Count Down - 5 Days to the Election

Five is a fundamental number in our Encinitas Universe.  Five separate former towns or areas with self-identified communities worked very hard a quarter of a century ago to join together to create Encinitas.

Cardiff-by-the-Sea

Historic Encinitas

Leucadia

New Encinitas

Olivenhain

As Councilwoman Barth said in her Letter to the Editor on why she voted No on Proposition K, 

"Encinitas is a unique city formed as a collaboration of five distinct communities. I believe its council should also be a collaboration of the five distinct members."

Despite Encinitas City Council having five seats, there has been a majority voting block for many years that acts as in lock step to silence minority voices, dissenting views and diverse alternatives to the status quo.  For many years it was a 3:2 voting block.  For a year now, since Maggie Houlihan's death it has been a 4:1 super majority.

The majority on the council has turned a deaf ear to countless community character concerns of diverse nature.  Development at all costs seems the guiding theme regardless of the presentation or packaging du jour. Take a tour through the several hundred posts on this blog for specifics.

This opposition ideology uses terms like team in a redefined way.  For this council majority it means, agree with us or be labeled, libeled or otherwise attacked. In this election that could finally be ended. Lisa Shaffer and Tony Kranz have emphatically avoided divisiveness. They walk the talk. For this reason the 5 communities of neighbors resonate with their campaigns and have done for more than a year.

Real Grassroots Energy and Commitment 

1. All 5 communities have meet-ups for Lisa Shaffer and Tony Kranz.
2. All 5 communities have made contributions to these campaigns.
3. All 5 communities have activists watchdog, petition, write and speak out.
4. All 5 communities have volunteers working on these 2 campaigns.
5. All 5 communities have people contacting Lisa and Tony for more . . .

A council majority intent on serving communities of people instead of power brokers and special interests would really mean a refreshing change for all of Encinitas. Let's get out on the street corners and wave our big five fingered hand at the happy honking cars throughout all 5 communities.