On July 5, 2007 we told you about an accident involving a City of Carlsbad truck and a white motorcycle at the intersection of Tamarack and Jefferson streets (click here for story and photos). Now one of the people involved is seeking witnesses to the accident and they have placed a flyer on a Eucalyptus Tree on Tamarack. Here’s what it says:
Looking for witnesses to an accident that occurred on July 5th around 2:26 PM. . . Please call 760-822-3965. Your help is greatly appreciated.
The photo would suggest that someone may have run a red light. Now it sounds like exactly who that was is up for debate. If you saw the accident, please give the number a call: (760) 822-3965. And here’s a photo if you don’t remember.
Ray Patchett, 59, has been Carlsbad’s city manager for 20 years and last Tuesday (Aug. 21, 2007) he announced that he will be retiring from his $220,683 a year position. North County Times writer Barbara Henry reviews his career and speaks with many who knew him and will miss him, several who won’t miss him refused to comment on the record. We think you can put us in the “we’ll miss him” category.
It couldn’t happen to a better company. Time Warner Cable has been operating it’s business in the City of Carlsbad for the past nine months with out a valid local franchise agreement. As much as we hate the idea of only having one choice when it comes to cable, it is good to know that the City is standing up for itself against the media giant.
The suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in San Diego, is the latest step in a months long battle between Carlsbad officials and Time Warner over the franchise agreement, which allows Time Warner to use city rights of way to run its cable lines. The city contends Time Warner’s franchise contract expired Nov. 19 and has attempted to get the company to sign a new contract with higher franchise fees.
Then again, according to the North County Times as of January 1 the Public Utilities Commission handles franchise contracts for the entire state and Time Warner may not even need one.
After publishing reports of motorboaters’ rampant disregard for the “passive use/no motorboats” area on Carlsbad’s Agua Hedionda Lagoon we decided we should check it out for ourselves.
The buoys are back up (there are five of them). And, after watching for approximately 15 minutes on Saturday August 18, 2007 we found that the majority of the boaters were respectful of the buoys. We did however see one boat that seemed to be ignoring the no fly zone all together. Click the video below to see more:
Carlsbad’s Village Improvement Program is looking for board members.
The board will consist of nine members representing various groups. Among the categories are property owners, residents and retail business owners, as well as a representative each from the Carlsbad Village Business Association, the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and the Carlsbad Convention and Visitors Bureau.
If you know someone who would do a good job guiding the Village of Carlsbad down it’s road to the future, please visit http://friendsofthevillage.blogspot.com for a nomination form. And no, we’re not interested. But thanks anyway.
In classic old-school point-counter-point fashion the North County Times has paired two people up to answer the burning question: Is Carlsbad’s $68 million golf course a good investment? The pair is made up of sports editor Loren Nelson and staff writer Marc Figueroa. Would you believe the sports editor is in favor of the course? It is Figueroa, however, who makes the best point in the entire debate:
So when the city of Carlsbad trotted out its shiny, new $68 million track earlier this month, I couldn’t help but scratch my head. Why invest that much money in something that only a small percentage of people are going to use?
We agree. Let us know what you think: click the link below to post a comment.
With a hard-driving soundtrack and many quick camera transitions, this year’s 28-minute video offered many shots of the city’s much celebrated golf course, which opened earlier this month. Located on a 400-acre, hilly site along Palomar Airport Road, the course is known for its elegant clubhouse structure and its costly construction price tag. It took more than a dozen years to get to opening day, and city officials estimate the project cost more than $60 million.
Those who missed the live presentation can catch the video in a public showing Monday evening August 20 at 7 p.m. Monday at the Ruby Schulman Auditorium of just watching on on Time Warner Cable’s channel 19 Monday and Tuesday nights at 8 PM where it will run until mid-November.
Saying the project’s architecture was “stunning” and the building was “well deserved” for the nonprofit youth organization that’s put up with a temporary clubhouse in La Costa for 25 years, the commission voted 6-0 to grant the project a conditional use permit. Commissioner Bill Dominguez was absent.
The organization hopes to have the clubhouse open in 2009.
Seems like this is something that should have happened in the 1970s, but better late that never.
Customers of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District can expect to receive postcards by the end of August notifying them that fluoride will be added to the city’s water supply starting Oct. 1. . . Dentists have long argued that the substance can help prevent tooth decay and reduce the risk of cavities. But while many health care professionals support the fluoridation movement, it has been controversial in recent years.
According to the North County Times, the city of Escondido residents fought fluoride for four years before finally losing out. Carlsbad City Councilman Mark Packard, a local dentist says that it’s about time.
We received an email recently saying that the Agua Hedionda Lagoon is now “a death trap for kayakers, sailors, paddle boarders.” According to this source, the buoys that formerly separated the “passive use area” from the “powerboat area” near the Bayshore Drive public access walkway have gone missing and powerboats are now using the entire back end of the lagoon (in clear violation of lagoon regulations), leaving little or no space for human propelled water craft. The email continued:
Last week a No Fear helicopter filming a wake boarder and another boat that was filming too, ran amuck using every space off the lagoon for over an hour. They we’re going all the way to the back of the lagoon almost capsizing a children’s kayaking class that was in the passive area. . . The police we’re called and did nothing. . . The police have been called to put up the buoys again to protect the area and they have done nothing.
Sounds like the City of Carlsbad needs to step up and get the Police Department out to do some regulating. Or at least put the buoys back up.
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