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June 19 City Council Wrap Up

by The Editors on June 20, 2007

We tried tuning in to the City Council meeting last night, but as most people who’ve tried to sit through a city government meeting know, they can wear on the patience. Luckily, Barbara Henry of the North County Times distilled it all down for us. Several items were postponed because councilpersons Ann Kulchin and Julie Nygaard apparently had more important things to do last night.

The council also learned Tuesday that there’s also been a delay on a item that the city has little control over — cleanup work related to the former Caulerpa taxifolia infestation at Agua Hedionda Lagoon isn’t done. “What we’ve run into, in the last several months, is the tarp removal has taken a great deal more time than we expected it to,” Craig Elliott of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation told the council.

Then 12 people showed up to discuss the Quarry Creek development plan, but Mayor Lewis decided that it would be better to discuss it when Kulchin and Nygaard were present so it was rescheduled for July 17. Thanks for coming.

Most importantly:

The council did decide on the golf cart device issue; signing up for a lease-to-purchase arrangement with UpLink Inc. of Texas for global positioning systems for 83 golf carts. The satellite-sensing devices are the latest trend in upscale golfing, industry watchers say.

Phew!

[Link: North County Times]

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Carlsbad Police Ticket Day Laborers

by The Editors on June 17, 2007

Using a 1980 law designed to curb newspaper hawkers on Carlsbad’s city streets, the Carlsbad Police department has begun ticketing day laborers who are looking for work in North County. Apparently, homeowners near The Country Store on El Camino Real have been complaining.

Police Capt. Mike Shipley said the department has received numerous complaints from homeowners in the area about day laborers. . . “The migrant issue is a broad issue. Part of our job is to respond to complaints,” Shipley said. “The El Camino Real and Carlsbad Village Drive area is an extremely high complaint area.”

While the law does not specify a fine, a judge last week “ordered a day laborer to pay a fine of $192 including court fees.” Leave it to our legal system to punish those who are simply looking for work.

[Link: North County Times]

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Barring The Barrio From The Beach

by The Editors on May 26, 2007

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This is how Carlsbad keeps people in Barrio Carlsbad from walking to the beach. We are one of the few coastal cities where living three blocks from the beach means a 10 minute drive. They claim this “rail trail” fence is to protect people from the trains that go honking by at 80 miles an hour, but we know. . .. it’s to keep housing prices down on one side of the fence. Maybe after someone buys up all the land in the barrio someone will have the startling idea that a bridge over the tracks will be a good idea. . . Hmmmmm.

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