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VOL. 32, N0. 44
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By Carey Blakely
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Taking flight
CALIFORNIA PACIFIC AIRLINES was scheduled to make its first departure from Palomar-McClellan Airport in Carlsbad on Thursday, Nov. 1. The round-trip flight to San Jose will mark the beginning of regular service to Las Vegas, Reno, San Jose and Phoenix.
Mysterious mailers puzzle local candidates By Lexy Brodt
SOLANA BEACH — Mailers circulating around town have perplexed council candidates and incumbents alike, raising questions about why an out-of-town political action committee would take a stance on local politics in the second-smallest city in San Diego. The most recent mailer, received by residents on Oct. 30, shows Councilwoman Lesa Heebner holding two marionette puppets. The puppets are labeled with the names of City Council candidates Kelly Harless and Kristi Becker — who have both received endorsements from Heebner. Two puppets holding the names of current council members Jewel Edson and Peter Zahn loom at her side. The mailer reads: “It’s time to close the curtains on the Solana Beach puppet show.” On the back? A photo of
council candidate Craig Nelson, along with several bullet notes accusing City Council of “(ignoring) community opposition to roundabouts,” dividing communities through district elections, making it “nearly impossible for new businesses to start up,” and “punishing children” by not supporting a La Colonia de Eden Gardens grant. The mailer is one of three similar mailers distributed locally in the past few weeks, paid for by a Murrieta-based PAC, Citizens for Government Integrity. The first mailer, distributed in mid-October, urged voters to “Vote NO on Corruption and YES for Reform,” lauding Candidates Craig Nelson and Shawn McClondon as “new blood.” McClondon announced his withdrawal from the race a few days before the mailer was distributed.
Councilwoman Jewel Edson said the accusations are wrong, and Heebner defended the council on each of the second mailer’s points of contention — which were similar to those listed in the most recent mailer. She called the name of the PAC “ironic,” and said that it “masks their true intent.” Councilman Peter Zahn called the mailers “outrageous and malicious,” and thinks Nelson’s response has been inadequate. “(Nelson) has had multiple opportunities to push back vigorously on the people behind these attacks and he has failed to seize those opportunities,” Zahn said. Candidate Kristi Becker called the mailer “demeaning.” “This is mudslinging at TURN TO MAILERS ON A9
ENCINITAS THE — Construction of VISTA the Cardiff Beach Living Shoreline NEWS Project — an attempt to improve habitat and protect Cardiff State Beach and Highway 101 from coastal flooding — has gained steam, with a projected completion date of late February 2019. Encinitas, in partnership with several state and federal agencies, has RANCHO received grant funding from the Ocean Protection SFNEWS Council “to reduce the vulnerability of Coast Highway 101 to flooding, create coastal dune habitat, create a pedestrian path along the dunes, and beneficially reuse sand from future San Elijo Lagoon annual dredging operations,” according to a city press release. The project will stretch along the Cardiff State Beach shoreline from near the Chart House restaurant to about 200 feet short of the parking lot on the southern end. Given the low elevation of the highway there, which varies from about 15 to 20 feet above sea level, the area has been particularly vulnerable to coastal flooding during large storms. The city has also voiced concern that projected sea-level rise could increase the flooding’s incidence and severity. The dune system will “limit the impact” of coastal flooding without being able to “contain it all,”
A MURRIETA-BASED PAC has sent mailers showing support for Solana Beach City Council candidate Craig Nelson, making disparaging remarks about the current City Council. Courtesy photo
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