Comments on: Groundbreaking ceremonies held for Encinitas Community Park and Moonlight Beach improvements

By: Tom Penny

Tom Penny — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:02:24 +0000

Councilman on the right: Terrible form! Have you ever shoveled anything in your entire life?? Flip your front hand around, that way you will support the sand that you are supposed to be shoveling, but you have not even moved a grain of sand. Jerome Stocks – almost worse!! BEND YOUR KNEES and change your feet and get in a fighting stance like the guys in the middle. You look like you are going to throw out your back costing us all more money!!!

I blame your parents.

By: flaire

flaire — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:45:36 +0000

“Manifest Destiney”??? Oh, like you just plow over people’s civil rights, like what we did to the Native Americans, in search of the Almight Buck, eh Mr. Bond? What an idiot, I’m so glad to see you go.

By: Chris May

Chris May — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:59:36 +0000

The Moonlight improvements are good for the city. $1.9 million is from the state that was originally for Beacons improvements. By joining the two projects together the city can use these funds for the sports park development. Draining $7 million from existing city projects, borrowing $8million more to rush this through at election time seems irresponsible. There are still flooding issues in our city and the flood funds are going to be drained as well asante other projects.
When it rains and floods on the coast the plan is to drain this contaminated water on our beach and ocean. The city had an opportunity to put a larger pipe in along the tracks that would have improved the situation. The city chose a small pipe and said Coastal Commission wouldn’t let a larger pipe be installed. Not true.
And all these funds borrowed and pilfered are to build a regional sports park. Everyone wants a community park for all. The dog and skate park and some sports fields are what all want. The organized leagues want to create a Special Use Park mainly for sports fields.
It is not a community park.
http://encinitascommunitypark.blogspot.com/2012/07/encinitas-community-special-use-park.html?m=1

By: No Proof

No Proof — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:13:08 +0000

Encinitas ‘Community’ Park has provided photo ops for Council and has drained funding away from other important City needs like road repair and drainage in Leucadia. What do we get from this deal? It has left residents in dept for the next 30 years. The bids for these projects are low, and they will run out of money part way through–as usual!

There is a good chance that the borrowed money will never make it to the park but will be spent on the 3% raise that City staff gets starting September and the retirements of many staff that are about to hit. Did anyone else get a 3% raise this year with no standards of performance?