Poinsettia and El Camino Real. But why was Consolidated’s bid so low?
. . . an official with the architectural firm that drew up the park plans attributed the low construction bids to a variety of factors. Everything from having good plans to work with to a slumping construction industry helped, said Joniene Swick of Wimmer Yamada & Caughey. . . . The economy could be playing a part, others said. Bids for several recent government projects in San Diego County, including a Highway 52 proposal, have come in lower than expected, said a representative for Associated General Contractors —- a national organization that represents some 1,400 contractors who bid on government projects in the San Diego region.
Hey, as long as the cost savings doesn’t come at the skatepark’s expense (as usually is the case) then we’re all good. We’ll be watching you Consolidated.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on November 17, 2007
We got a Carlsbadistan news tip this morning letting us know of a notice that was added to the Tamarack Surf Beach sign on November 8. Apparently, California State Parks has filed a permit (#6-07-111) with the California Coastal Commission to install “an automated fee collection device in the Tamarack day use lot.” We know that in the past there have been some issues with the Tamarack parking lot and that the City of Carlsbad has paid tens of thousands of dollars to keep if free.
California Parks and Rec filed for a permit to build a “mechanical fee collection device” in the Tamarack parking lot in 1997, but that application was postponed when the Coastal Commission met on May 13, 1997.
We’re hoping this “fee collection device” is simply a tactic being used by California State Parks to encourage the City of Carlsbad to ante up, because if the Tamarack Surf Beach becomes paid parking, all it’s going to do is push all those people up into the streets of Carlsbadistan and that is not something we’re looking forward to.
by The Editors on November 17, 2007
While it’s hard to imagine a time when Bud Lewis wasn’t the mayor of Carlsbad, apparently, way back in 1982 Mary Helen Casler was elected a served a four-year term. Casler died last week. She was 87. Her life is celebrated in an article in the North County Times.
As mayor, Casler was known for her work on Carlsbad’s landmark Growth Management Plan, which dictates how many homes and parks are built in Carlsbad to this day, colleagues said. Casler, a retired librarian, also helped establish Carlsbad’s Arts Commission served on the state Coastal Commission.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on November 17, 2007
The railroad tracks are getting new ties and this weekend they’re going in under the rails at Tamarack. For that reason Tamarack will be closed between Jefferson and Garfield from Friday the 16th at 9 PM until Sunday the 18th at 5 PM. And while we were a little bummed about the idea at first, now that it’s closed we kind of like the way it cuts Carlsbadistan off from all those outsiders. Now, if we could just shut down Carlsbad Village Drive and PCH we’d have a wonderful walking Village.
[Editors’ Note: The workers cranked it out so fast that the street was only closed one day. Thanks for all the hard work.]
by The Editors on November 16, 2007
The Sierra Club California Coastal program director Mark Massara says that Poseidon Resources will likely be challenged in court before they can build the desalination plant, according to KPBS.org.
I’d say it’s a virtual certainty given the massive unaddressed questions and information inadequacies that are still associated with the project.”
Through all of this we’ve got one question: what is the ocean around warm waters going to be like with water that is twice as salty as it should be? What will that do to the lobsters? What will it do to what they eat? Anyone have any answers?
[Link: KPBS.org]
by The Editors on November 15, 2007
In a classic case of legalese the California Coastal Commission took roll and voted on a motion regarding Poseidon Resource’s Carlsbad desalination plant at 9:06 PM tonight. It passed 9 to 3. That means the desalination plant proposal has been approved, however, there are still many details to work out and be approved by the Coastal Commission before construction can start.
by The Editors on November 15, 2007
At 8:35 PM tonight the members of the California Costal Commission are still meeting the Sheraton San Diego Hotel at 1433 Camino Del Rio South. From the thoughts expressed by commissioners Sara J. Wan and Steve Blank it does not look like it’s going well for the Poseidon Resources or plans for the desalination plant.
There is a whole bunch of information that is simply not available to us to make our decision. . . I’d love to be able to approve a desal project that would work, but this is not it as presented,” Wan said.
From the sounds of the discussion it is the opinion of at least three of the Commission members that Poseidon and friends did not provide the information and mitigation measure details needed for the Coastal Commission to make any decision on the plan at all. Commissioner Larry Clark summed it up this way:
We have one of two options. . . we have the option of spending the next few hours going through each and every one of these conditions, or we can continue this matter. My sense of this is that we are far better off if we continue this matter.
If you’re online you can watch the the hearing live by clicking here.
[Link: California Coastal Commission]
by The Editors on November 15, 2007
If a ban on smoking at Carlsbad beaches could raise tax revenue for the city you know the Carlsbad City Council would have been all over it years ago. But seeing as a beach smoking ban is simply a smart, well-reasoned thing to do, the Council has only recently thought about it.
“Apparently, we’re the last one to consider a smoking ban,” Councilman Mark Packard said, mentioning that the Encinitas City Council decided Tuesday to draw up such an ordinance.
According to a Barbara Henry story in the North County Times Carlsbad is that last North County city in San Diego County to take action. Bans are already in place in Del Mar, Oceanside and Solana Beach.
But not everyone is in favor of this ban. Mayor Bud Lewis thinks this “smacks of over-regulation,” and Councilwoman Julie Nygaard doesn’t see a “butt-problem” at Carlsbad beaches. Then there’s Police Chief Tom Zoll. He seems to view it as more work:
Enforcement of a smoking ban at the beach won’t be easy — it could require dispatching an officer to walk the beach, he said.
Yes, Chief Zoll, an officer may actually need to get out of his or her car and we know how dangerous that can be.
[Link: North County Times]
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