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VOL. 35, N0. 20
MAY 20, 2022
Supervisor recall falls .com well short SAN MARCOS -NEWS
Encinitas family races to find dad kidney donor. 3 Local Girl Scouts troop debuts butterfly exhibit. 4 Locals rally in Carlsbad for abortion rights. 7 Doyle named Encinitas planning chairman. 12
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Del Mar residents appeal Watermark permit. 13 Blakespear settles with Facebook critics. 20 The Newcomer: Interview with Matt Gunderson. 21
By Laura Place
Events Update: San Diego County Fair to cap attendance at 50K visitors per day. 9
REGION — An attempt to force a recall election for Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer officially met its end last Thursday, after local political action committee Undivided San Diego failed RANCHO to gather the 40,000 signaSFNEWS tures needed to place it on the ballot. A group of around 20 residents, mostly from Escondido, announced its intent to begin gathering signatures for the recall of the county’s District 3 official in September 2021, as reported by the Escondido Times-Advocate. On a website dedicated to the recall, Undivided San Diego listed the supervisor’s “partisan and divisive” attitude, alleged disregard for her constituents, and conduct at meetings as reasons for the recall. Despite efforts to rally residents in the district, the group fell far short of the required signatures by the Thursday deadline with less than 400 signatures (or roughly 1%) submitted to the county Registrar of Voters, according to Undivided San Diego president Mike Johnson. The outcome was not surprising to Lawson-Remer, who was elected by a wide margin in the 2020 election over opponent Kristin Gaspar to represent the 3rd District.
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BOTS & BONES
LEUCADIA ARTIST Thom Byrne is gearing up for his new “Steel + Bone” pop-up gallery exhibit, featuring a collection of assemblage robot sculptures and other works on May 26 at Folio Interior Design in Del Mar. Story on Page 22. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram
Encinitas to vote on cannabis tax increase Council puts tax increase on November ballot By Stephen Wyer
ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council recently adopted a resolution to endorse sponsoring a ballot measure allowing voters to consider a tax increase on the city’s fledgling cannabis industry. The council on May 11 voted unanimously in
favor of a resolution directing county officials to add the tax increase proposal to the city’s general municipal election measures for the November ballot. If passed by voters, the measure would increase taxes on retail cannabis businesses in Encinitas by a rate of between 4% and 7% and raise taxes on non-retail establishments by 1% to 4%. Cannabis cultivation sites would be taxed at fees ranging from TURN TO CANNABIS ON 10
HOT RODS, COOL RIDES
A look under the hood of a stunning apple green 1969 Chevy Camaro SS at the Hot Rods and Cool Treats’ classic car show on May 14 at Pine Avenue Community Park in Carlsbad.
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