Comments on: Council OKs Houlihan’s image on banners

By: Meeting Witnesses

Meeting Witnesses — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:46:36 +0000

As you are clearly a conspiracy boogeyman believer I know I won’t alter your warped opinion, but it’s obvious from the testimony at the meeting that had Danny Salzhandler simply appealed a denial by staff months ago this could have been handled much sooner.
The City staff simply made a determination and if the permit applicant disagreed with it they should have appealed, which is their right.
Instead they submitted an application without the beautiful image of our dear Maggie.
It’s their fault, not the City Council’s that this went down the way it did!
It’s clear and simple, and any other opinion is just politically spun bull!!!

By: One of the Knaves

One of the Knaves — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:59:45 +0000

The mylar patches are being taken down as we speak, though in hushed tones, lest one of the king’s henchmen lurks in these parts. This is truly a victory for the common knave, and Our Lady of Encinitas is smiling down and chuckling right now.

By: No honor

No honor — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:46:47 +0000

“But she,(Gaspar), said that since the applicant, Arts Alive organizer Danny Salzhandler, chose not to submit the final application with Houlihan’s depiction on the back, and chose instead to cover it with adhesive, the process wasn’t followed.”
This is not what truly occurred. The Banner application was rejected by the city manager because the image Of Houlihan was on the back. All of the banners were printed with Houlihan’s image and her birth and death date. The tape was put on after the city REJECTED the permit. To have the city say that the permit was not rejected, as the council stated, is NOT TRUE and despicable. All who have been involved with the Arts Alive Banner program know that Stocks has been the driving force behind fighting anyone from honoring Mrs. Houlihan. His efforts began with not flying the city hall flag at half-mast and having the city reject a park permit that family, friends and citizens requested for a memorial at Cottonwood Creek Park. They held the memorial anyway.
Encinitas should be embarrassed by the actions of Stocks and Gaspar.