Comments on: Community Commentary: Council needs solutions

By: To Jan

To Jan — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:04:05 +0000

Jan, I disagree that Teresa doesn’t have what it takes to be a leader. There is nobody that is more courageous than a soul voice against a super majority. Is this your definition of leadership–to meet and decide how the block will vote before a meeting so that they can ignore citizen input?

The role of mayor is important because it used to be an oportunity for Council members to develop greater leadership skills and to give everyone a chance to represent their voters. It also created more of a team atmosphere and greater sympathy and respect for members when people took turns and worked in collaboration.

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:24:16 +0000

Teresa, you just don’t have what it takes to be a leader. You do a good job as a Councilperson, but you lack what it takes to be a Mayor. Be happy with where you are. What does it matter, anyway? Just do what you think is right without bashing other people.

By: embarassed

embarassed — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:32:58 +0000

Baby, yea that is one way to look at it. Most see it as a super majority putting in the fix so that the least experienced council member will serve two terms and then be allowed to appoint her successor and passover Barth for at least five years. The mayoral rotation has worked effectively since the city began, except when a majority votes to change the system for their political voting block’s benefit.
The process is explained very clearly below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JN68mn3CxQ&feature=player_embedded
We need to vote in a open and fair council and stop the strangle hold that this majority council has welded on our city for the last decade.

By: Baby Bohol

Baby Bohol — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:54:49 +0000

Barth is the biggest baby boohoo in the county!
The Encinitas City Council finally adopted rules that says the VOTERS choose the mayor, and that’s as it should be and as it should have been!
Bart’s whine party needs cheese and is just sad.

By: Patrick O'Connor

Patrick O'Connor — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:00:21 +0000

Unless you are in lockstep with Stocks & Co rule you’re toast. The insults to Teresa and Maggie are examples of high school level politics and insure leadership. The folks who voted for them are still waiting for a voice on the council. How long will it take Encinitas??

By: Another Barth Fan

Another Barth Fan — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:10:56 +0000

It does not take much to make a person in a minority postition look bad.

With control of the meeting agenda, the staff, the finances, the records, and with the influence and access to the mainstream press, Stocks and the Council Majority can create their own make-beleive story with themselves as heroes.

They work as a unit, making closed-door decisions on behalf of their developer funders. The plan involves how to divert the contents of the City coffers back to donors pockets in exchange for campaign contributions to so that (Dalager), Stocks, Bond, Gaspar, and now Muir can have a job.

They also use these funds to attack Teresa Barth, and before her Maggie Houlihan and Sheila Cameron!

I had always imagined that City funds were used to distribute services for Encinitas residents, but now I am beginning to think they are largely directeted to sepcial interests, then circle back to Majority Council members in the form of illegal campaign contributions and kitchen appliances!

By: Nowoolovermyeyes

Nowoolovermyeyes — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:09:56 +0000

I keep running into residents all over Encinitas who have had dealings with Jerome and the words pompous, arrogant, rude and demeaning are just some of the words used to describe his behavior. He is not only rude and condescending
to Councilwoman Barth, he is often disrespectful to residents
who are not aligned with his pro-development agenda. In mocking Teresa, he is insulting the large constituency that
supported both Maggie and Teresa as they shared many of the
same values. In this recent power grab to concentrate power
into the hands of the pro-development super majority, he
and his cohorts are fueling the firestorm of controversy
that continue to swirl since Councilwoman Houlihan passed
away. Many more residents than he thinks have noticed
that there has been no city sanctioned honor or tribute to
her and they are ready to pay him back in the ballot box.
His mocking behavior of Teresa further strengthens their
resolve to reclaim their city and their fair representation. 2012 is the time to vote out Stocks and his
super majority buddies and vote in ethics and fair and open representation. Vote for Tony Kranz and Lisa Shaffer to regain your voice in our city governance.
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By: embarassed

embarassed — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:14:37 +0000

Mr Stocks does not agree with the evil Mrs Barth.
I do not trust Mr Stocks.

http://encinitas.patch.com/articles/letter-to-the-editor-a-response-to-commentary-on-the-selection-of-mayor-in-encinitas
32 citizens offer comments to Mr Stocks’s spin.