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VOL. 25, NO. 22

JUNE 10, 2011

Artist of mosaic comes forward

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YUM FUN

By Wehtahnah Tucker

ENCINITAS — In an announcement during the City Council meeting on June 8 that took everyone by surprise, City Manager Phil Cotton revealed that an attorney claiming to represent the artist of the “Surfing Madonna” mural contacted the city. Cotton told a stunned crowd that the city’s legal office received correspondence from the artist’s attorney late that afternoon. He said the two parties are in negotiations but did not elaborate. He said the city would

Del Mar residents gave summer a proper welcome with an ice cream and music party

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DRINKING SEAWATER

A grant of more than $1 million will go to help a water desalination plant provide even more water to combat rising rates

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Del Mar looks to help state with fairgrounds decisions By Bianca Kaplanek

DEL MAR — To aid in Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to review the ownership, operation and governance of state-owned fairgrounds, Del Mar agreed at the June 6 meeting to create a Legislative Advocacy Subcommittee. Councilmen Carl Hilliard and Terry Sinnott will provide information, meet with legislators and their staffs and advocate for the city’s position for better regional control and management of the Del Mar Fairgrounds, which the city has proposed to purchase. Senate Bill 1, authorizing the sale of the fairgrounds, was put on hold until state budget issues have been

worked out. Hilliard and Sinnott will also monitor bills pertinent to the fairgrounds sale and travel to Sacramento when necessary. “I think we have a big opportunity to influence the process,” Hilliard said. Sinnott described it as a have bag packed, will travel effort. “To be remote from Sacramento and not be able to communicate, or to be able to only communicate through a third party, is not as effective as being able to go eyeball to eyeball with people and ... represent the community in talks about what is being proposed,” he said. Brown has proposed a review of California’s 52 state-owned fairground prop-

erties to determine if any should be sold and if the way in which they are managed should be changed. The state plans to eliminate $32 million in general fund support to local and county agricultural activities and fairs. Sen. Christine Kehoe, who introduced SB 1, met with Hilliard and Sinnott, recommending Del Mar become “actively involved” in the governor’s review, according to a city staff report. “I think this is an excellent idea,” resident Bud Emerson said. “You are really impressive people and I think when you represent a city directly…you have ‘cred’ that nobody else has. So if you’re up there talking to people, it

seems to me it has impact.” Emerson recommended appointing council members who represent views from both political parties. “What you’re talking about doing is something very rational,” he said. “Sacramento is not rational. Sacramento is bitterly partisan and I think we came within a hair’s width of getting that fairgrounds when we had a bipartisan tandem of Carl and Crystal (Crawford), because you can talk to both sides of the aisle. “We can rise above partisanship here,” Emerson said. “They cannot. Those people are crazy.” “I don’t think these are TURN TO FAIRGROUNDS ON A17

Budget in hand, city seeks savings By Promise Yee

OCEANSIDE — City Council approved a $381.69 million city operation and capital improvement budget for 2011-2012 in a 3-1 vote, June 1, in which Councilwoman Esther Sanchez voted “no” and Mayor Jim Wood was absent. The general fund budget, which pays for city operating costs, is said to be showing signs of stabilizing. Its costs are down $1.2 million from last year and it is no longer dependent on one time funding sources that pulled it through the previous year. To help balance the approved general fund, budget reductions were made in TURN TO BUDGET ON A17


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