by The Editors on November 6, 2009
If a story in Sports Business Daily is to be believed, Carlsbadistan may be getting a stop on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour in 2010, but Golf Digest’s John Strege isn’t sure that’s such a great idea.
Is the LPGA sure it wants to be doing this? Apathy was always an issue when the men played at La Costa, even with Tiger Woods in the field — hence the the Mercedes Championship wound up on Maui and the Match Play Championship moved to Arizona. Why would anyone believe the LPGA would deliver a different result there?
After losing the Acura Tennis Classic we all need some major sporting event in Carlsbad, don’t we?
[Link: Golf Digest]
by The Editors on November 6, 2009
Carlsbadistan’s Carlsbad Aquafarm got some we-deserved play yesterday in a fish farming story on San Diego News Network.
“It’s very much hands-on science,” adds Peterson, who spends countless hours trying to mimic conditions for optimal species growth and spawning, from testing water and its food levels to monitoring weather temperatures. . . And if you ask Peterson’s colleague, Matt Steinke, who works on the engineering side of things, the sustainability factor is huge. “If you’re eating aquacultured shellfish, you are supporting an industry that is so sustainable it will feed your great-grandchildren. Every pound of aquacultured product is a pound that is not coming out of over-burdened and collapsing wild supplies.”
For more on the Agua Hedionda Lagoon business follow the link.
[Link: San Diego News Network]
by The Editors on November 6, 2009
Looks like no one is out at Tamarack this morning at 7:03 AM. Where did those waves go?
by The Editors on November 6, 2009
Surprise! The Westfield Plaza Camino Real is losing another tenant this week as Borders Group announced closures of 200 of their retail outlets nationwide, according to a story in the San Diego Daily Transcript. The Carlsbad Borders Express will no longer be with us (not that we ever shopped there).
Through this right-sizing, we will reduce the number of stores with operating losses, reduce our overall rent expense and lease-adjusted leverage and generate cash flow through sales and working capital reductions,” said Borders Group Chief Executive Officer Ron Marshall.
Apparently, the Westfield just can’t win. . . in Carlsbadistan.
[Link: San Diego Daily Transcript]
by Richard J. Riehl on November 6, 2009
Who poses the greater threat to the safety of Carlsbad residents, drivers using cell phones while weaving their way at high speed down El Camino Real, or a bunch of guys standing around on the sidewalk hoping to be offered a job by the multitaskers whizzing by?
The sting operation they launched last month to catch violators of the city’s anti-solicitation ordinance indicates city police seem to think the guys on the sidewalk are more dangerous. According to police Capt. Neil Galucci, the bust is “almost like a prostitution citation,” because it requires that the perpetrator enter into a hiring agreement. Police approach the day laborers in unmarked cars and civilian clothes, pretending to offer them work. If they fall for the scam, the undercover cops drive their victims a few blocks away and cite them for being tricked into violating the law. Those suspected of being in the country illegally are turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on November 4, 2009
Anthony DeSantis, who’s car washing business Waxx It Automotive Detailing, Inc. has been located to next Hoehn Motors in Car Country Carlsbad for 16 years is “appalled” that the State of California shut him down and fined him $10,000 last week according to a story on San Diego News Network.
Waxx It Automotive Detailing Inc. was among 18 car washes and auto detailing businesses in San Diego County and 103 statewide fined a total of nearly $1 million for failing to register their businesses or other employee labor violations, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office announced Monday. . . Waxx It’s owner, Anthony DeSantis, said he told inspectors he was never notified he had to be registered and was given no chance to remedy the situation. “I’m just appalled right now,” DeSantis said.
With the current economic conditions it would see the State would have more important things to do than go after small businessmen? Then again, the State does need the money. For more of DeSantis’ side of the story click here.
[Link: San Diego News Network, North County Times, and Waxx It Inc.]
by The Editors on November 4, 2009
Things are not all peaceful and quiet at Rancho Carlsbad, according to a report on Courthouse News Service.
Twenty investors say their property manager and general partner embezzled more than $20 million and covered it up by calling it a “loan,” or “interest.” Rancho Carlsbad Partners say William Geary then engaged them in phony property deals to make it look like he was straightening things out. . . .Rancho Carlsbad Partners say their partner Geary, a Los Angeles-based real estate manager, defrauded them by diverting for his own use money that belonged to the group when they needed it most. . . The partners say Geary’s frauds lasted for 7 years, from 2002 until 2009.
There is much more to the Superior Court complaint, but we’ll let you read that in the story.
[Link: Courthouse News Service]
by The Editors on November 4, 2009
We keep hearing it referred to as the “last hurdle” and we’re saddened that Poseidon Resources has made it this far, but the California Coastal Commission finally granted a permit that will allow the company to build the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere in our lagoon, according to a Michael Burge story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
With the Coastal Commission permit in hand, Poseidon has met all its regulatory requirements — two years after the Coastal Commission conditionally approved the plant. Poseidon had to satisfy 17 permit requirements before it could begin construction. . . . Peter MacLaggan, Poseidon Resources’ senior vice president, said the coastal permit requires that construction begin in less than two weeks. He said the company next week will start clearing the site, on the grounds of the Encina Power Station on the south shore of Agua Hedionda Lagoon.
Now all Poseidon needs is the money to build the plant. They’ need $530 million in financing, $50 million of it from a bond they’re asking the State of California for, according to a story in the North County Times.
State revenue bonds are tax-exempt, which typically allows them to sell for a lower interest rate than for taxable bonds. This lowers the cost for those repaying the bonds; in this case, the local water agencies the desalination plant will serve.
The company is also asking for a $250 per acre foot subsidy from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (which, according to Food & Water Watch could add up to $14 million a year). Nothing like launching a private business on federal and state subsidies, huh?
For more on some of the reason this plant might not be a good idea, click here for the word from Food & Water Watch.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune and North County Times]
by The Editors on November 4, 2009
It appears Ponto Landing is getting a little too much heat from the Boarder Patrol so now the boats are landing a little further south at Beacon’s, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Agents with the Customs and Border Protection’s Marine Interdiction Unit spotted the 15-foot panga about 4:50 a.m. about one mile offshore and followed it until it reached the beach, officials said. . . Nineteen men and 2 women, all Mexican nationals, were taken into custody and handed over to the Border Patrol, Border Patrol Agent Mark Endicott said.
It’s good to know the US Border Parol has a Marine Interdiction Unit. That should help them catch them before they get to Carlsbadistan.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on November 2, 2009
Lately, as a way of protecting the motorists of Carlsbadistan, the Carlsbad Police Department has been ticketing potential day laborers using “anti-solicitation” laws.
What do day laborer’s have to do with traffic problems? According to a story in the North County Times, police say that stopping to pick up a day laborer can cause traffic snarls.
It’s dangerous for drivers to stop on busy roads to pick up the workers, Carlsbad police Capt. Neil Gallucci said.
If it’s that dangerous, why not ticket the people who are driving the cars that stop to pick up the workers? Oh, right. That’s because that’s what the police are doing to catch the day laborers for solicitation. . .
[Link: North County Times]
If a story in Sports Business Daily is to be believed, Carlsbadistan may be getting a stop on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour in 2010, but Golf Digest’s John Strege isn’t sure that’s such a great idea.
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