Additionally, Council had raised all fees for Seniors and others at the Community Center. Although far fewer building permits are being pulled, those fees were also increased, across the board, after a steep increase in 2005. In a time of recession, rather than cutting back on staff and contractors, or staff hours, the citizens of Encinitas are required to dig into diminishing funds for higher and higher fees.

The ONLY exception is sports leagues. This is blatant catering to special interests. People can try to make their position clear by voting out Dan Dalager when he comes up for reelection. The power of the incumbency is so strong that we are stuck with James Bond, despite his having given his word that he was retiring from office, and stuck with Jerome Stocks for at least three more years.

I feel certain most people would support term limits, if that were offered on a ballot.