This and the next ten or more posts are a look back at last year when Jerome Stocks, then Deputy Mayor, and his pals on the city council were called out by the press, by art lovers across the US, by a judge as well as the plaintiff in a major lawsuit, by the late Maggie Houlihan's friends, family and supporters and by citizen activists. These are just a sampling of the publications, public speakers for this last year. There is much, much more and a new year to come.As 2011 ends, North County Times editorial dated December 19, 2011 gives a final raspberry to the Encinitas city council majority Stocks, Bond and Gaspar for "fighting a misguided battle against its own residents." Yes, it's a repeat of our previous coverage of this Cummins lawsuit raspberry.
". . . Kevin Cummins was forced to go to court to find out how the city makes decisions on financing and scheduling road repairs is ridiculous. It's frankly disappointing that now the taxpayers have to foot the bill for both sides of this ridiculous litigation, but it's also not fair that Cummins bear the cost of insisting that local government officials obey the law they're sworn to uphold."More on this lawsuit at Leucadia Blog.
