Today at Encinitas You Need Us blog we posted the letter to the editor / Oped from Councilwoman Barth on why she voted no for proposition K - for an elected mayor for Encinitas.
This blog has followed the ongoing pressure early this last year that Mayor Jerome Stocks, aided by Deputy Mayor Kristin Gaspar, have put on the council to pass an ordinance to ensconce Gaspar as Mayor. When this failed they went along with Jim Bond's wish to have an elected mayor in Encinitas.
Regardless of the explanations (which change over time) for not simply codifying our mayoral rotation system to eliminate bias and political maneuvering, the council majority refuses to acknowledge why. It is simply to keep the power and influence of that position within the majority group.
The summary of clips from the latest working back to the oldest on this blog is here.
The clip below shows how emotional Mayor Stocks is about not getting his way on his plans.
Bonus points if you spot a glimmer of any of these following in this clip: peace, generosity, engagement, humility, equanimity, empathy or wabi-sabi. Anyone?
