Encinitas and its ARTful dodgers
After the city heard the recommendations for use of community grants and then offered half of what was asked for, some residents are asking, “Where...
Life, Liberty and Leadership
How Cardiff residents saved the town
As Cardiff-by-the-Sea turns 100 it’s worth remembering that the Cardiff that is, almost wasn’t. Cardiff is the result of “small town zoning.” Commercial buildings in...
Deputy Mayor sidesteps the issues
Encinitas Deputy Mayor Jerome Stocks wrote against my column, “The Encinitas Silver Anniversary Blues,” last week in the June 24 edition of The Coast News....
‘Encinitas Silver Anniversary Blues’ simply the product of exaggerations
(Editor’s note: Encinitas Deputy Mayor Jerome Stocks asked for the opportunity to address some of the assertions made in Andrew Audet’s column, “We’ve got the...
Dad, Cap and the ‘Surfing Madonna’
The other day, as I drove by the “Surfing Madonna,” I thought of my dad and our dog named Cap. I think of my dad...
Secretive City Council buries report
Secrets destroy credibility. If Dr. Phil’s comment that people are only as sick as their secrets is true, then the collective being that is the...
We’ve got the Encinitas Silver Anniversary Blues
“We got 44 acres, We got an old vacant lot we can’t use, We got these 44 acres, We got this $46 million dollar contaminated...
Surfing Madonna is in eye of the beholder
An art instructor told me “Once you put down the brush and stop painting it no longer belongs to you.” Her point was in life,...
‘Shoddy work’ needs venting
Encinitas residents are steamed the cooling system at the new library needs to be replaced costing more than $250,000 just three years after it was...
Mom, my truest friend
My mom is a part of me. She is a big part of any success I have enjoyed. Mom taught me to move confidently in...
Fire detection takes ‘quick thinking’
It is hard to believe but after spending some $8 million on new fire stations the city of Encinitas is not doing all it can...
We don’t have lots of time to burn
The Encinitas City Council is wasting time we don’t have. On issues from pensions, suspect real estate deals, failing bluffs, contaminated soils and the decade-long...
Pensions are the catch of a lifetime
City workers getting lifetime retirements at age 55 landed the catch of a lifetime. Public pensions are a Ponzi scheme with the working man at...
Failures in Olivenhain are symptoms of problems
Encinitas is failing to deliver timely emergency services to Olivenhain. The citywide goal is services arrive within five minutes 80 percent of the time. The...
Credibility counts in hiring city manager
Here in North County the Marines at Camp Pendleton live by a code where honor is holding themselves and others accountable. For the Marines defending...