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VOLUME 28 NUMBER 30
Aug. 2, 2012
School districts approve bonds for fall ballot BY KATHY DAY With matching 4-1 votes, trustees in the Del Mar Union and San Dieguito Union High School Districts moved ahead last week with plans for general obligation bonds they agreed are essential to keeping them on the leading edge of quality education.
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Each of the measures that will be on the Nov. 6 ballot asks voters for approval to issue bonds to upgrade campus facilities and technology and to improve safety and security. Both measures use the words “21st century” education in their ballot language. Both will require a 55 per-
cent majority to pass. The local measures will be joined by competing education funding measures at the state level and possibly a bond measure in the MiraCosta Community College District, whose trustees are set to decide on their own GO bond on Aug. 2. Despite their concerns,
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trustees of the two districts said they would support each others’ efforts to pass their bonds. Those other school measures were among the reasons cited by the trustees in each district who voted not to put them on the ballot: John Salazar in San Dieguito and Doug Perkins in
Del Mar. In seeking the trustees’ votes, the heads of both districts said the funds are needed because state funds have dried up and the districts are pushing the limits on their own budgets. As San Dieguito SuperSee BONDS, Page 15
DM may postpone revitalization vote While support for plan is strong on council, fear of failure at polls arises
■ Local resident’s passion for golf and horse racing lead to full life. Page 9
Mason Eastlack, Kevin Ellis, Scott Ellis, Shelly Ellis and Kyle Ellis settle in at Ocean Air Park on July 27 for a special screening of ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ during Movies in the Park. The next movie with be held Aug. 10 at Sage Canyon Park. See page B10 for more. PHOTO/JON CLARK
SB will see medical marijuana initiative on November ballot
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BY CLAIRE HARLIN Solana Beach, on July 25, became the second of several small cities in San Diego County to order a November election for an initiative that would allow medical marijuana dispensaries, as well as the city’s regulation and taxation of them. Under the state’s initiative process, the city had the choice of either passing the ordinance brought forth by the Patient Care Association or sending it to ballot after the
advocacy group collected signatures of the necessary 10 percent — or about 800 — of Solana Beach voters. The Solana Beach council voted unanimously to hold an election. Similar petitions have been validated in Lemon Grove, Encinitas and La Mesa, and the Del Mar City Council faced the same choice on July 20 when it became the first city in the county to put the issue on the ballot. See MARIJUANA, Page 6
BY CLAIRE HARLIN The results of a recent survey show half of Del Mar voters support the City Council’s proposed downtown revitalization plan, and for some officials and residents, that’s not reassuring enough to put the measure on the November ballot. The survey, presented July 30 at a special council meeting held at Indigo Hotel, showed that 52 percent of voters support the plan, which involves the certification of new development standards and mobility fea-
tures such as roundabouts. The survey, conducted by True North Research, also revealed that 36 percent of voters do not support the plan, and the rest were not sure. The top reason for opposition was roundabouts, and the second-highest point of concern was that the plan may increase traffic along Camino del Mar and on neighboring streets. Tom Shepard, a local political consultant who more than a decade ago led a support campaign for the
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Planners voice opposition to school board regarding antenna at CCA BY CLAIRE HARLIN The Carmel Valley Community Planning Board voted unanimously on July 26 to send a letter to the San Dieguito Union High School District expressing grave concern about the proposed installation of a wireless communication facility atop a building at Canyon Crest Academy (CCA) in Carmel Valley. The antenna facility was approved by the city on July 2, and the school board was docketed to discuss the installation on July 26,
but postponed the item until the school board’s Aug. 16 meeting. “They didn’t want to consider it at the same time as a bond measure,” said planning board member Laura Copic. “I want to get this letter approved so they have it in their hands at the time they consider this project.” The letter outlines a number of concerns, such as lack of communication with the parents, teachers See ANTENNA, Page 15
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