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• Page 11 • June 18, 2015
A Weekly Message from the Mayor of Your Community published in the belief that it is important for elected leaders to communicate with their constituents and that constituents have a means of hearing from their elected leaders.
San Marcos • Mayor Jim Desmond
San Marcos has one of the lowest crime rates in North County
San Marcos continues to be one of the safest cities in San Diego County, and in 2014 the community continued to see a drop in crime rates.
By embracing information led policing, deputies have been able to work smarter and utilize resources more efficiently. By investing in our community and working with schools and Mental Health Systems to assist youth, the Community Oriented Policing Unit developed the RESPECT mentorship program aimed at helping our most at-risk teens. These efforts are paying off. Over the past year, Part 1 crime in San Marcos dropped by nearly 10%. These crimes include murder, assault, robbery, burglary and theft of motor vehicles and high-value property.
The fight against crime never goes away, and the City remains committed to infusing innovative crime-fighting solutions into its longterm plan and becoming safer every year. Escondido • Mayor Sam Abed
Mayor Sam Abed does not wish to write a weekly column to communicate with his Escondido Constituents via The Paper and its “A Letter from the Mayor” series
‘Chuckles’ Cont. from Page 9 Pharmacist: "Sure."
Jacob: "We'd like to use this store
as our Bridal Registry."
Many people remember Phyllis Diller – a very funny lady.
Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age. As your beauty fades, so will his eyesight. -Phyllis Diller
Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance? -Phyllis Diller
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing. -Phyllis Diller
The reason women don't play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public. -Phyllis Diller
Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out. -Phyllis Diller
A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once. -Phyllis Diller
I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. -Phyllis Diller
‘Local News’ Cont. from Page 7
Ordinarily, such operating challenges can be manageable. But Palomar is hobbled by debt.”
Summing up, McSwain said: “The numbers suggest this dire situation arose from construction of the Escondido hospital, which opened in 2012. The text of Proposition BB in 2004 described a $531 million hospital with 453 beds. Covert delivered a Palomar Medical Center costing $956 million with 288 beds, with room to expand to 390. Meanwhile, Sharp Healthcare built its Kearny Mesa hospital tower for $195 million with 334 beds.
Covert may be a dazzling CEO, but his successor faces some scary numbers.”
His successor, current CEO Bob Hemker, would likely agree. He has a major financial hurdle and is being forced to deal with it as best he can. The San Marcos City Council voted Friday to extend until April a ban on new retail pet shops that sell commerciallybred pets. The 4-0 vote keeps in place a
Vista • Mayor Judy Ritter
Summer Time Fun
Summer is on the minds of City of Vista recreation staff. They’re planning many fun activities and events to entertain everyone all summer long. Check online at CityofVista.com for summer day camps and field trips, youth and adult activities, community events, and the Movies in the Park series. Enjoy your summer and we hope to see you at some of the events. Summer Movies in the Park
Series: The City is hosting the Movies in the Park series again this year. Pack up the kids, a picnic and head to the movie series. The best part is that the movies are free. What’s better than sitting out on a blanket on a warm summer night and enjoying a movie in the park with your family? A Summer Fun Fest is planned before the August 8 movie with jump houses, kids’ activities and booths and much more.
Oceanside • Mayor Jim Wood
Free Movie at the Oceanside Amphitheater
The Oceanside Parks and Recreation department presents “Surf’s Up”, a free family film on Saturday, June 20th at the Junior Seau Pier Amphitheater located south of the Beach Recreation Center and Oceanside Pier. Bring your family and friends to see this animated feature that goes behind the scenes of the high-octane world of competitive penguin surfing. The film profiles Cody Maverick, an upand-coming surfer as he enters his first pro competition. Inspired by his hero, a legendary wave rider named Big Z, Cody leaves his family and his town of Shiver pool,
temporary moratorium passed two months ago that was set to expire Saturday.
The extension will allow the city to research the issue and decide whether to make the ban permanent. When the temporary ban expires next April, the council could opt to extend it another year.
San Marcos is the latest North County community wrestling with how or whether to regulate retail pet shops that sell dogs raised in what animalrights advocates call “puppy mills.” The controversial issue landed before the San Marcos council roughly a month after businessman David Salinas opened Mini Toy Puppies, a retail pet shop, in a shopping center off
Antarctica to travel to Pen Gu Island for the Big Z Memorial Surf Off. The movie starts at approximately 8:30 pm and there will be a bounce house before the movie starts. Popcorn and baked goods will be provided for sale by the Oceanside Senior Citizens Association. Bring your blankets and enjoy the beautiful summer weather under the night sky. Free parking is located at the lots off Mission Ave, across from Harney Sushi & Dairy Queen. For more information regarding this event and other funfilled family presentations, please contact Parks and Recreation at 760-435-5041.
Nordahl Road. Protests quickly followed, led by many of the same people who have targeted Salinas’ shops in other cities.
The moratorium does not affect Salinas’ existing shop, but rather targets new businesses that try to open in San Marcos. 85/15 Plan Supported by Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce
The board of directors of The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce has voted unanimously to support the Agua Hedionda 85/15 Specific Plan Initiative, which would preserve the existing strawberry fields and bring a high-end shopping center to the edge of
‘Local News’ Cont. on Page 12