Tonight at 6 PM the City of Carlsbadistan Planning Commission is supposed to vote on whether to “grant permits to a controversial seawall project that coastal environmentalists argue may permanently alter the beach in front of the Terramar community,” according to a Barbara Henry story in the North County Times.
Some will remember this already built wall (pictured above) as the same one that riled up the Surfrider Foundation last June when homeowner Dean A. Goetz got some grief from local surfers. At the timeattorney Todd Cardiff said, “We are going to do everything we can do to make them take that sea wall out. This is one of the most cynical attempts to avoid the public process that I’ve seen in a long time.”
Now Cardiff is accusing the City of Carlsbad of “deliberately withholding some project-related paperwork that should be released to the public,” according to the story.
Jane Mobaldi, Carlsbad assistant city attorney, said that Carlsbad has released “95 percent” of its documents related to the seawall issue. Cardiff has been given the environmental reports, the project application and other city documents, she said. Only about six pieces of paper out of hundreds have been withheld, she said. . . Those include a few e-mails and some notes from conversations between city employees and property owner attorneys, and she considers them privileged legal information, she added.
We have to say in the scheme of sea walls in general, this one could be much, much worse. Tonight we may know the outcome. . . The meeting begins at 6 tonight in the Council Chambers of City Hall 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive and it is open to the public.
When people ask us what it’s like living in Carlsbadistan we just show them this and remind them that it is our front yard and that “The Green Flash” is the real deal. They usually get the point. . .
It has been made famous in skateboarding magazines, videos, and video games, but the Carlsbad High School gap will be gone forever. Thanks to the Carlsbadistan-based Transworld Skateboarding and DC Shoes at least we have this one last April 3, 2010 session to remember it by.
On Sunday, April 11, 2010 the Village of Carlsbadistan will be filled with the stomp and clomp of runners as The Carlsbad 5000 “world’s fastest 5k” returns. And while we don’t enjoy all the visitors as much as we should, having Coast Highway closed for most of a day is a wonderful thing.
Today, April 5, 2010 is the last day to save $5 on the $30 entry fee for the Junior Carlsbad running on April 10, 2010 in the Village of Carlsbadistan. The race is for runners (and crawlers) from 0 to 12 years old.
11 Races for Every Age Group and Fitness Level
FREE GIFT to First 500 registered
Finisher’s Medal Awarded to Every Runner!
Receive a FREE Race T-Shirt!
Family-Friendly Weekend Promotes Fitness Fun!
Awesome Awards for top 3 girl/boy finishers (ages 5-12)
At approximately 3:40 PM on Easter Sunday Carlsbadistan was rocked by an 7.2 (upgraded from 6.9 after analysis) magnitude earthquake centered 16 miles SSW of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico (just south of Brawley, California.) according to the US Geological Survey.
The quake seemed to come in three waves that built as they rolled through. The second wave seemed to be the strongest. The rocking lasted close to 20 seconds and had people in second story houses running for their balconies. Cars and lamps appeared to swing in an East-West motion. The quake was felt as far north as Los Angeles.
A strong earthquake has occurred, but a tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, or Alaska coast. NO tsunami warning, watch or advisory is in effect for these areas.
This felt like the strongest quake to rock Carlsbadistan in at least 20 years. More news as information becomes available.
The City of Carlsbadistan’s Parks & Recreation Department’s 2010 EGGStravaganza Spring Festival was exactly that yesterday as more than 1,000 egg-hunting Easter Bunny fans converged on Poinsettia Park.
Kids were treated to easter egg hunts (for all ages), face painting, cup-cake decorating, gymnastic tumbling, and a seemingly limitless supply of bouncy bounce options. The lines on some of the bouncers were up to 20 minutes long. The longest wait, however, is for getting a photo taken with the Easter Bunny. That line was nearly an hour long at one point.
“We’ve waited in the line so long that we have to get our photo now,” said one mom while waiting for her photo to print. “We have too much time invested to leave.”
One father said he couldn’t believe the crowds. “Last year there was about a quarter of the number of people that are here today,” he said while looking out over the mob of kids. “It must be the weather. Last year it was pretty overcast and today it’s perfect.”
We would like to thank the Carlsbad Parks & Recreation Department and all the volunteers for making the EGGStravaganza an amazingly fun day for everyone.
Those who didn’t pre-order an Apple iPad were stuck hoping that someone who did wasn’t able to come in and pick theirs up because the Carlsbad Forum Apple store was completely sold out by mid-morning.
At 1:30 PM one woman was already waiting by the door with hopes that at 3 PM when any unclaimed reserved units are released there will be one for her. “If there’s only one, it’s mine,” she said.
Meanwhile inside the glass doors a crowd who had waited in line for up to 15 or 20 minutes were surrounding the iPad table laughing, talking, and scrolling Apple’s newest fetish product with their fingers.
We checked to see how Carlsbadistan looked on the iPad. It looks sweet!
A former student of Carlsbad’s Army & Navy Academy has decided that being “brutalized by other students seven years ago in a hazing incident that included sodomy with a broom handle . . slathered in Icy Hot analgesic heat rub” isn’t something he wants to let go unchecked. He has sued the school, according to a story in the North County Times.
That lawsuit is one of two pending against the academy claiming that administrators at the campus failed to adequately oversee cadets and prevent inappropriate behavior. . . .The second suit was filed by the parents of a then-16-year-old cadet who say their son had sexual relations with an 18-year-old student during times that he was supposed to be supervised by an adult.
It is worth noting that according to Academy President Stephen Bliss (pictured right) “The academy’s written policies for cadets forbid all forms of sexual abuse and hazing.”
The Wendy Wasserstein play features NVA Ensemble Member Kristianne Kurner with John DeCarlo, Kelly Iversen, Brian Mackey, Anthony Phifer, Frances Regal, Sunny Smith and Jacque Wilke, with musical accompaniment by Linda Libby.
Wendy Wasserstein’s groundbreaking play about identity, family, feminism and art follows Heidi Holland from insecure student at a high school dance in the 1960’s to successful art historian promoting female artists in the late 1980’s. Through Heidi’s travels, we are able to peek in on the changing roles of women in our society in the last half of the twentieth century and explore what defines success and how we go about searching for meaning in our lives.
Tonight is the last “pay-what-you-can preview” tonight (Friday April 2, 2010) at 8 PM. The play runs through April 25, 2010. Click here to buy tickets or call the New Village Arts Threatre box office at (760) 433-3245.
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