A sour, thorny raspberry to the Encinitas City Council majority that
voted to extend the term of the appointed mayoral seat from one year to two.
Originally designed to make the mayoral title an honorific that would
rotate among the five council members, the position has morphed into
something uglier and far less representative. Over the past few years,
the position of mayor has gained more political clout ---- and also
become a political football, in which apparently personal grudges are
coming into play. Councilwoman Teresa Barth has yet to serve as mayor or
deputy mayor ---- yet the last time we checked, she is every bit as
legitimate a representative of Encinitas voters as are her colleagues.
Rather than making the mayor a separately elected position, as should
have been done, the City Council majority devised a convoluted system
that all but ensures Barth will not serve as mayor or vice mayor in
upcoming years, either. The whole thing stinks.
Source
North County Times
