The trouble with habitual, entrenched power is it can be smug, blind. Those in power are most often unaware of the perceptions of those all around them and how it is changing. This election season there are people in all five communities who are thinking about their own lives and choices quite differently.
As the quote says, it is difficult to make statements that differ from those around you. Individuals may not be able to rise and speak up at city council like the Duff Pickering or Brian Burke in the clips that follow, but many are finding they can influence those closest to them. They are sensing things formerly hidden in plain sight and telling their friends.
People are directing those they trust towards challenging the status quo, challenging City Hall - the planning staff, the financial reports, the facile city attorney and most importantly the incumbents up for re-election - Jerome Stocks and Mark Muir. There are 33 more days until we learn just how successful this movement from within can really be.
Here's Duff Pickering on Sept. 26th challenging the reporting of the Workshop Mapping analysis.
The next two clips are from Sept. 19 and Sept. 26 wherein Brian Burke challenges the Encinitas Pension funding.
It may seem cliché, but it is worth a reminder that there will always be someone else here in Encinitas who works his nastiest when he's in disguise. Reading his words it's pretty clear he doesn't give a flocking concern for the welfare of all. He wants blood. Vigilance.
