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POWAY DIGEST We’re moving!
The Poway News Chieftain of fice will be closed Thursday, Oct. 11 as we move to our new of fice at 14031 Midland Road, Poway. We will reopen on Friday, Oct. 12.
Meet candidates
A City Council election candidate for um will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the gazebo at Old Poway Park. The free, public event is sponsored by the Friends of the Poway Librar y and the Poway Womans Club.
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VOL. 58, ISSUE 18
Panel to review controversial PUSD bonds BY STEVE DREYER A new committee comprised of experts in the fields of finance and business is meeting in private to determine what, if anything, can be done about the controversial Poway Unified School District capital appreciation bonds.
Calling themselves the “Bond Review Committee,” the seven-member panel was organized last month by former PUSD trustee Jeff Mangum, now a candidate for the Poway City Council. It first met on Sept. 19 and will hold its second meeting next week. The committee will study all as-
pects of the district’s bond and plans to explore other aspects of the school renovation program, Mangum said. Possible mitigation measures will be explored as well, he said. A full report, either written, oral or both, will be presented to the school board but not before the Nov. 6 general election, he said.
“It (the committee) can’t help me but it can help the district and the community.” Mangum served 16 years on the school board until stepping down in 2010. His participation in the board’s October 2007 decision to place a second round of school construction See BONDS, Page 15
Charge filed in death of Poway teen
Maderas water study given nod
BY PAT KUMPAN
BY STEVE DREYER
A criminal charge has been filed against a Poway man for having a loaded, unguarded firearm in his home on the night a Poway teen apparently shot himself while the boy and two other male friends were repor tedly smoking marijuana at the man’s house. According to Steve Walker, spokesman for the district attorney’s office, Kevin Brennick, 50, the father of one of the boys, has been charged with criminal storage of a firearm, which could carry a sentence of up to three years in prison. Brennick’s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 16 in San Diego Superior Court
The city will hire an independent, third-party consulting firm to review past research and reports done regarding underground water supplies around the Maderas Golf Course. City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to award a contract for the study after concerned neighbors, having being given an extra two weeks to study the proposal, said they were agreeable to proceeding. However, the neighbors said they would like to meet with the new consultant so that the firm is clear about their concerns and expectations.
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TOUGH WAY TO MAKE A LIVING - Steer wrestler Riley York of Loyalton, Calif., was among cowboys competing in the 40th annual Poway Rodeo, held Friday and Saturday at the PVRA arena. See more photos on Page 23. Photo by Beverley Brooks
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